July, 2015
Keio Plaza Hotel News Release
Kei o Pl aza Hot el Tokyo Remo del s
47 t h Floor Ba nq u et Facil i ti es:L e v e r a gi n g M a g n i f i c e n t C i t y Vi e w s i n R e s p o n s e t oGrowing Convention DemandTOKYO - Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo (KPH), one of Japan’s most prestigious international hotels
located in Shinjuku, Tokyo, will begin marketing of its newly remodeled 47th floor banquet room
facilities scheduled to reopen on September 12th. The functionality of the banquet rooms and otherfacilities located on the 47th floor will be significantly improved through a redesign and renovationto accentuate the magnificent city views. The newly remodeled banquet rooms can be used
independent of the other hotel facilities or in conjunction with the guest rooms and other banquet
rooms on the lower floors. At the same time, the renovations are undertaken to capture demand forlarge meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions (MICE) related events. The reconstruction
is expected to begin from August 5th and be completed on September 11th at a total cost of 300
million yen.
The 47 floor tall Keio Plaza Hotel was opened in 1971 as the first high rise hotel in Japan, and became an
extremely popular destination to enjoy the panoramic views of Tokyo city and beyond. We renovatedour banquet facilities and successfully captured convention and party demand generated by the move of
the Tokyo Metropolitan Offices adjacent to our Hotel in West Shinjuku in 1991. In addition, the Keio
Plaza Hotel became the first hotel within Tokyo to construct a karaoke room in 1995 on the same floor as
our banquet facilities to capture demand for after parties and for entertainment use by corporate clients.
The foyer, karaoke room entrance and restrooms will also be renovated along with the five small to medium
sized banquet rooms of the 47th floor to provide a consistent sense of stylishness throughout the entire floor.
In addition to the newly remodeled banquet rooms on the 47th floor, the banquet rooms on the lower floors andour guest rooms and will be equipped with complimentary and secure wireless and local area networks toincrease the convenience of our guests. The foyer area will be taken over in the renovation of the small sizedbanquet room “Akane” to expand its floor space from 45 to 65 square meters. At the same time, ourmedium sized banquet room “Aozora” will be equipped with brighter lighting systems to raise its
luminescence from 500 to 700 lux. These renovations are designed to increase the usability of our banquet
rooms for conferences and other usages. Moreover, the cloakroom will be relocated to expand the exposed
window space and to provide guests with a panoramic view from the 170 meter high 47th floor as soon as they
exit the elevators. In addition, a special MICE concierge counter will be established for use by hosts of events
that reserve all of the facilities on the 47th floor to increase their convenience.
The Keio Plaza Hotel hosts some 80 academic conferences and international conventions per year
and has come to be regarded as a leader within the hotel industry in terms of convention andconference operations. We have long been regarded the first or second place hotel in terms ofacademic and international conferences and conventions within Japan. Along with our large
banquet room capable of hosting 1,000 guests, our smaller banquet rooms can be used for separate
meetings or by the hosts of large conventions. We expect the upcoming renovation to allow ourHotel to capture increasing demand for large MICE related events associated with the Tokyo million
yen in sales per year over the long term.

Contacts
Sunaho Nakatani, +81-3-3344-0111
s-nakatani@keioplaza.co.jp
Public Relations Manager, Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo