Hyatt, Banyan Tree make their debuts

A Hyatt Hotels Corporation affiliate has entered into a management agreement with ORIX Corporation for a Hyatt Centric hotel and Hyatt House hotel in Kanazawa, on Japan’s north coast in the Hokuriku region. The hotels, expected to open in mid-2020, will mark Hyatt’s first joint development and first Hyatt House hotel to open in Japan.

The 250-room Hyatt Centric Kanazawa will occupy the entire 14-story left tower, housing a restaurant, a rooftop bar, a fitness centre as well as meeting facilities.

The Hyatt House Kanazawa will occupy floors three to seven of the 15-story right tower, offering about 90 apartment-style suites equipped with kitchens for extended-stay and long-term guests, a gym, and a multi-purpose social space that includes a restaurant, a lounge, a bar, and a business centre.

Located next to JR Kanazawa Station, the key stop on Japan’s newest bullet train route, the hotels will provide convenient access to many of the country’s finest historical landmarks. Additionally, the hotels will be in close proximity to the city’s historical attractions, including a 16th century castle, traditional gardens and natural hot springs.

In another series of firsts, Singapore-based Banyan Tree Holdings will debut on home turf as the operator of an eco-friendly resort located within a new integrated nature and wildlife destination at Mandai.

Guests will be able to stay in a full-service accommodation among the precinct’s nature offerings including its five wildlife parks, nature-themed indoor attraction and public green spaces, which is expected to open in 2023.

The resort will be situated on a 4.6 hectares plot of land at the eastern end of the Mandai precinct, and will feature different accommodation types including standard and family rooms in low-rise structures, as well as elevated cabins or treehouses immersed in greenery.

The resort will also provide guests a chance to be immersed in nature through guided nature walks, native wildlife spotting tours, recycling workshops and educational movie screenings.