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Solare�s 40th hotel in Japan Brings the Group�s
Total Guestrooms to 8,237
(Tokyo � 19, April 2006) Lagoon Resort Nago Co. Ltd., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Solare Hotels & Resorts Co. Ltd. (Head Office: Minato
Ward, Tokyo; capitalization: Yen 1.285 billion, www.solarehotels.com CEO:
A. G. Virili), has signed a long term management contract with the new
owner of the Okinawa Marriott Resort Kariyushi Beach (361 rooms), operating
under a Marriott franchise agreement, effective March 29th, 2006.
�The Okinawa Marriott Resort Kariyushi Beach which is only one year
old and in pristine condition, shortly will be renamed the Okinawa Marriott
Resort & Spa. It is now the jewel in our resorts collection. Okinawa
is experiencing unprecedented tourism growth and in close collaboration
with Marriott and our travel trade partners, we intend to transform this
hotel into one of the top resort destinations for Japanese and international
guests alike.� said the group CEO, A.G. Virili.
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Okinawa Marriott Resort & Spa
1490-1, Kise, Nago-city, Okinawa Prefecture, 905-0026
Tel: (0980?-51-1000
Opened: April 2005
General Manager: Masakazu Kido
Guest rooms: 361 rooms in total
Facilities: Nine restaurants & Bars, swimming
pool, gym & spa, wedding facilities |
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In addition to 26 Chisun brand hotels, Solare Hotels & Resorts
operates a collection of full service hotels under the �Solare Collection�,
to which the Okinawa Marriott Resort Kariyushi Beach belongs. The addition
of the Okinawa Marriott Resort Kariyushi Beach brings the total number
of Solare Collection hotels to 14, and the group�s total to 40 hotels and
8,237 guest rooms. Solare currently has three new hotels under construction
due to open within 2006, including a Chisun Grand (139 rooms) in the fashionable
Akasaka district in Tokyo. Solare also has just announced a 200 rooms tower
expansion of its 419 room Loisir Resort in Naha, due to commence later
this year. Solare expects to grow to 10,000 rooms by the end of 2006.
About Solare Hotels & Resorts
Japan based Solare Hotels & Resorts Co. Ltd. currently operates
40 hotels and some 8,200 rooms under various brands, including, Okinawa
Marriott Resort & Spa, Holiday Inn Kyoto, Kobe Bay Sheraton Hotel &
Towers, Loisir Hotel Okinawa, Hotel Nikko Toyohashi, Mercure Hotel Narita,
and the nationwide budget chain, Chisun hotels, inns & resorts.
Solare�s corporate goal is to become one of the top 5 hotel chains in Japan
by 2010.
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