Shangri-La is not just a summer destination; the resort is open year round and offers getaway options for not only families but business's and corporations alike. As the new year begins, now is the ...

MONKEY ISLAND, Okla. – The sign is small and doesn’t stand out among the steel fences and bustling trees that line the side of the road, and its simple nature hardly previews what’s to come. It reads ...

MONKEY ISLAND, Okla. -- A new resort is about to hold its grand opening on Grand Lake. The group at Shangri-La broke ground just over a year ago on a new hotel and spa on Monkey Island. Owner Eddy ...

Well-heeled travelers bound for the turquoise waters and white sand beaches of the Maldive Islands now have a new place to park their private jets. Shangri-La’s Villingili Resort and Spa has put ...

In the more than two decades I’ve penned this column, and in the related four published cookbooks, references abound to our annual summer family fishing vacations to far north Orr, Minnesota, ...

GRAND LAKE, OK -- Excitement is building on the shores of Grand Lake, especially on Monkey Island. The legendary Shangri-La resort, once an Oklahoma tourist landmark, is being torn down to make way ...

A column last month about our family’s annual summer fishing vacations to far north Orr, Minnesota, captured reader interest and netted some questions too. As many readers pointed out, I failed to ...

GRAND LAKE, OK -- The new owner of the Shangri-La resort has begun demolishing the eastern Oklahoma landmark. The resort was bought by Eddy Gibbs earlier this year. Gibbs owns Tulsa’s Ameristar Fence, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. AFTON, Okla. (KFOR) – Golf lovers, rejoice!

GRAND LAKE, OK -- Excitement is building on the shores of Grand Lake, especially on Monkey Island. The legendary Shangri-La resort, once an Oklahoma tourist landmark, is being torn down to make way ...