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Where did Shangri-La Hotel originate? Who created it? Thank you, everyone.

The first Shangri-La Hotel was built in Singapore in 197 1. Today, the group has 67 hotels and resorts covering the Asia-Pacific region, North America and the Middle East, with 30,000 rooms. In addition, there are many hotels under construction in Australia, Chinese mainland, French, Indian, Macau, Philippines, Qatar, Seychelles, Turkey and Britain. Founder: Guo Henian. A well-known entrepreneur in Malaysia is known as the "king of hotels". Guo Henian: Male, 1923 was born in Johor Bahru and his ancestral home was in Fujian, China. After graduating from Johor Bahru English College and Raffles College in the late 1940s, I worked as an assistant in my father's company and founded Kwok Brothers Co., Ltd. on 1949. After more than 30 years' efforts, his Guo Group has penetrated all over the world: in addition to many enterprises in his own country, his main business scope is Singapore, Thailand, China, Indonesia, Fiji and Australia. His business is also extremely diversified, from sugarcane planting, sugar refining, flour, feed, oil and minerals to finance, hotels, industry, planting, commerce and shipping. With assets of US$ 654.38 billion, he is one of the richest people in Malaysia. 197 1 year, Guo Henian and Singapore Economic Development Bureau jointly established the first luxury hotel in Singapore-Shangri-La Hotel. Later, hotels were built in Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Seoul, Hong Kong and Beijing, and a huge "Shangri-La Hotel Kingdom" was established around the Pacific Ocean. Since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Malaysia, especially after China's reform and opening up, Shangri-La has made great strides into the mainland of China. By 2005, there were more than 30 Shangri-La hotels in the mainland. Shangri-La brand has been widely spread; Reference website: /xgll/