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Shangri-La hotels

Lost Horizon's valley inspires Asian hospitality through gardens, Cantonese food and a warm welcome.

Shangri-La brings a warm Asian hospitality tradition to full-service city hotels and beach and island resorts. Founded by Robert Kuok, the brand takes its name from the peaceful valley in James Hilton’s Lost Horizon, carrying that idea of a welcoming retreat into a broad international collection.

92 Shangri-La hotels in 24 countries on the Luxury Hotels Atlas (2 not open yet), each placed on the six LHA Tiers.

History

Shangri-La grew from a garden hotel in Singapore with the Kuok family remaining closely involved. Generous grounds, Cantonese dining, and warm service became familiar parts of the collection. The later Shangri-La Signatures concept introduces a smaller-scale expression alongside the broader family of city hotels and resorts.

Timeline

The houses to know

  1. Shangri-La Paris, Paris, France — Prince Roland Bonaparte's 1896 hôtel particulier on Avenue d'Iéna, a listed Monument Historique, holder of France's Distinction Palace, and home to Shang Palace's 13-year unbroken Michelin star run.
  2. Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong — A Pacific Place landmark with a 16-storey hand-painted silk mural certified as the world's largest Chinese landscape painting, two Michelin-starred kitchens, and sustained Forbes Five-Star standing.
  3. Shangri-La Toronto, Toronto, Canada — The hotel is in Toronto, Canada.
  4. Shangri-La Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan — The hotel sits above Marunouchi Trust Tower beside Tokyo Station, with sustained Forbes Five-Star recognition.
  5. Shangri-La Shougang Park, Beijing, Beijing, China — The hotel is in Beijing, China.
  6. Shangri-La Bosphorus, Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey — A 1929 tobacco warehouse by architect Victor Adaman, one of the Turkish Republic's earliest industrial landmarks, converted without altering its neoclassical façade, a courtyard sycamore preserved at the centre; voted No. 1 Best Hotel in Istanbul by Condé Nast Traveller 2025.
  7. Kowloon Shangri-La, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong — The second property ever built in the Shangri-La portfolio, open since 1981 in Tsim Sha Tsui East, and home to a Shang Palace that has held its Michelin star for 17 consecutive years.
  8. Shangri-La Far Eastern, Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan — Taiwan's tallest hotel at its 1994 opening, 43 floors, a rooftop pool on the 43rd, and unobstructed sight lines to Taipei 101; Forbes-recognised for nearly a decade.
  9. Shangri-La Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand — Eight hundred and two rooms across two towers, with a quarter-mile of unbroken Chao Phraya riverfront, the longest of any luxury hotel in Bangkok, and four decades of Cantonese and royal Thai dining.
  10. China World Summit Wing, Beijing, Beijing, China — The hotel is in Beijing, China.

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Every Shangri-La hotel on the atlas

China

Malaysia

Philippines

Hong Kong

India

Indonesia

Japan

Singapore

Sri Lanka

Taiwan

Thailand

United Arab Emirates

Australia

Bahrain

Cambodia

Canada

Fiji

France

Maldives

Mauritius

Mongolia

Saudi Arabia

Turkey

United Kingdom

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