HMI Hotel Group

HMI Hotel Group
Native name	ホテルマネージメントインターナショナル
Company type	Private
Industry	Hotel Brand
Founded	October 1, 1998
Founder	Ryuko Hira
Headquarters	10F Yamaman Bldg., 6-1 Nihonbashi-koami-cho, Chuo-ku., Tokyo, Japan
Area served	Japan and India
Key people	Ryuko Hira Toshikazu Ogaki Hiroaki Aoto Teruo Nishimura
Net income	JPY 2,057 million (2019)
Total assets	JPY 25,536 million (2019)
Number of employees	5000+
Subsidiaries	Positive Dream persons
Website	https://hmihotelgroup.com

HMI Hotel Group, established in 1966, owns and operates 46 properties across Japan. Under the principle (Life is a Journey), HMI Hotels are divided into 7 brands: Creston, Crown Palais, Seapark & Greenpark Resorts, HMI Ryokans, Hotel Wellness, Top Wellness and Pearl City Hotel. With over 10 million guests each year, HMI Hotel Group is the 8th largest hotel chain in Japan. It is headed by Ryuko Hira, with its headquarters in Nihombashi, Tokyo, Japan.

Brands operating under HMI

There are Seven sub-brands that are presently existing under the HMI group. These hotels are categorized based on the facilities they offer.

Hotel Crown Palais
Hotel Pearl City
Creston Hotel
Resort Ryokan
Sea Park Hotel Green Park Hotel
Hotel wellness
Top Wellness

Hotels

HMI Hotel Group, known in Japan as Hotel Management International Co., Ltd., was established in 1998,^[1] and manages about 60 resort and business hotels in Japan.

Hotel Pearl City Sapporo, Sapporo
Hotel Pearl City Sendai, Sendai
Shibuya Creston Hotel, Tokyo
Nagoya Creston Hotel, Nagoya
Hotel Pearl City Kobe, Kobe, where the company is headquartered
Crown Palais Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
Rizzan Sea-Park Hotel Tancha-Bay, Onna, Okinawa

etc.

Owned by Ryuko Hira

HMI Hotel Group is owned by Ryuko Hira. He was born in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, in 1948.^[2] After trading in gemstones and precious metals in Tokyo, he married a Japanese woman, became a naturalized Japanese citizen, and adopted a Japanese name, Ryūko Hira (Japanese: 比良竜虎). ^{[citation needed]}

In 1991 Hira established the Hotel Pearl City Kobe, which also serves as HMI Hotel Group's headquarters. Since that time, he has mainly bought the operating rights of existing hotels. He also is one of the directors of Japan-India Association, Tokyo.^[3]

References

^ Hotel Management International Co., Ltd.
^ The History of Sightseeing in Japan: Hotel Management International Co., Ltd. (in Japanese)
^ About Japan-India Association: List of Board of Directors (in Japanese)

External links

[1] Hotel Management International Co., Ltd.

[2] The History of Sightseeing in Japan: Hotel Management International Co., Ltd. (in Japanese)

[3] About Japan-India Association: List of Board of Directors (in Japanese)

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