Okura Hotels & Resorts and JAL Hotels Frequent

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TOKYO, Jan 31, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Hotel Okura Co., Ltd. (HOC) and JAL Hotels Co., Ltd. (JHC) announced they will offer shared benefits to members of both companies' frequent guest programs starting February 1st.

This is the second step in the companies' joint marketing efforts, following HOC's acquisition of a majority of JHC shares last fall. A joint reservation service was already announced.

Under the new program rules for Okura Club International (OCI) and My JALHotels (MYJ), OCI members will receive the same benefits as MYJ members when they stay at a hotel in JHC's Nikko Hotels International and Hotel JAL City groups. MYJ members will also receive the same benefits OCI members are offered at hotels in the Okura Hotels & Resorts group.

Since members of both programs will earn benefits at any of the Okura and JAL Hotels properties, they will have the advantage of a larger list of hotels where they can earn points and mileage.

For details about the new benefits of both frequent guest programs, visit: Okura Club International: http://www.okura.com/oci/ My JALHotels: http://www.jalhotels.com/jp/myj/ Hotel Okura Co., Ltd., founded in 1958, opened its flagship hotel, Hotel Okura Tokyo, in 1962. The company, which has extensive business operations in the hospitality and related industries, manages international hotel group Okura Hotels & Resorts, established in 1978. Okura's signature hospitality, Japanese sensibility and attention to detail blended with western high-functionality offer comfort and relaxation to guests worldwide. As of January 31, the group consists of 20 hotels with a total of 6,237 guest rooms. The company plans to open 488-room Hotel Okura Macau in 2011, and a 208-room hotel in Taipei and a 242-room hotel in Bangkok in 2012. For more information, visit http://www.okura.com/press JAL Hotels Co., Ltd., a member of the Hotel Okura Group, headquartered in Tokyo, operates global luxury hotel group Nikko Hotels International, as well as Hotel JAL City, a chain of 13 mid-priced business hotels in Japan. As of January 31st, JAL Hotels operates 58 hotels worldwide, in Europe, the Americas, the Middle East and throughout Japan and the Asia/Pacific. Plans for additional Nikko Hotels openings include 411-room Hotel Nikko Guangzhou, 436-room Hotel Nikko Xiamen and 475-room Hotel Nikko Suzhou in China; and 335-room Hotel Nikko Saigon in Vietnam. For more information, visit http://jalhotels.mediaroom.com SOURCE: JAL Hotels Co., Ltd

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RIHGA Royal Hotel Osaka

RIHGA Royal Hotel Osaka takes pride in being among the largest hotels in Japan. Featuring more than twenty restaurants and bars serving food from around the world including Japanese cuisine, the hotel functions as a complete town, filled with some sixty shops. Adjacent to an international conference center, the RIHGA Royal Hotel Osaka is flanked by rivers and surrounded by beautiful scenery. Conveniently located in a safe district, the RIHGA Royal Hotel Osaka provides easy access to sightseeing spots in Kyoto, about one hour using the direct subway that runs under the hotel. Provided with all the functions of a Western hotel, the hotel is tastefully decorated in accordance with Japanese aesthetics including the use of washi. Even if your sojourn is short, you can enjoy the elegance of Japan to your heart’s content. An excellent recommendation is a dinner of traditional Japanese food under our artificial starry sky.

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Hotels & Motels in Japan

This Hotels & Motels in Japan industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the Hotels & Motels industry. It includes data on market size and segmentation, plus textual and graphical analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, leading companies and demographic information.

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The hotels & motels industry value consists of all revenues generated by hotels, motels and other accommodation providers through the provision of accommodation and foodservice. The value does not include any revenues generated through other interests, such as casinos, shops and telecommunication services. The industry is segmented according to the origin of the revenues (domestic consumers, domestic business and international business & consumers). Any currency conversions included within this report have been calculated using constant 2007 annual average exchange rates. For the purpose of this report Asia-Pacific is deemed to comprise of Australia, China, Japan, India, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan

