Premium marques make mark in Japan and Osaka
OSAKA, HONG KONG – Starwood’s top tier St Regis and Marriott International’s iconic Ritz-Carlton brands will open in the tallest buildings in Osaka and Hong Kong respectively in coming months.
St. Regis Osaka will open in October 2010 in Midosuji, in the heart of Osaka’s central business district. Its premises are within the 130m tallest building in the city, which includes business offices from floor three to 10, the hotel on floors one and two, and rooms from floors 11 to 27.
“We are delighted to extend the St. Regis brand to Japan this coming fall,” The St. Regis and The Luxury Collection Hotels & Resorts global brand leader, Paul James, said.
“Osaka offers an enticing mix of business, entertainment, history and culture. It is an ideal choice for the growth of [the St. Regis brand which] now has 20 hotels in nine countries across the globe.”
The Osaka hotel will have 160 guestrooms and suites each with Kawashima silk wall coverings and Kyoto silk bedding. There are also two restaurants and a bar, fitness gym and spa, business centre, and 622 square feet of meeting and event space. It also plans to offer a luxury wedding venue at its rooftop garden.
Meanwhile, reaching for even greater heights, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company returns to Hong Kong with the world’s highest hotel in the city in the first quarter of 2011. The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong, will occupy floors 102 to 118 of the International Commerce Centre (ICC) in Kowloon.
“Hong Kong is one of the world’s great cities and we are delighted to be returning with such an iconic and dynamic hotel,” The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company president and COO, Simon Cooper, said.
"Occupying the top 16 floors of the ICC tower in Hong Kong is a truly unique location for a hotel, offering panoramic views across Victoria Harbour and Hong Kong Island.”
The hotel will offer 312 guest rooms, from 50sqm for a Deluxe Room to 365sqm for the Ritz-Carlton Suite. It will have six dining venues starting on the 102nd floor, including Chinese and Italian restaurants, a lobby lounge, an alfresco rooftop bar at 490m above sea level, and a roof terrace with fire pits and casual seating. The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong will also have one of the largest ballrooms in the city at 930sqm, and 1300sqm of meeting space.
The ESPA located on 116th floor has 860sqm of treatment rooms and relaxation area, nine deluxe treatment rooms and three couples’ suites. In the podium of the ICC tower is the 1,000,000sqm Elements shopping mall. The ICC will also have an Observation Deck on the 100th floor.
