Corporate Overview
COMPANY PROFILE
Okura Nikko Hotel Management Co.,Ltd., a subsidiary of Hotel Okura Co.,Ltd, is a hotel operating company with three chains: Okura Hotels & Resorts, Nikko Hotels International and Hotel JAL City. The company’s international portfolio of properties is larger than any other Japan-headquartered hotel operator, and it intends to expand its portfolio further through hotel management contracts around the world. On October 1, 2015, the hotel management function of Hotel Okura Co., Ltd. was consolidated into JAL Hotels Co., Ltd., which was renamed as Okura Nikko Hotel Management.
Hotel Okura Co., Ltd., founded in 1958 and headquartered in Tokyo, opened its flagship hotel, Hotel Okura Tokyo, in 1962. The company, under the corporate philosophy “Best A.C.S. – Best Accommodation, Best Cuisine and Best Service,” managed Okura Hotels & Resorts and has extensive expertise in hospitality-related industries, including asset ownership and consulting on hotel development and operations.
JAL Hotels Co., Ltd. was established in 1970 under the name Japan Airline Development Company Ltd., as a subsidiary of Japan Airlines (JAL). The company changed its name to JAL Hotels Co., Ltd. in 1996 and manages hotels all over the world as a global hotel operator. On September 30, 2010, when JAL International sold 79.6 percent of JAL Hotels Co., Ltd. to Hotel Okura Co., Ltd., JAL Hotels became a consolidated subsidiary of Hotel Okura Co., Ltd. Through their partnership and enhanced synergies, JAL Hotels focused on management of the “Nikko Hotels International” and “Hotel JAL City” chains.
Integrating the Hotel Okura’s philisophy of “O-mo-te-na-shi” (Japanese hospitality) that has long captivated the world, with the global hotel operator expertise of JAL Hotels, the company has been trying and will establish a solid position as a global hotel operator with a Japanese tradition.
Fact Sheet
| Corporate Name | Okura Nikko Hotel Management Co., Ltd. |
| Head Office | 2-4-11, Higashi-shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 140-0002, Japan |
| Telephone | +81-3-5460-7334 |
| Capital | 4,272 billion yen |
| Business | Management and operation of hotels in Japan and around the world |
| Chief Executive Officer | Marcel P. van Aelst |
| Chain hotels |
(as of May 31, 2019) |
LEADERSHIP
Directors of the Board
| Toshihiro Ogita | Representative Director of the Board, Chairman |
| Marcel P. van Aelst | Representative Director of the Board, President |
| Kenji Uda | Director of the Board |
| Masato Ikeda | Director of the Board |
| Seiichi Takenaka | Director of the Board |
| Satoshi Furusawa | Director of the Board |
| Kenji Goto | Direcotr of the Board |
| Masao Taguchi | Director of the Board |
| Nobuyuki Umenai | Director of the Board |
Auditors
| Akira Shimizu | Corporate Auditor |
| Hideo Ninomiya | Corporate Auditor |
Corporate Executive Officers
| Harmen Dubbelaar | Senior Managing Executive Officer |
| Kenji Uda | Managing Executive Officer |
| Jan Marshall | Managing Executive Officer |
| Tadayasu Tsukada | Managing Executive Officer |
| Masato Ikeda | Managing Executive Officer |
| Seiichi Takenaka | Managing Executive Officer |
| Takashi Kondo | Senior Corporate Executive Officer |
| Makoto Minoji | Senior Corporate Executive Officer |
| Ryutaro Suzuki | Senior Corporate Executive Officer |
| Satoshi Furusawa | Senior Corporate Executive Officer |
| Ryota Sugiyama | Senior Corporate Executive Officer |
| Hiroaki Gofuku | Senior Corporate Executive Officer |
| Yoshinori Yamamoto | Senior Corporate Executive Officer |
| Yuji Shimada | Senior Corporate Executive Officer |
| Masahiro Ito | Senior Corporate Executive Officer |
| Anna Marie Presutti | Senior Corporate Executive Officer |
| Yukihisa Takigawa | Senior Corporate Executive Officer |
| Niek Hammer | Senior Corporate Executive Officer |
| Akihisa Mayumi | Senior Corporate Executive Officer |
| Hiroshi Takata | Corporate Executive Officer |
| Hisao Sasaya | Corporate Executive Officer |
| Chiyuki Fujimoto | Corporate Executive Officer |
| Teruki Okada | Corporate Executive Officer |
*As of June 18, 2019