Nikko Hotels Selected Best Regional Hotel Chain/Asia Pacific

Nikko Hotels Selected Best Regional Hotel Chain/Asia Pacific

October 27, 2007

... Winner of TTG Travel Award; selected by vote of travel
professionals

    TOKYO, Oct. 26 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Nikko Hotels
International was selected as Best Regional Hotel Chain at
the 18th TTG Travel Awards 2007, an award bestowed by the
vote of travel agents, tour operators and destination
management company readers of TTG publications.  The award
was presented by TTG to JAL Hotels Co., Inc., operator of
the Nikko Hotels International group of luxury hotels, at
The TTG Travel Awards 2007 Ceremony and Gala Dinner
yesterday in Bangkok.  The awards are considered the most
coveted and influential in the Asia Pacific's travel
industry.

    There was only one recipient for the award.  Readers
were allowed only one vote per person during a three-month
period.  The voting was based on the following criteria:
providing the best service, network and schedules; most
agent-friendly in terms of reservations, confirmations and
commission payments; and most professional sales and
marketing team in terms of innovative ideas, incentive
programs and servicing.

    About Nikko Hotels

    Nikko Hotels International is an international luxury
hotel group operated by JAL Hotels Co., Ltd., a subsidiary
of Japan Airlines, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. In
addition to Nikko Hotels International, JAL Hotels also
operates Hotel JAL City, a chain of 14 mid-priced hotels
for business travelers in Japan. As of October 20, 2007,
JAL Hotels Co., Ltd. has 65 hotels with 21,022 rooms
worldwide, in Europe, the Middle East, the Americas and
throughout Japan and the Asia/Pacific region. 

This year, the company opened the 171-room Hotel Nikko
Northland Obihiro on April 1st, the 373-room Hotel Nikko
Tianjin in Tianjin, China on April 11th, and the 257-room
Hotel JAL Fujairah Resort & Spa, a five-star Nikko
Hotels International property, in Fujairah, UAE, on May
15th. Future openings include the 478-room Hotel JAL Tower
Dubai, in Dubai, UAE, in 2008, and the 300-room Hotel JAL
Bahrain Resort & Spa, in 2009, both to be new members
of the Nikko Hotels International group.


    For more information, please contact:

     Abby Ray
     Nikko Hotels International
     Tel:   [phone] ext. 14 
     Email: [e-mail]