Shangri-La is an Asian group of five-star hotels. The first Shangri-La opened in Singapore in 1971. Its name was inspired by James Hilton's novel Lost Horizon to embody the Asian hospitality at the ...
After a plane crash in the Himalayan mountains, English diplomat Hugh Conway claims to have stumbled upon the utopian world of Shangri-La. 1933 novel by James Hilton.
“Harlan believed that books were a form of art ... He loved the film ‘Lost Horizon’ and the concept of Shangri-la, a place where everything that gave you joy would exist.