3. HISTORY
Fortune Park Hotels Ltd. is a subsidiary of ITC Ltd. Set up in
1995 to cater to the mid-priced market segment in
business and leisure destinations, it is today a professional
Hotel Management company, with forty operating hotels
and many more in various stages of completion.
Fortune Hotels operate across a wide spectrum and offer
various categories such as My Fortune, Select, Park, Inns,
Resorts across the length and breadth of the country. The
Select, Park and Inn categories are business hotels in
metros and non-metros. The 'My Fortune' brand,
representing a 'stylish lifestyle with efficient personalised
service', is the latest addition to the bouquet of brands.
The Fortune chain has won a number of a awards which
include - The Galileo Express Travel and Tourism Award for
the "Best First Class Hotel Chain in 2004", the Hospitality
India Award for the "Best Mid Market Hotel Chain of the
year 2005" and the "Best First Class Hotel Chain 2011 and
also in 2006, and Satte Award for 'Leading Mid-Market
chain' 2012
4. CEO OF FORTUNE HOTEL CO.
An Advanced
Management
Qualification
(AMQ) degree
holder from School of BusinessBond University, Australia and a
Science Graduate from Delhi
University, Mr. Suresh Kumar
joined ITC Hotels Ltd. as a
Management Trainee in 1978.
Mr. Suresh Kumar
11. The first hotel of the group was
the Shangri-La Hotel Singapore,
opened in 1971. The name refers
to the fictional place Shangri-La,
described in the 1933 novel
Lost Horizon by
British
author James Hilton
13. History of
ROBERT KUOK HEIN
Robert kuok born 6 October 1923 in
Johor Bahru, Johor),
is
an
influential
Malaysian Chinese businessman. According to
Forbes his net worth is estimated to be around
$14.7 billion on Feb 2012, making him the richest
person in Malaysia and second richest in
Southeast
Asia
after Dhanin Chearavanont of
Thailand, according to Forbe's List of World
Billionaires 2013 which Robert Kuok was placed
76th. As of December 2012, According to the
Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Kuok has an
estimated net worth of 17.3 billion making him
the 40th richest person in the world
14. COMPANY
Shangri-La Asia Limited is incorporated in Bermuda with
limited liability. It is primarily listed on the Stock Exchange
of Hong Kong Limited with a secondary listing on
the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited and
with American Depositary Receipt traded asSHALY.
Shangri-La Hotels (Malaysia) Berhad is incorporated
in Malaysia with limited liability and is traded on the Bursa
Malaysia Securities Bearhad
Shangri-La Hotel Public Company Limited is incorporated
in Thailand with limited liability and is traded on the Stock
Exchange of Thailand
17. Centrally located in landscaped gardens
in the historic government district,
Shangri-La Hotel New Delhi overlooks
Connaught Place and other major
shopping & business centers of the city.
The hotel is within a 2 km radius of New
Delhi Railway Station and 20 km away
from the International Airport.