Kowloon Shangri-La
| Kowloon Shangri-La | |
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| 九龍香格里拉大酒店 | |
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Kowloon Shangri-La (2011)
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| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Hotel |
| Address | 64 Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui East, Kowloon, Hong Kong |
| Coordinates | 22°17′50″N 114°10′38″E / 22.297198°N 114.177361°ECoordinates: 22°17′50″N 114°10′38″E / 22.297198°N 114.177361°E |
| Opening | 17 June 1981 |
| Owner | Shangri-La Hotels |
| Management | Ulf Bremer |
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| Number of rooms | 688 |
| Website | |
| Kowloon Shangri-La Official Website | |
Kowloon Shangri-La (Chinese: 九龍香格里拉大酒店) is a five-star hotel of the Hong Kong-based Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts (Chinese: 香格里拉酒店集團) group. It is located on Mody Road in Tsim Sha Tsui East overlooking Victoria Harbour and the Hong Kong Island skyline. It is the sister hotel to the Island Shangri-La in Admiralty district, Hong Kong.
The history of the Kowloon property is tied to the history of the Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, which began with the opening of the Shangri-La Hotel Singapore in 1971. The Kuok Group that built the Singapore hotel put the management of it under Western International Hotels, before Kuok themselves entered the hotel management world in 1979 when Kuok Hotels was formed to manage the Rasa Sayang Resort and Spa in Penang, Golden Sands Resort in Penang, and The Fijian, Yanuca Island, on Fiji. The Kowloon Shangri-La hotel opened on 17 June 1981 and was managed by Westin just as it Shangri-La predecessors, but a year later the Kuok Group created Shangri-La International Hotel Management Ltd. In April 1991,Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts assumed management of the Kowloon from Westin, as well as all hotels it had owned until that point.
To celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2011, the hotel held an exhibition of photographs submitted by the public, from guests who had visited from around the world during the three decades since its opening. A judging panel of photographer Water Poon, president of the Institute of Professional Photographers Carsten Schael, and Anthony Lau Chun-hon, executive director of the Tourism Board selected the winners.
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