Tom Rowntree, vice president of IHG's global luxury brands, said the hotel will be part of a large mixed-use development. It is scheduled to open in 2020 with 349 guestrooms.
InterContinental Hotels Group has signed a deal to operate a Kimpton hotel in Bangkok, the latest in a series of moves to take the boutique brand global.
Tom Rowntree, vice president of IHG's global luxury brands, said the hotel will be part of a large mixed-use development. It is scheduled to open in 2020 with 349 guestrooms.
IHG bought Kimpton, one of America's original luxury boutique brands, in 2015 with the intent of growing it internationally and broadening IHG's luxury portfolio.
Since then, IHG has opened Kimpton properties in Amsterdam and the Cayman Islands and has projects in several other cities, including Tokyo, Paris, Frankfurt, Mexico City and Taipei.
Kimpton Tokyo, opening in 2020, is at the heart of Shinjuku, the world-famous skyscraper district that showcases many of Tokyo’s tallest buildings, as well as department stores, subterranean malls, electronics shops, and Kabukicho, one of Japan’s largest and most lively entertainment districts. It’s also home to the world’s busiest railway station, which serves more than two million passengers every day.