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Okura Hotels

January 01, 1970

Okura Hotels & Resorts (オークラ ホテルズ & リゾーツ) is an international hotel chain with locations mainly in Japan. The original Hotel Okura opened in Tokyo in 1962. The Okura Hotels & Resorts worldwide chain includes Okura Hotels in, among other places, Amsterdam, Shanghai, Honolulu, Macau, Bangkok and Taipei.[1] Okura Hotels also owns the Hotel JAL City and Hotel Nikko chains.[2][3]

Hotel Okura Co. Ltd.
Okura Hotels and Resorts
Native name
ホテルオークラ
IndustryHospitality
PredecessorTaisei Kanko Co. Ltd
FoundedDecember 11, 1958
FounderKishichiro Okura
HeadquartersTokyo, Japan
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Yoshihiko Okura (chairman)
SubsidiariesOkura Nikko Hotel Management, Ajtrax Army, Nikko Hotels, JAL Hotels
Websitewww.okura.com

History edit

Hotel Okura Co. Ltd. was founded in 1958 as Taisei Kanko Co. Ltd, serving as the company owning and later running the newly created Hotel Okura Tokyo in 1962. The hotel and company was founded by Kishichiro Okura, who envisioned Hotel Okura becoming a luxury hotel pioneering contemporary Japanese design.[4][5] Designed by architect Yoshiro Taniguchi, the hotel's originality received worldwide admiration and numerous media and popular culture coverage.[6][7][8]

Following the success of the initial hotel, Okura expanded with a restaurant bearing the hotel's namesake in Nagoya in 1966 before expanding the company westward with the opening of Hotel Okura Amsterdam in 1971.[1] The Hotel Okura was turned into an officially recognised hotel chain in 1978.[9] In 1979, Hotel Shilla opened in Seoul as a partner hotel of Okura Hotels.

Over the next decades, the group continued to expand domestically in Japan with the opening of properties in Nagano, Kobe, Hamamatsu, Kyoto, and Fukuoka. Taisei Kanko Co. Ltd. was replaced by Hotel Okura Co. Ltd. in 1987. The company entered the Chinese market with the opening of Garden Hotel in Shanghai in 1990.[1]

A marketing alliance was established in 2006 with Banyan Tree Hotels and Resorts. The company entered a further business alliance in 2008 with Rihga Royal Hotels Co. Ltd., sharing a joint venture in sales and marketing of accommodation business.[10]

In 2010, Hotel Okura Co. Ltd. acquired JAL Hotels from Japan Airlines, in turn taking over the Hotel Nikko and Hotel JAL City brands under its wing.[11] The company's expansion continued in 2012, with the unveiling of The Okura Prestige, a subsidiary brand operating luxury hotels in foreign markets;[12] the brand debuted with properties in Taipei and Bangkok.

In 2015, the historic main building of the Tokyo Hotel Okura was controversially demolished, garnering significant criticism from historians and designers.[13][14][15] The demolition received considerable media attention, including coverage of designer Tomas Maier's unsuccessful movement to save the building.[16][17] The low-rise hotel was subsequently replaced with a skyscraper, which reopened as The Okura Tokyo in 2019.[18]

Properties edit

 
Hotel Okura in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
 
Hotel Okura Kobe, next to the Kobe maritime museum.
 
Kyoto Hotel Okura, central Kyoto.

As of July 2023, Hotel Okura operates 23 hotels in Asia, Europe, and North America, with 3 hotels in the pipeline.[19]

