Potage soup with Hello Kitty shaped croutons, sausage and vegetable sandwiches in the shape of Hello Kitty’s face, apple pie desserts and many other Hello Kitty menu items are served as part of the Hello Kitty Original Breakfast.
Hyatt Regency Naha, Okinawa officially opens
The hotel is the tenth hotel under a Hyatt brand in Japan, and it is the sixth Hyatt Regency hotel in the country, following Tokyo, Hakone, Kyoto, Osaka and Fukuoka.
Jin Jiang International Hotels signs MOU with Prince Hotels
The MOU will provide frameworks for a marketing alliance to collaborate on joint promotions and undertake other business exchanges, as well as improve brand awareness and market share by leveraging each other’s reputation in their home markets of China and Japan.
Fujita Kanko expands Hotel Gracery Group with two Kyoto openings
The two hotels will strategically complement each other. All 97 rooms of Hotel Gracery Kyoto Teramachi will be double rooms while Hotel Gracery Kyoto Shinkyogoku’s 128 rooms will all be twin rooms so that guests can select their hotel according to their accommodation needs.
Fujita Kanko opens Bangkok and Jakarta offices to accelerate expansion in Southeast Asia
Fujita Kanko will use its overseas offices to promote its 70+ properties in Japan and build international recognition for its businesses among travelers and other stakeholders.
Hilton appoints new General Managers at two hotels in Japan
Christian Baudat takes over as General Manager of the new Hilton Tokyo Odaiba and Josh Roberts is promoted to General Manager of Hilton Fukuoka Sea Hawk.
Godzilla-themed rooms the go at new Hotel Gracery Shinjuku
The Godzilla Room includes Godzilla-themed interior wall panels, a trick wall with special effects, a life-size replica of Godzilla’s claw looming over the beds and a Godzilla figure standing in the room.
Starwood opens Suiran, a Luxury Collection Hotel in Kyoto
The residential hotel occupies part of the grounds of Tenryuji Temple, a World Heritage site that formerly housed “Rantei,” a well-known traditional Japanese ryokan from the 1960s long used by the Japanese government to entertain honorable guests.
Hilton to rebrand Hotel Nikko Tokyo
On October 1, 2015, the property will be converted and unveiled as the new Hilton Tokyo Odaiba, joining Hilton’s existing portfolio of 11 operating and pipeline hotels in Japan.
New Japanese hotel to be staffed with robots
Initially the hotel will have 10 robot members of staff, but In the future, it plans to have more than 90 percent of hotel services operated by robots.
