
Best Western International has opened its first hotel in the Japanese city of Kagoshima.
Olivier Berrivin, Best Western International's Managing Director of International Operations - Asia, commented; "With plans to attract 20 million international visitors by 2020, Japan is a country on the rise. Best Western offers a large collection of modern, international hotels across the country, and I am thrilled that we are now able to welcome visitors to the up-and-coming city of Kagoshima." Japan was the location of Best Western International's first hotel in Asia. Best Western International now has a portfolio of 14 hotels in 11 key cities across Japan.
On January 1, 2015, Best Western was the 8th international hotel group in terms of number of rooms with 302,144 units in 3,900 properties according to MKG Hospitality, consulting firm founded by Georges Panayotis. (Read our article)
