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Luxury Hotels Open in Tokyo

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The marvelous Conrad Hotels, which are owned by the Hilton Group and offer western style luxury service, has expanded their business to Tokyo. The Conrad Tokyo opened July 2004 in Shiodome. The hotel offers 290 rooms and suites boasting to have the largest rooms in Tokyo. Accommodation rates start from \52,000 a night. The hotel is located in front of the Hamarikyu Garden and has a nice view of the bay area.

The Conrad Tokyo has opened, but this is just the beginning of the luxury hotel boom. This autumn, the Mandarin Oriental Tokyo is scheduled to open in Nihonbashi. The Mandarin Hotel Group is also opening hotels in Hong-Kong, Singapore, and New York City. The Peninsula will open near Hibiya Park and the Imperial Palace in 2007. Plus, the Ritz-Carlton Tokyo, known worldwide as a luxury five star hotel, will be opening a new location at the top of the new building, now under construction in the former site where the Defense Agency used to stand in Roppongi.

All these luxury hotels offer room rates starting between \55,000-\70,000 a night. Is there going to be enough demand for these giants to survive? And how are existing hotels going to cope with all the new competition? Let's see what happens.

Translated by: Akiko Takeda

http://www.conradtokyo.co.jp/
http://www.mandarinoriental.com/hotel/592000001.asp
http://www.peninsula.com/index.html
http://www.ritzcarlton.com/

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