- First Millennium Hotel at Heart of Ginza, Conscious of Foreign Tourists -

Mitsui Fudosan Co. announced December 15 that Millennium Mitsui Garden Hotel Tokyo will open Dec. 17. Located at the heart of Japan's fashionable Ginza district, Millennium Mitsui Garden Hotel Tokyo will rank among the highest-priced hotels in the area. The hotel offers a place with a distinct Japanese taste that will be a welcome addition to Ginza where a wide spectrum of people come looking for high quality. The hotel's exterior looks quite like a woven basket while the interior designed with Asian minimalism offers an intimate private space.

Special concept rooms are also offered, including Pearl Room designed in collaboration with Mikimoto Cosmetics Ginza and Hakuza Golden Foil Room with HAKUZA Nihonbashi. By collaborating with Japan's famous brands and entities with traditional craftsmanship, the hotel aims at communicating "Cool Japan" to the rest of the world.

* Mitsui Fudosan group teams up with Hong Leong Group Singapore

Millennium & Copthorne Hotels, a unit of Hong Leong Group Singapore, is a hotel management company running 130 hotels in 24 countries. In 1972, the Mitsui Fudosan group and Hong Leong Group Singapore established a joint venture company, TID Pte. Ltd., that has developed condominium and hotel businesses in Singapore for over 40 years.

* Millennium Hotel coming to Japan

Millennium Mitsui Garden Hotel Tokyo, the first Millennium hotel in Japan, offers quality hotel services made possible by the Millennium-Mitsui partnership.

* Ginza brand

The hotel is located at an ideal spot near the Kabuki-za Theater in Ginza, where future and tradition coexist. Located near the Ginza 4-chome intersection, guests staying in some of the hotel rooms can see Kabuki-za, the incarnation of Japanese culture representing Ginza. They can enjoy the attraction of Ginza's street scene combining the traditional culture of Japanese origin and the advanced culture of the West. Millennium Mitsui Garden Hotel Tokyo's proximity to famous department stores and Kabuki-za will be highly convenient for hotel guests.

For more information, please visit our English-language website:

http://www.gardenhotels.co.jp/eng/millennium-tokyo/