First ANA Crowne Plaza hotel to open in Niigata prefecture

NIIGATA – IHG ANA Hotels Group Japan and RINKO Corporation have signed a new hotel management contract, which will bring the ANA Crowne Plaza hotel brand to Niigata Prefecture for the first time, following a re-branding of the existing Hotel Niigata. The hotel, which is owned by RINKO, will be re-branded as ANA Crowne Plaza Niigata by the end of 2008.

Before the re-branding, the hotel will undertake renovations to meet Crowne Plaza's global brand standards. This includes upgrading of all guest rooms as well as several food and beverage outlets.

IHG ANA Hotels Group Japan has appointed Masumi Kosugi as the new general manager of Hotel Niigata. Kosugi, who will take up his new role on May 1, 2008, has extensive hotel experience gained through various leadership roles at Capitol Tokyu Hotel, ANA Hotel Tokyo and ANA Ishigaki Hotel & Resort during the past 17 years. He was most recently executive assistant manager at ANA Hotel Ishigaki Hotel & Resort.

ANA Crowne Plaza is one of the co-brands established as a result of the hotel management joint venture between ANA (All Nippon Airways) and IHG.