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Kowloon Shangri-La () is a five-star hotel of the Hong Kong-based Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts () 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. == History == 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.〔 As with all of Hong Kong's hotels, it suffered in the first half of 2003 due to the sudden and unexpected outbreak of SARS which centred on the city. The hotel lost US$7.2 million along with the Island Shangri-La, as compared to a profit of $12.2 million in the same period in 2002. At the time, 13 per cent of guests came from Mainland China. The hotel's occupancy rate fell to less than 10 per cent during the SARS outbreak and the Shangri-La group was forced to cancel its final dividend of five cents for the year to cut operation costs. By 2005 the hotel had well recovered, with profits for it and Island Shangri-La combined up 33% to US$150.99 million for the year. Kowloon Shangri-La charged US$250 on average per room and was 82% full for 2005, according to the South China Morning Post. In 2007 its growth continued as it achieved new record earnings, and in 2010 occupancy rose 53% as it continued its growth. By 2009 guests from mainland China had increased to 32%. 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. Kowloon Shangri-La stopped serving shark fin products in early 2010, and in January 2012 the entire Shangri-La chain of 72 hotels followed with the announcement that they would stop serving all shark fin products in their restaurants as part of a sustainable seafood policy. Shark finning, to create the popular dish Shark fin soup had led the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Shark Specialist Group to state that "the rapidly expanding and largely unregulated shark fin trade represents one of the most serious threats to shark populations worldwide". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kowloon Shangri-La」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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