Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo Named 'Top In City' by Zagat

Survey 2007-2008 - World's Top Hotels, Resorts and Spas

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. October 14, 2008

HONG KONG, China, January 14, 2008. Officials representing the popular Zagat Survey guides to restaurants, hotels and spas were in town last week to recognise Japan?s leading restaurants for the 2008 Tokyo restaurant guide. At an awards ceremony held on 19 December, Zagat representatives also recognised Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo as the top-rated hotel in Japan as featured in the 2007-2008 World?s Top Hotels, Resorts & Spas Survey.

The survey rates 1,287 of the world's best places to stay on a 30-point scale, in the four separate categories of Rooms, Service, Dining and Facilities, with 0 to 9 representing poor to fair and 26 to 30 signifying extraordinary to perfection. These individual scores are then averaged to yield each hotel's overall score.

Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo attained the highest score of any hotel in Japan, at 27. Its sister properties in Bangkok, Miami and New York shared the same overall score. Only four properties in the world, in Paris, Chicago, Bangkok and Hong Kong received a higher rating, each attaining a score of 28. In the Rooms category, Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo attained the top score of 29 along with 24 other hotels, an honour shared in Japan only by Gora Kadan in the hot springs resort of Hakone.

Nina Zagat, who co-founded the survey with husband Tim in New York in 1979, commented, "Tokyo is famous for its luxury, world-class hotels. To be the best among this group requires exceptional rooms, service, dining and public facilities. That's what Mandarin Oriental offers and that?s why our surveyors say it's number one."

Zagat Survey ratings are based entirely on the collective opinions of more than 300,000 consumer contributors worldwide, whose actual comments are excerpted in quotations throughout each review. The latest edition of the guide is based on the opinions of 21,783 frequent travellers who have stayed at hotels an average of 36.9 nights per year?bringing an annual total of roughly 803,000 nights of experience to the findings. The views of 1,636 professional travel agents and meeting planners were also included. Of Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo, the guide's contributors say: "Clearly the it hotel in Tokyo, this superb spot raises the bar with insane rooms (they thought of everything) and stunning views of the city and Mount Fuji on a clear day".

The cool adult atmosphere is supported by exceptional service, top-notch dining at eight eateries and a high-tech spa on the 36th floor. Says one smitten surveyor, 'If you have the money, this is the best.'

Reservations and enquiries can be made daily between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. by calling the hotel at +81-3-3270-8950, or by visiting the website at www.mandarinoriental.com.

About Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo

Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo?s visionary design and award-winning service have been recognised as the epitome of sophisticated luxury in the city. Superbly located within the prestigious financial district and historical and cultural centre of Tokyo, the Group?s first Mandarin Oriental property in Japan embodies the best of new and old architectural splendour. There are 179 luxuriously appointed guestrooms, an innovative selection of dining and bar concepts and a 13,000-square-foot holistic spa all situated within the top nine floors of the soaring, Cesar Pelli-designed Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower, which offers spectacular views of the city skyline while providing access to stately banquet and conference facilities within the adjacent Mitsui Main Building, a Japanese cultural-heritage property.