Established in 1966
HMI Hotel Group
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 Ryuko Hira (比良竜虎) (born 30 May 1948) is a prominent Indian investor, is President of HMI Hotel Group and Ora Group of companies Japan, engaged in investment, ownership, and development of real estate, hospitality and tourism projects in ...

, with its headquarters in

Nihombashi is a business district of Chūō, Tokyo, Japan which grew up around the bridge of the same name which has linked two sides of the Nihonbashi River at this site since the 17th century. The first wooden bridge was completed in 1603. The curren ...

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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, and manages about 60 resort and business hotels in Japan.
Hotel Pearl City Sapporo

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Hotel Pearl City Sendai

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Shibuya Creston Hotel

Nagoya Creston Hotel

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Hotel Pearl City Kobe

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, where the company is headquartered
Crown Palais Kitakyushu

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Rizzan Sea-Park Hotel Tancha-Bay

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Owned by Ryuko Hira

HMI Hotel Group is owned by

. He was born in

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, in 1948. After trading in

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in Tokyo, he married a Japanese woman, became a naturalized Japanese citizen, and adopted a Japanese name, Ryūko Hira (

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: 比良竜虎). 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 The is a foundation headquartered in the Suzuko Building (スズコービル ''Suzukō biru'') in Nihonbashi, Chuo, Tokyo.Home
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, Tokyo. About Japan-India Association: List of Board of Directors
(in Japanese)

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External links

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