Japan edit

Asia-Pacific (outside Japan) edit

North America edit

Europe edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "History of Hotel Okura". okura.com. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  2. ^ Hotel Okura Acquires Majority Share in JAL Hotels
  3. ^ . Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2010-10-25.
  4. ^ Mckean, Cameron Allan. "Refusing to check out of the Hotel Okura". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  5. ^ Iyer, Pico (2015-08-11). "In Japan, History Has No Place". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  6. ^ Miliaresis, Grigoris. "Hotel Okura Tokyo: Last Chance to Taste the 60s | Tokyo Cheapo". Tokyo Cheapo. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  7. ^ Boxer, Sarah (2015-06-05). "Opinion | The End of a Treasure in Tokyo". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  8. ^ "Toshiko Mori Calls Tokyo's At-Risk Hotel Okura "A Very Beautiful Orphan Child"". ArchDaily. 2015-04-04. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  9. ^ "The History of Hotel Okura Tokyo | Corporate Overview". The Okura Tokyo. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  10. ^ "ホテルオークラとロイヤルホテルが共同出資で新会社". 観光経済新聞 (in Japanese). 2008-06-08. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  11. ^ "ホテルオークラ、JALホテルズ買収発表 日航ブランドは維持". 日本経済新聞 (in Japanese). 2010-08-07. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  12. ^ "The Okura Prestige Yangon to Open in 2020". www.businesswire.com. 2017-07-28. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  13. ^ Kelts, Roland (2016-01-05). "In a Renewed Hotel Okura, Japanese Historians Still See a Loss". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  14. ^ "Workers Are Tearing Down Tokyo's Hotel Okura, And History's Going With It". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  15. ^ "Opinion | Farewell to the Old Okura". The New York Times. 2014-08-15. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  16. ^ Talbot, Lindsay (2015-02-24). "How Bottega Veneta Creative Director Tomas Maier Is Saving Tokyo's Hotel Okura". Condé Nast Traveler. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  17. ^ Simon, Jade (2015-06-26). "Bottega Veneta designer fights closure for Tokyo's Okura Hotel". Vogue Paris (in French). Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  18. ^ "The Okura Tokyo Opens its Doors". AP NEWS. 2019-09-12. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  19. ^ "Okura Nikko Hotels - Our Hotels". Okura Nikko Hotels. 2016-02-25. Retrieved 2021-07-28.

