Hilton focuses on MICE in Hiroshima, IHG on lifestyle in Tokyo

While Hilton is offering a new MICE hotel in Hiroshima, ready for major international events, IHG is planning a lifestyle Indigo hotel in the heart of Tokyo.
The Hilton Hiroshima, with almost 3,000 m2 of MICE space. (c) Hilton 2022
The Hilton Hiroshima, with almost 3,000 m2 of MICE space. (c) Hilton 2022

As Japan reopens its doors to more tourists, business travellers can now enjoy a new Hilton jumbo jet in Hiroshima, celebrating the opening of the brand's 600th hotel worldwide. Presented as " one of the largest MICE facilities in the Chugoku and Shikoku region" This hotel is ready for major international eventsAs Hiroshima prepares to host the next G7 summit next year, the hotel will be the perfect venue for a wide range of events. Equipped with the latest LED technology and state-of-the-art audiovisual equipment, its 19 meeting and reception rooms cover more than 2,800 m2, and its large ballroom alone, measuring almost 1,300 m2, can accommodate banquets for 700 people and cocktail parties for over 1,000 participants.

The Hilton Hiroshima has been designed to meet the needs of business and leisure travellers, as well as visitors attending international conferences and exhibitions." said Timothy Soper, Hilton's Regional Vice President for Japan, Korea and Micronesia. Located in the city centre, just a 10-minute drive from the train station and not far from Hiroshima's main UNESCO memorial sites, this new hotel has 420 rooms and suites and a VIP lounge.

Among its facilities, the Hilton Hiroshima offers guests an indoor swimming pool, fitness centre, sauna and L'Occitane spa. As for the F&B offer, it comprises four restaurants, including the Japanese table Sensui, combining sushi, teppanyaki and kaiseki and headed by two-starred chef Takagi, and a designer cocktail bar in partnership with renowned bartender Roggerio Igarasi.

While the Hilton Group has strengthened its offer in one of Japan's major metropolises, its counterpart IHG has announced a new project for its Hotel Indigo brand in Tokyo. The fourth establishment under this lifestyle brand, following on from those opened in Hakone, Karuizawa and Inuyama, theHotel Indigo Tokyo Shibuya When it opens at the end of 2023, it will mark the brand's entry into the heart of the Japanese capital. Located just five minutes from the famous crossroads with its diagonal zebra crossings, the hotel is part of the Dogenzaka Dori complex currently under development. Comprising not only a hotel, but also shops, offices and a hotel, this 28-storey building is intended to be a new place to live in the heart of Tokyo's bustle.

In line with its surroundings, the hotel's design theme revolves around the "green". jungle city" In addition to a café offering takeaway and eat-in food, Hotel Indigo Tokyo Shibuya has 272 rooms. In addition to a café offering a range of eat-in and takeaway food, Hotel Indigo Tokyo Shibuya has 272 rooms, with the rooms on the upper floors offering views as far as Mount Fuji on a clear day.

One of the 272 rooms at the future Hotel Indigo Tokyo Shibuya.