RIHGA Royal Hotels in Japan integrates latest distribution technology

Frankfurt, Germany and Osaka, Japan, January 19, 2010-- RIHGA Royal Hotels signed with the Private Label Company (PLC) recently, becoming the latest addition to Trust International’s Voyager|CRS (Central Reservation Service) customer list after successfully implementing the yourVoyager portal at the end of last year. 
Mr. Yohei Chishaki, RIHGA Royal Hotels Executive Officer, Director of Sales & Marketing, said, “Within days of selecting yourVoyager due to its flexibility and customization capabilities and Trust’s solid reputation for consultative analysis and support, Trust adapted yourVoyager to our needs with special features, such as a reporting dashboard, landing page key performance indicators (KPIs) and internal notice board, and implemented it with all our properties.  Our transition has been seamless and we are especially impressed with yourVoyager’s intuitive navigation and capabilities for customization for each user’s needs.”
“We welcome RIHGA Royal Hotels to our yourVoyager community,” said Richard Wiegmann, Trust International managing director.  “As we´ve closed our 20th anniversary year with the addition of 14 new clients, bringing the number of hosting customers at Trust to 61, we are very excited that our new yourVoyager portal is being so enthusiastically embraced by our hotel partners.  yourVoyager has been the result of the collective input gathered from our customers and business partners during our signature Customer Advisory Board meetings and through our close ongoing consultative relationships with our customers.  As a dedicated partner with our customers, we continue to invest heavily in research and development and customer care to enable our customers’ success in all business climates.” 
The yourVoyager portal enables hotel groups to create their own custom CRS on the Trust’s Voyager|CRS platform.  The hotel group decides on design, features and usability, and create the tools that best fit the needs of the hotel group.
Features include:

• Multi-lingual application
• Enhanced usability and clear navigation
• Fully flexible in design, allowing to create a white label version of Voyager|CRS for the group
• Fully flexible in functionality, allowing creation of different versions of Voyager|CRS for different user groups, i.e. your reservation department or revenue management team
• New reporting dashboard, providing a quick glance of key performance indicators of the hotel or hotel group
• New message dashboard, allowing quick communication to member hotels
• New graphical user interface (GUI) without migrating to a new system - continue to benefit from the advanced Voyager|CRS platform while designing a customized tool set that supports you day by day.

About RIHGA Royal Hotels
RIHGA Royal Hotels has its roots in one hotel which was established in 1935. That era and the people of Osaka aspired for a modern hotel in those days. Since then, over 75 years of history has gone by. RIHGA Royal Hotels has always sought to provide “a deep impression and profound satisfaction” . With the latest facilities and long-established hospitality, we offer the best hotel life to our guests. RIHGA Royal Hotels is a hotel group that provides “authenticity”. 
About The Private Label Company, LLC. (The PLC)
Launched in January 2007, The PLC has become a premier company providing superior distribution technology, sales and marketing services to luxury hotel companies around the world. Among its many other illustrious clients are Rocco Forte Collection, Banyan Tree Hotels & Resorts, Langham Hotels, Okura Hotels & Resorts,  André Balazs Properties, West Paces Hotel Group, Grupo Habita Hotels, Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces, Six Senses Resorts & Spas, and Classical Hotels. Using the offerings of The PLC, a hotel company can immediately extend its distribution to meet demands around the world.  The results are increased revenue, greater brand recognition, and enhanced value for the hotel management company.

from - hotel-online.com

Luxury hotels in japan

Luxury hotels in japan

TOKYO—Luxury hotels in Japan’s largest city must offer oversized guestrooms, cutting-edge technology and extraordinary service if they are to regain the levels of occupancy and the rates the properties enjoyed before the recession hit.

At the same time, the high-end sector must compete with the burgeoning supply that continues to be built in this futuristic city of 29 million, a magnet for both the business and the leisure traveler, according to Koji Takabayashi and Tokiro Kawai. Takabayashi is managing director of Horwath HTL Japan, and Kawai an associate there.
Leisure-travel business has remained robust at the Conrad Tokyo in Shiodome, a new, multileveled business district in Japan’s capital city—but rates have not recovered, said Gregor Andréewitch, GM of the ultramodern, 290-room hotel.

Opened in 2005, the Conrad Tokyo suffered badly during 2008 and 2009 when business travel dried up, leaving the property’s three meeting rooms and two
According to Andréewitch, the Conrad Tokyo’s key competitors are the Shangri-La Hotel Tokyo, which opened in 2009; The Peninsula and the Ritz-Carlton Tokyo, which opened in 2007; and the Mandarin Oriental Tokyo that opened in 2005.

“The luxury segment got hit deep in the pocket because we all lived for the corporate traveler, particularly coming from the finance industry,” he said during a recent interview at the hotel.

The rooms—the Conrad claims they’re the largest in the city— are a minimum of 43 square meters (almost 463 square feet), the ceilings are high, the public spaces generous. Andréewitch noted space is a premium in this city, where the average apartment size for a family with three children is 52 square meters (about 550 square feet).

Part of Hilton Worldwide’s luxury lifestyle brand portfolio, the Conrad Tokyo is a business hotel Monday to Thursday and a leisure hotel Friday through Sunday. Fifty percent of its clientele is Japanese; 25% is European and American; and 25% is Asian other than Japanese. Based on demand, ADR spans JPY33,000 to JPY70,000 (US$394 to US$835).

Tokyo luxury market

And those aren’t the top rates, according to Horwath’s Takabayashi and Kawai, who define luxury hotels as those that charge at least JPY50,000 (US$597) per room night. They call Tokyo Japan’s only luxury market, noting that in Osaka, the country’s second-largest city, the Ritz-Carlton Osaka is price leader but charges just more than JPY30,000, or US$358, and the St. Regis Osaka, which opened in October, targets an ADR of JPY30,000 (US$358). At the same time, hotel rooms in Osaka are as big as the largest in Tokyo.