External links edit

  Media related to Hotel Okura at Wikimedia Commons

  • Official website

January 01, 1970
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Okura Hotels amp Resorts オークラ ホテルズ amp リゾーツ is an international hotel chain with locations mainly in Japan The original Hotel Okura opened in Tokyo in 1962 The Okura Hotels amp Resorts worldwide chain includes Okura Hotels in among other places Amsterdam Shanghai Honolulu Macau Bangkok and Taipei 1 Okura Hotels also owns the Hotel JAL City and Hotel Nikko chains 2 3 Hotel Okura Co Ltd Trade nameOkura Hotels and ResortsNative nameホテルオークラIndustryHospitalityPredecessorTaisei Kanko Co LtdFoundedDecember 11 1958FounderKishichiro OkuraHeadquartersTokyo JapanArea servedWorldwideKey peopleYoshihiko Okura chairman SubsidiariesOkura Nikko Hotel Management Ajtrax Army Nikko Hotels JAL HotelsWebsitewww okura com Contents 1 History 2 Properties 2 1 Japan 2 2 Asia Pacific outside Japan 2 3 North America 2 4 Europe 3 References 4 External linksHistory editHotel Okura Co Ltd was founded in 1958 as Taisei Kanko Co Ltd serving as the company owning and later running the newly created Hotel Okura Tokyo in 1962 The hotel and company was founded by Kishichiro Okura who envisioned Hotel Okura becoming a luxury hotel pioneering contemporary Japanese design 4 5 Designed by architect Yoshiro Taniguchi the hotel s originality received worldwide admiration and numerous media and popular culture coverage 6 7 8 Following the success of the initial hotel Okura expanded with a restaurant bearing the hotel s namesake in Nagoya in 1966 before expanding the company westward with the opening of Hotel Okura Amsterdam in 1971 1 The Hotel Okura was turned into an officially recognised hotel chain in 1978 9 In 1979 Hotel Shilla opened in Seoul as a partner hotel of Okura Hotels Over the next decades the group continued to expand domestically in Japan with the opening of properties in Nagano Kobe Hamamatsu Kyoto and Fukuoka Taisei Kanko Co Ltd was replaced by Hotel Okura Co Ltd in 1987 The company entered the Chinese market with the opening of Garden Hotel in Shanghai in 1990 1 A marketing alliance was established in 2006 with Banyan Tree Hotels and Resorts The company entered a further business alliance in 2008 with Rihga Royal Hotels Co Ltd sharing a joint venture in sales and marketing of accommodation business 10 In 2010 Hotel Okura Co Ltd acquired JAL Hotels from Japan Airlines in turn taking over the Hotel Nikko and Hotel JAL City brands under its wing 11 The company s expansion continued in 2012 with the unveiling of The Okura Prestige a subsidiary brand operating luxury hotels in foreign markets 12 the brand debuted with properties in Taipei and Bangkok In 2015 the historic main building of the Tokyo Hotel Okura was controversially demolished garnering significant criticism from historians and designers 13 14 15 The demolition received considerable media attention including coverage of designer Tomas Maier s unsuccessful movement to save the building 16 17 The low rise hotel was subsequently replaced with a skyscraper which reopened as The Okura Tokyo in 2019 18 Properties edit nbsp Hotel Okura in Minato Tokyo Japan nbsp Hotel Okura Kobe next to the Kobe maritime museum nbsp Kyoto Hotel Okura central Kyoto As of July 2023 Hotel Okura operates 23 hotels in Asia Europe and North America with 3 hotels in the pipeline 19 Japan edit Hotel Okura Tokyo Bay Chiba Okura Akademia Park Hotel Chiba Okura Chiba Hotel Chiba The Okura Tokyo Tokyo Hotel East 21 Tokyo Tokyo Forest Inn Showakan Tokyo Hotel Okura Niigata Niigata Hotel Kajima no Mori Nagano Okura Act City Hotel Hamamatsu Shizuoka Hotel Okura Kyoto Kyoto Hotel Okura Kyoto Okazaki Bettei Kyoto Hotel Okura Kobe Hyōgo Hotel Okura Fukuoka Fukuoka Hotel Okura JR Huis Ten Bosch Nagasaki Shiroyama Hotel Kagoshima Kagoshima Asia Pacific outside Japan edit Hotel Okura Macau China Okura Garden Hotel Shanghai China Hotel Okura Manila Philippines The Okura Prestige Taipei Taiwan The Okura Prestige Bangkok Thailand North America edit The Kahala Hotel amp Resort United States Europe edit Hotel Okura Amsterdam NetherlandsReferences edit a b c History of Hotel Okura okura com Retrieved 25 November 2017 Hotel Okura Acquires Majority Share in JAL Hotels JAL Hotels fact sheet Archived from the original on 2011 07 14 Retrieved 2010 10 25 Mckean Cameron Allan Refusing to check out of the Hotel Okura The Japan Times Retrieved 2021 07 28 Iyer Pico 2015 08 11 In Japan History Has No Place The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 2021 07 28 Miliaresis Grigoris Hotel Okura Tokyo Last Chance to Taste the 60s Tokyo Cheapo Tokyo Cheapo Retrieved 2021 07 28 Boxer Sarah 2015 06 05 Opinion The End of a Treasure in Tokyo The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 2021 07 28 Toshiko Mori Calls Tokyo s At Risk Hotel Okura A Very Beautiful Orphan Child ArchDaily 2015 04 04 Retrieved 2021 07 28 The History of Hotel Okura Tokyo Corporate Overview The Okura Tokyo Retrieved 2021 07 28 ホテルオークラとロイヤルホテルが共同出資で新会社 観光経済新聞 in Japanese 2008 06 08 Retrieved 2021 07 28 ホテルオークラ JALホテルズ買収発表 日航ブランドは維持 日本経済新聞 in Japanese 2010 08 07 Retrieved 2021 07 28 The Okura Prestige Yangon to Open in 2020 www businesswire com 2017 07 28 Retrieved 2021 07 28 Kelts Roland 2016 01 05 In a Renewed Hotel Okura Japanese Historians Still See a Loss The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 2021 07 28 Workers Are Tearing Down Tokyo s Hotel Okura And History s Going With It NPR org Retrieved 2021 07 28 Opinion Farewell to the Old Okura The New York Times 2014 08 15 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 2021 07 28 Talbot Lindsay 2015 02 24 How Bottega Veneta Creative Director Tomas Maier Is Saving Tokyo s Hotel Okura Conde Nast Traveler Retrieved 2021 07 28 Simon Jade 2015 06 26 Bottega Veneta designer fights closure for Tokyo s Okura Hotel Vogue Paris in French Retrieved 2021 07 28 The Okura Tokyo Opens its Doors AP NEWS 2019 09 12 Retrieved 2021 07 28 Okura Nikko Hotels Our Hotels Okura Nikko Hotels 2016 02 25 Retrieved 2021 07 28 External links edit nbsp Media related to Hotel Okura at Wikimedia Commons Official website Retrieved from 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