History of Hotel Okura
Founded on the principle that our hotels must consistently offer the best accommodation, the best cuisine, and the best service, Okura Hotels & Resorts started out as a group of seven hotels. In the years that followed, the group has gradually expanded.
| December 1958 | Established Taisei Kanko Co., Ltd., the predecessor of Hotel Okura Co., Ltd.(Capital: 1 billion yen) |
| May 1962 | Opened Hotel Okura |
| March 1966 | Opened Hotel Okura Restaurant(Nagoya) |
| December 1970 | Increased capital to 3 billion yen |
| September 1971 | Opened Hotel Okura Amsterdam |
| July 1973 | Established Hotel Okura Enterprise |
| December 1973 | Opened Annex to Hotel Okura |
| April 1977 | Opened Hotel Kajima no Mori |
| September 1978 | Established Hotel Okura Chain, the predecessor of Okura Hotels & Resorts |
| March 1979 | Opened Hotel Shilla(currently The Shilla Seoul (Alliance Hotel)) |
| January 1987 | Company name changed to Hotel Okura Co., Ltd. |
| June 1989 | Opened Hotel Okura Kobe |
| March 1990 | Opened Garden Hotel Shanghai(currently Okura Garden Hotel Shanghai) |
| July 1990 | Opened The Shilla Jeju (Alliance Hotel) |
| October 1994 | Opened Okura Act City Hotel Hamamatsu |
| February 1997 | Opened Okura Akademia Park Hotel |
| January 1998 | Name changed to Okura Hotels & Resorts |
| November 1998 | Opened Forest Inn Showakan |
| March 1999 | Opened Hotel Okura Fukuoka |
| April 1999 | Reopened Aoyama Diamond Hall |
| April 2001 | Okura Frontier Hotel Tsukuba renamed and started technical assistance contract |
| July 2001 | Opened Hotel Okura Foods Factory |
| October 2001 | Restructured the Group(spun-off Hotel Okura Tokyo Co., Ltd., a hotel operations company in Toranomon, Tokyo, with Hotel Okura Co., Ltd. becoming an operating holding company, which retained the assets of the Okura Group and currently manages hotel chain operations) |
| December 2001 | – Opened Okura Chiba Hotel – Okura Frontier Hotel Ebina renamed and started management contract service |
| February 2002 | – Hotel Okura Niigata renamed and started management contract service – Kyoto Hotel Okura renamed and started business cooperation |
| April 2002 | – Established Hotel Okura Space Solutions Co., Ltd. – Hotel Okura Tokyo Bay renamed and started management contract service |
| June 2003 | Opened Hotel Okura Sapporo |
| October 2006 | Formed a joint marketing alliance with Banyan Tree Hotels & Resorts |
| March 2007 | – Acquired Tsukuba Academic City Hotel Business Co., Ltd. – Established Aoi Investments Tsukuba, Co., Ltd. |
| September 2007 | – Concluded an agreement with The Okura Prestige Taipei – Formed a joint marketing alliance with Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces |
| October 2007 | – Hotel Okura Okayama renamed and started management contract service – Opened Salon Culinaire Okura in Hotel Okura Kobe |
| December 2007 | Concluded an agreement with Hotel Okura Macau |
| June 2008 | Established Orange Marketing Services, Japan Co., Ltd. |
| February 2009 | The Kahala Hotel & Resort in Honolulu enters into reservations and marketing representation agreement with OHR |
| September 2010 | Hotel Okura Co., Ltd. acquires majority shares of JAL Hotels Co., Ltd. (Consolidated Companies of Hotel Okura Co., Ltd. since October 2010) |
| November 2010 | Kazusa Academia Park Co., Ltd. has become consolidated company |
| April 2011 | The Makena Beach & Golf Resort in Maui enters into reservations and marketing representation agreement with OHR |
| May 2011 | Opened Hotel Okura Macau |
| April 2012 | Opened Hotel Okura JR Huis Ten Bosch |
| May 2012 | Opened The Okura Prestige Bangkok |
| Aug 2012 | Opened The Okura Prestige Taipei |
| April 2013 | On April 1st, 2013, Hotel Okura Co., Ltd. will launch One Harmony, a loyalty program for its three hotel groups, Okura Hotels & Resorts, Nikko Hotels International and Hotel JAL City. |
| April 2015 | Hotel Shiroyama Kagoshima enters into reservations and marketing representation agreement with OHR |