[Japon] Le resort développé par Oriental Land Company sur l'île d'Okinawa ne sera pas un resort Disney.

Oriental Land Company, propriétaire et exploitant de Tokyo Disney Resort, annoncait en avril 2014 son intention de développer ses activités dans le domaine des loisirs hors de la baie de Tokyo, potentiellement en collaboration avec The Walt Disney Company.

Atsushi Sakima, maire de Ginowan sur l'île d'Okinawa, a tendu la main aux dirigeants tokyoïtes en proposant le site de l'ancienne base militaire américaine pour la construction d'un resort Disney.

Yoshihide Suga, Secrétaire général du Cabinet du Japon, a déclaré que le gouvernement japonais supportait l'initiative du maire qu'il a déjà rencontré à ce sujet.

De son côté, la direction d'Oriental Land Company a confirmé avoir rencontré mercredi dernier le maire de Ginowan et Aiko Shimajiri, la ministre chargée d'Okinawa et des Territoires du Nord, et que la proposition serait étudiée avec attention sans préciser si il s'agissait d'un hôtel de villégiature ou d'un parc à thème comme l'envisage son concurrent Universal Studios Japan précisément sur cette île ( https://www.disneycentralplaza.com/t41093-universal-studios-park-a-taipei-jakarta-mumbai-kyushu-et-ou-okinawa-2020 ).

Milial Resort Hotels Co., Ltd. a conclu aujourd'hui un accord de base sur un projet d'hôtel à proximité de Seragaki Beach sur l'île d'Okinawa avec Tokyu Land Corporation et NTT Urban Development Corporation.

Milial Resort Hotels Co., Ltd. possède, gère et opère les quatre hôtels Disney de Tokyo Disney Resort et est la propriété à 100% de Oriental Land Company Ltd. (propriétaire et exploitant de Tokyo Disney Resort).  

Seragaki est situé à environ une heure de route de l'aéroport de Naha. Le nom de travail de ce projet de resort d'une superficie de quatre hectares est actuellement "Seragaki Hotel Project".

Les trois partenaires se sont engagés à créer une entreprise conjointe pour développer, posséder, gérer et opérer le futur complexe hôtelier.

A ce stade, il n'est absolument pas confirmé qu'il s'agisse d'un futur resort Disney même si c'est une possibilité déjà évoquée.

Après l'échec d'un projet de parc à thème à Okinawa avec USJ Company Ltd. (racheté par Comcast Corporation qui doute de la rentabilité d'un tel projet), le gouvernement municipal de Ginowan se tourne vers Oriental Land Company Ltd.

Actuellement l'entreprise tokyoïte se concentre sur son plan décennal d'investissement (2014-2024) à Tokyo Disney Resort, un éventuel projet de parc à thème pour Okinawa ne peut être étudié à l'heure actuelle.

Le projet de resort (hôtelier) à Seragaki Beach n'a pas été abordé.

Le développement d'un hôtel et/ou d'un éventuel parc à thème par Oriental Land Company Ltd. à Okinawa n'implique pas nécessairement une collaboration avec The Walt Disney Company.

Milial Resort Hotels Co., Ltd., filiale d'Oriental Land Company, et ses deux partenaires investisseurs (Tokyu Land Corporation et NTT Urban Development Corporation) ont confirmé la construction d'un resort de luxe à Seragaki sur l'île d'Okinawa mais pas en partenariat avec The Walt Disney Company, les trois entreprises ayant décidé de s'associer avec le groupe hôtelier américain Hyatt Hotels Corporation pour opérer le futur resort sous le nom de Hyatt Regency Seragaki Island. Les travaux ont débuté et l'ouverture du resort est prévue pour l'été 2018.


This hotel will be Hyatt’s first beach resort in Japan. It is located in Okinawa’s most sought-after resort destination, Onnason, on the west coast, approximately 60 minutes from Naha Airport by car. The plan includes the construction of a large hotel with around 340 rooms in total covering all of Seragaki Island and on the side of Okinawa’s main island, surrounded by abundant nature. The hotel will have a variety of restaurants/bars, spas, swimming pools, fitness centers, banquet rooms, chapel and a full range of secondary facilities.

Together with the construction of the hotel, the project for the development of the sea area is underway in cooperation with Onnason, including the redevelopment of village roads that will connect to Seragaki Island and the beaches. New added value in the area will be created through town development in cooperation with the local community. In addition to domestic tourists, whose numbers are rising steadily, inbound guests who are expected to increase, will be taken into consideration in the development of the facilities.

Suivi du projet (même si finalement non-Disney) : Ouverture du resort prévue en août 2018.

