Bullish on Taiwan market: Japan’s CGM President Nakano Masazumi aims to offer Taiwanese travelers high-quality service

▲Nakano Masazumi, president of Japan’s hotel management group Core Global Management Co., Ltd. (Photo / Cai Wenjun, reporter)

Reported and photographed by Cai Wenjun, Taipei

Capitalizing on the tourism business opportunity of 4,000 Olympic visitors to Tokyo, Nakano Masazumi, president of Japan’s renowned hotel management group Core Global Management Co., Ltd. (abbreviated as CGM), personally led a team to promote the group’s 11 hotels in Taiwan. Nakano stated that by combining hotel designs that integrate surrounding landscapes and local characteristics, along with offerings such as cuisine representing Japanese flavors, he hopes to provide Taiwanese travelers with high-quality service.

Japan’s CGM Co., Ltd. is a professional hotel management group that operates and manages hotels through partnerships with investment institutions from around the world and Japan. Starting with its first hotel, “Narita GATEWAY Hotel,” near Narita Airport in 2013, and spanning from Hokkaido to Sasebo in Kyushu, the group currently operates 11 mid- to large-sized hotels. It plans to expand to multiple new locations including Kyoto, Tokyo’s Ginza, and Fukuoka’s Hakata from 2018..

“Taiwan has a population of about 23 million, but in 2016 alone, over 4 million people traveled to Japan,” said Nakano Masazumi. Taiwan has always been an important source of guests for the group’s hotels. Currently, foreign guests account for about 20% to 30% of total guests, with 80% of them being from Taiwan. Therefore, the group places great importance on the Taiwan market and hopes to increase its visibility in Taiwan through this promotional visit.

▲Double room at QUINTESSA HOTEL Ise-Shima. (Photo / From the official website of QUINTESSA HOTEL Ise-Shima)

Regarding accommodation features, Nakano explained that the group’s hotel rooms generally start at 20 square meters. Typically, in Japan, larger rooms come with higher prices, but CGM’s hotels offer spacious rooms at reasonable and affordable rates, making them more accessible to travelers. “To ensure quality, the average cost to build a single guest room is 10 million yen (approximately NT$2.7 million). We aim to provide guests with a high-quality accommodation experience through our hardware.”

▲%济GM located in Nagano Prefecture’s Karuizawa Club Hotel Karuizawa 1130, featuring an open-air bath on the terrace. (Photo / From the official website of Karuizawa Club Hotel Karuizawa 1130)