IHG Hotels & Resorts (IHG) has signed its first management contract in Japan with Kajima Corporation (Kajima) to open ANA Holiday Inn Resort Karuizawa in 2025.
This agreement is the first step in a mid-to-long-term mutual development partnership in Japan between IHG, one of the world's leading hospitality companies, and Kajima, a leading Japanese construction, civil engineering, and real estate development company.
ANA Holiday Inn Resort Karuizawa will be an all-season resort located an hour and a half away from Tokyo Station at a spectacular altitude of 1,300 metres in the majestic Asama wilderness. The resort will have 100 guest rooms, two pet-friendly villas, a restaurant, a natural hot spring, a gym, an indoor swimming pool, and other facilities. The grounds adjacent to the hotel will feature a ski slope for children and adults and an 18-hole golf course, offering a wide range of activities throughout the year.
Currently operating as President Resort Karuizawa, the property will undergo an extensive renovation and reopen as ANA Holiday Inn Resort Karuizawa in the first quarter of 2025.
Once open, the hotel will further strengthen its efforts to attract not only guests from Japan but also overseas travellers through IHG’s global enterprise and its award-winning loyalty program, IHG One Rewards, with more than 130 million members worldwide.
Holiday Inn Resort Karuizawa will be the tenth hotel in Japan under the Holiday Inn brand family, and the fourth Holiday Inn Resort offering, alongside ANA Holiday Inn Resort Miyazaki, ANA Holiday Inn Resort Shinano Omachi Kuroyon, and ANA Holiday Inn Resort Appi Kogen. It’s also IHG’s second hotel in Karuizawa, complementing its boutique premium property, Hotel Indigo Karuizawa, which opened in 2022 and boasted unrivalled popularity among domestic and international travellers.
"Following Crowne Plaza Bangkok Lumpini Park in Thailand with Kajima Corporation, we are very honoured to announce that we have agreed to open ANA Holiday Inn Resort Karuizawa with them," said Abhijay Sandilya, Managing Director of Japan and Micronesia at IHG.
"Karuizawa, long a favourite with political, business and cultural visitors, and foreign travellers, is the perfect location to launch this partnership between IHG and Kajima. We look forward to building on this long-standing partnership and developing even more great hotels throughout Japan in the future."
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