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In Onnason, the First Hyatt Beach Resort in Japan

Hyatt Regency Seragaki Island Okinawa

Slated to Open in August 2018 with Rooms Reservations Scheduled to Commence in February

Good Luck Corporation Named Partner for Destination Weddings

In a joint communiqué released today the three business operators of Hyatt Regency Seragaki Island Okinawa, a luxury beach resort now under construction in Onnason in Okinawa Prefecture, announced that plans are on track for the hotel to open its doors in August 2018, with rooms reservations scheduled to commence half a year earlier in February. The three companies are Tokyu Land Corporation (TSE 3289; president Yuji Okuma), NTT Urban Development Corporation (TSE 8933; president and CEO Hiroshi Nakagawa), and Milial Resort Hotels Co., Ltd. (a subsidiary of Oriental Land Co., Ltd.; TSE 4661; president Yumiko Takano).

Seragaki Hotel Management K.K. (president Tomoyuki Hayakawa), a joint venture of the three business operators, will oversee the hotel management while Hyatt International Asia Pacific Ltd., an associated company of Hyatt Hotels Corporation, will operate the hotel, the announcement stated. Hyatt Regency Seragaki Island Okinawa is the first Hyatt beach resort to open in Japan.

Good Luck Corporation, a wedding specialist founded in 2003 with proven experience planning and executing upscale destination weddings in Hawaii, Guam, Bali, and Taiwan in addition to Okinawa, has been designated the official partner for the hotel’s bridal offerings. With its prime location facing the East China Sea just one hour north of Naha Airport, Hyatt Regency Seragaki Island Okinawa is poised to become an exciting contender in the Asia-Pacific market for destination weddings and honeymoons. The beach resort is midway between the northern and southernmost points of Okinawa Island, making travel to points of interest in either direction easy.

Figures released by the prefectural government show that the number of domestic and international arrivals in Okinawa reached an all-time high in fiscal year 2016 of 8,769,200, a 10.5 percent increase over the previous year. Figures for the first half of the current fiscal year already show a 9.3 percent increase over the same period in fiscal year 2016. With construction of an additional runway at Naha Airport now underway and slated to be in operation in late March 2020, this upward trend is projected to continue.

The opening team is committed to making Hyatt Regency Seragaki Island Okinawa a one-of-a-kind resort that drives travelers’ decisions of where to vacation. The joint communiqué stated, “We are united in our desire to position Hyatt Regency Seragaki Island Okinawa as a premier luxury destination in the Asia-Pacific region. We aim to rewrite the definition of what a destination hotel can be.”

The First Hyatt Beach Resort in Japan Construction of the planned 340-room property as well as an access road linking Seragaki Island with Route 58 on the main island is now underway. Super Potato alumnus Yukio Hashimoto, whose work to date includes not only luxury hotels but also spas, boutiques, private residences, and eating and drinking venues in Japan and abroad, is in charge of the hotel’s interior design. His mandate for the first Hyatt beach resort in Japan is to create uplifting, inspired spaces and ambiences that invite full relaxation. The estimated gross floor area of the facilities is 38,200 square meters.

A New Contender for Destination Weddings in the Asia-Pacific Region Seragaki Hotel Management K.K. has entered into an agreement with Good Luck Corporation, who will oversee the resort’s wedding-related products and services as well as the operation of the on-site chapel and wedding salon facilities. The consultancy’s Arluis Wedding enterprise is recognized as a growth leader in Japan’s destination weddings market. Prospective brides and grooms should note that reservations for Seragaki Island Chapel will commence December 22 for weddings scheduled September 1, 2018 or later.

Hiroko Noguchi Appointed as General Manager Hyatt has appointed Hiroko Noguchi as general manager of the resort. Her eleven-year post as the founding general manager of Hyatt Regency Hakone Resort and Spa, the property that marked Hyatt’s initial foray into Japan’s resort market, combined with her prior experience as manager of Sales and Marketing at Park Hyatt Tokyo, the first Park Hyatt to open in Asia, make her eminently qualified to take the helm of Hyatt’s first beach resort in Japan. Noguchi assumed the role in September of this year and is now leading the pre-opening efforts.

Hyatt Regency Seragaki Island Okinawa, slated to open in August 2018 1108 Seragaki, Onnason, Kunigami-gun, Okinawa

• Three reinforced-concrete structures (respectively seven, three and two stories above ground)

• Estimated total floor area: 38,200 square meters (31,400 on Seragaki Island; 6,800 on Okinawa Island) • Approximately 340 guest rooms

• Drinking and dining venues, spa, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, fitness center, meeting and banquet spaces, chapel • Architectural design and supervision via a joint venture of Tokyu Architects & Engineers Inc. and Takenaka Corporation

• Interior design by Hashimoto Yukio Design Studio • Exterior design by Ishikatsu Exterior Inc.

• Construction by Takenaka Corporation