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The Worlds Fastest Growing Luxury Hotel Brand Signs Deal to Open First Property in Japan; W Yokohama to Debut in the Minato Mirai 21 Redevelopment in 2010
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. today announced the signing of W Yokohama, marking the brand's entrance into Japan. Starwood entered into a long-term relationship with Pacific Management Corporation and Penta-Ocean Construction Co., Ltd. to manage this new-build hotel in Yokohama, one of Japan's major commercial centers. Boasting a prime location at the heart of the city's most forward-looking, urban development project, W Yokohama will make its debut in 2010 offering 245 guest rooms, more than 10,000 square feet of meeting space, a W Living Room Bar, two restaurants and a signature spa.
W Yokohama is a highly anticipated addition to Shinko, the New Port, district an impressive, futuristic destination within a destination with dazzling views, soaring towers and high-end shopping in Minato Mirai 21 development Home to nearly 1,200 corporations, MM21 attracts millions of visitors each year to its retail, leisure, hotel and convention facilities. W Yokohama will offer sweeping harbor views from its prime water-front location next to the Red Brick Warehouse, a refurbished shopping area with a variety of boutiques, restaurants and live music venues. The city's top attractions, including Sankeien Garden, Shomyoji Temple and Japan's largest Chinatown, are easily accessible via the city's sleek new subway system.
Located 18 miles west of Tokyo, the forward-looking city of Yokohama is experiencing brisk growth in its biotechnology and semiconductor sectors and continued expansion of its convention business. In addition to offering direct access to the city's most important business centers, W Yokohama will be less than 30 minutes drive from the Haneda Airport, Tokyo's main domestic airport, also known as the busiest airport in Asia.
In addition to W Yokohama's cutting-edge design and cosmopolitan ambience, the hotel will offer guests an opportunity to relax in style in the signature W bed, outfitted with feather-top mattresses, 350 thread-count Egyptian cotton sheets and goose-down comforters. The alluring, water-front hotel will also offer the signature W Whatever/Whenever service, the hotel's 24-hour concierge that can provide whatever guests want -- from a pair of running shoes to private jet service -- whenever they want it.
W Yokohama is the latest addition to the brand's fast-growing international collection of hotels in the world's most vibrant cities and emerging destinations. W, the fastest growing luxury hotel brand in the world, has recently announced plans to open hotels in Barcelona, Istanbul, Athens, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Koh Samui, Santiago, Dubai, Doha and Macau. These properties will follow the highly successful openings of the W Retreat & Spa-Maldives, W Montreal, and W Mexico City
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