Palace Hotel Tokyo Nurtures Business Best Practices
Cultivating Tokyo develops ways and means of a more enriching experience of the city!
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TOKYO, Japan (25 June 2014) – As a sequel to its recently launched Palatial Pursuits initiatives inthe arts, Palace Hotel Tokyo is paving new roads into the city’s dynamic business scene with
Cultivating Tokyo.
The new experience available to business travellers, as well as leisure travellers, shifts gears on theusual array of amenities by re-forging the anchor on each and every Palatial Pursuit – in this case, abespoke two-hour or four-hour private session with a connoisseur on etiquette in Japan.
“Packages that include complimentary Internet connectivity, daily pressing service and overnight
shoe shining have a place in every cityscape, but here, the business traveller who will really makean impression is the one who can illustrate that they’ve made an effort to understand the subtle
nuances of the local culture, whether it’s the gentleman who knows how to host a business dinneror the lady who can speak some basic Japanese,” said Executive Director and General Manager
Masaru Watanabe.
As a foundation, Cultivating Tokyo starts business travellers off with two nights’ accommodation
in a Club Deluxe Room or Executive Suite. The stay comes with full Club Lounge access andprivileges, including:
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Private check-in & check-out
Dedicated concierge service
Daily buffet breakfast
Daily afternoon tea service
Daily evening cocktails & canapésComplimentary use of the Club Lounge’s private meeting room

Beyond these perks, and the hotel’s efforts to serve as the traveller’s residence and office while inTokyo, it’s with personalised sessions on etiquette that Cultivating Tokyo really makes adifference.
Etiquette in Tokyo, perhaps more than in any other city in the world, is very refined and deeply
rooted in customs. Indeed, the well-recognised two-handed proffering of a business card, therecipient’s two-handed acceptance and studied consideration of the same, is widely believed tohave originated in Japan.
The exchange of business cards, or meishi koukan, is all important as a tone-setter for any meeting.
But so are many other ways and means of doing business. Cultivating Tokyo anticipates theexecutive traveller’s needs – whether he or she needs a tutorial on forms of address, on bodylanguage, on best practices at meal times – and elevates the possibilities.

And hotel guests need not book the Cultivating Tokyo stay experience to avail themselves of thebenefit. The service is also available to book (in advance) à la carte via the concierge desk.
Nor is the scope of Cultivating Tokyo limited to the specific wants of business travellers. Whether
an executive with adventurous family in tow or a leisure traveller keen to firm up one’s in-country
savvy, the new experience enables a deeper appreciation of the destination.
Package rates start at JPY 112,000 for Club Deluxe Rooms and JPY 216,000 for Executive Suites.
To book Cultivating Tokyo, please visit www.en.palacehoteltokyo.com/special_offers.

ABOUT PALACE HOTEL TOKYO
Opened in May 2012, Palace Hotel Tokyo commands some of the city’s most exclusive real estateand stands as heir to a legacy going back more than half a century as one of the city’s most iconic
hotels.
As the anchor to a USD 1.2 billion mixed-use development - built entirely from the ground-up the hotel features 290 rooms & suites, 10 restaurants & bars, an evian SPA and incomparable
views of the city’s most rarified green space - the Imperial Palace gardens.
Drawing deeply from the country’s history, culture and art, the much talked-about new addition to
Tokyo’s hotel scene has redefined luxury in Japan with grace, elegance and authenticity.
Located at 1-1-1 Marunouchi, the hotel is a 10-minute walk from landmark Tokyo Station andmere steps away from Marunouchi Naka Dori, one of Tokyo’s most upscale shopping and dining
destinations.
For more information, please visit www.en.palacehoteltokyo.com or contact:
Japan
Palace Hotel Tokyo
press@palacehotel.jp
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USA
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