“Average occupancy of Tokyo luxury hotels … shows a decrease from about 80.0% in 2007 to around 60.0% in 2009 mainly due to the global economic recession,” Takabayashi and Kawai wrote in an e-mail. “While luxury hotels in Tokyo tend to maintain their ADR at the cost of occupancies in order to keep their brand value or brand image, Grand Hyatt Tokyo is the most negatively impacted by the global recession and its ADR has dramatically decreased in 2009.”

How competitive the Tokyo luxury hotel market will be, particularly considering the scheduled 2012 opening of the Palace Hotel Tokyo and of the Aman Tokyo in 2014, comes clear in Horwath recommendations. Takabayashi and Kawai said to maintain high ADR, hotels in this class must offer not only “hard” products like large units, cutting-edge technology and sophisticated furniture, but also “soft” services such as the personalized butler typical at Ryokans, small, high-end hotels in resort locations.

The Horwath executives note that despite the area’s economic doldrums, such high-end projects as the Palace Hotel and the Aman are proceeding “due to the high credibility of their developers.” They also suggest that potential hotel developers consider linking their projects to a multiuse development including offices, which could charge higher rents

from - hotelnewsnow.com

Luxury hotels in japan

Luxury hotels in japan

Welcome to the Conrad Tokyo hotel, where legendary Conrad excellence meets the calming and inspiring design of modern day Japan. Located 37 floors above the Tokyo Shiodome area, Conrad Tokyo guests can enjoy panoramic views of picturesque Hamarikyu Gardens, a former feudal lord's residence, and the impressive Tokyo Bay skyline. This Tokyo hotel provides a convenient base for exploring the city located just 5 minutes walk from the famous Ginza Shopping Street. This Tokyo hotel's 290 guestrooms and suites combine contemporary luxury and technology with an atmosphere rich in the soothing and serene traditions of Japan. Conrad Tokyo's design draws its inspiration from two distinct features of the Japanese cultural landscape: Sumie, majestic black and white paintings, and mon, the entranceways to dwellings or shrines. Japan's vibrancy, drama and theatrical dining are all embodied in the Conrad Tokyo's 3 signature restaurants, where diners can indulge in a selection of the finest Japanese, Chinese and contemporary French fare. Sample tantalizing Chinese cuisine with an innovative twist at the Michelin-starred China Blue restaurant or enjoy the culinary experience of the Michelin-starred 'Gordon Ramsay at Conrad Tokyo' restaurant, popular with guests and locals alike. This luxury Tokyo hotel is conveniently connected to the city's major airports and lies within walking distance of the Ginza District, famed for its upmarket department stores, boutiques and restaurants. Enjoy easy access to Tokyo's major business areas, including the financial district or visit the many nearby Tokyo tourist attractions such as Tsukiji Fish Market and Hamarikyu Gardens. With exhilarating panoramic views, exclusive scented amenities, and some of Tokyo's most spacious rooms, guests enjoy a truly luxurious experience when they choose Conrad Tokyo. The Conrad Tokyo luxury hotel. Legendary excellence. Calming inspirations
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Welcome to the Conrad Tokyo hotel, where legendary Conrad excellence meets the calming and inspiring design of modern day Japan. Located 37 floors above the Tokyo Shiodome area, Conrad Tokyo guests can enjoy panoramic views of picturesque Hamarikyu Gardens, a former feudal lord's residence, and the impressive Tokyo Bay skyline. This Tokyo hotel provides a convenient base for exploring the city located just 5 minutes walk from the famous Ginza Shopping Street.

This Tokyo hotel's 290 guestrooms and suites combine contemporary luxury and technology with an atmosphere rich in the soothing and serene traditions of Japan
Japan's vibrancy, drama and theatrical dining are all embodied in the Conrad Tokyo's 3 signature restaurants, where diners can indulge in a selection of the finest Japanese, Chinese and contemporary French fare. Sample tantalizing Chinese cuisine with an innovative twist at the Michelin-starred China Blue restaurant or enjoy the culinary experience of the Michelin-starred 'Gordon Ramsay at Conrad Tokyo' restaurant, popular with guests and locals alike.

This luxury Tokyo hotel is conveniently connected to the city's major airports and lies within walking distance of the Ginza District, famed for its upmarket department stores, boutiques and restaurants. Enjoy easy access to Tokyo's major business areas, including the financial district or visit the many nearby Tokyo tourist attractions such as Tsukiji Fish Market and Hamarikyu Gardens.

With exhilarating panoramic views, exclusive scented amenities, and some of Tokyo's most spacious rooms, guests enjoy a truly luxurious experience when they choose Conrad Tokyo.
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