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  •   Timbuktu is bigger than Copenhagen, I’d guess, and a place that we called Shangri La was densely populated.

    Lord Conrads Crusade Frankowski, Leo 2005

  • ​ Mischke and I jaunted across the street to a place called Shangri La, where Athens 'shoegaze-y Twin Tigers were performing out back.

    NashvilleScene.com 2010

  • On the journey up - before my anticipation was deflated so flaccidly - I had been reading Lost Horizon, the 1933 novel by James Hilton which coined the term 'Shangri La'.

    From Lhasa to Shangri La: the Touristification of Tibet 2010

  • On the journey up - before my anticipation was deflated so flaccidly - I had been reading Lost Horizon, the 1933 novel by James Hilton which coined the term 'Shangri La'.

    Alec Ash: From Lhasa to Shangri La: the Touristification of Tibet 2010

  • The new home of Delta Dental will be four stories, with floor plates averaging about 20,000 square feet of space. enant Re-Ups 440,000SF Chicago-Area Warehouse Lease with AMB or Hotel Developers, 2009 Proving to Be No 'Shangri La' ederal Home Signs 63,000-SF Lease At Piedmont's Chicago Aon Center

    cpn 2009

  • At least he didn't call it a Ponzi scheme, which has been all the rage in the financial world lately. conomic Update -- Seniors Housing Specialist on Tenterhooks conomic Update -- AIG Black Hole Eats Billions More or Hotel Developers, 2009 Proving to Be No 'Shangri La's The Sky Falling On Commercial And Multi-Housing Property Developers?

    cpn 2009

  • Despite airing international programmes such as consumer travel series The Secret Tourist and Sue Johnston's Shangri La, as well as coverage of developing countries in Sport Relief, BBC1 is falling behind other channels, according to the IBT.ITV1's programmes that qualified as coverage of developing countries under the IBT's methodology included Tonight: Women on the Frontline and Cheetah Kingdom.

    'BBC1 had less coverage of developing countries than ITV1 in 2010' 2011

  • As tourist money rolled in, luxury hotels - the Shangri La hotel chain can be seen all over China - sprouted up, and Han Chinese businessmen moved in to sell Tibetan souvenirs.

    Alec Ash: From Lhasa to Shangri La: the Touristification of Tibet 2010

  • In short, Tagong has all the stunning natural beauty of Shangri La, but with the charm of a frontier town and fewer tourists.

    Alec Ash: From Lhasa to Shangri La: the Touristification of Tibet 2010

  • Shangri La (or 'Xianggelila') is nestled at 3000m.

    Alec Ash: From Lhasa to Shangri La: the Touristification of Tibet 2010

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