Who founded the hospitality company which manages Makati Shangri-La, Manila?
Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts is a Malaysian-based multinational hospitality company. Founded by Robert Kuok in 1971, the company has 99 hotels and resorts with over 38,000 rooms in Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America and Australia.
Resorts International Resorts International was a hotel and casino company. From its origins as a paint company, it moved into the resort business in the 1960s with the development of Paradise Island in the Bahamas, and then expanded to Atlantic City, New Jersey with the opening of Resorts Casino Hotel in 1978. After the death of its longtime chairman, James Crosby, in 1986, the company was briefly controlled by Donald Trump, before being acquired by Merv Griffin in 1988. It was acquired by Sun International in 1996.