Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts
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Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts is a hotel-management company with 20 hotels (totalling over 7,300 rooms) in 11 countries in the Pacific Rim
Pacific Rim
The Pacific Rim refers to places around the edge of the Pacific Ocean. The term "Pacific Basin" includes the Pacific Rim and islands in the Pacific Ocean...

 region. The company is a founding member of the Global Hotel Alliance, the world's largest alliance of independent hotel groups. The hotels are usually 30-storey buildings with balconies that make up the trademark name "pan pacific". They are so named because the way the balconies are laid out resembles one of the towers on the Pan Pacific Auditorium.

Pan Pacific was bought from Tokyu Corporation of Japan in 2007 by UOL Group Limited and headquartered in Singapore, it has offices in San Francisco, London
London
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, Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

, Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

 and Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

. It was also recently recognised as amongst the top 25 hotel companies demonstrating social responsibility by the Conde Nast Traveler
Condé Nast Traveler
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 magazine.

North America


Asia Pacific


Former Hotels

  • Pan Pacific Anaheim - now Disney's Paradise Pier Hotel
    Disney's Paradise Pier Hotel
    Disney's Paradise Pier Hotel is a resort hotel located at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, owned by The Walt Disney Company and operated through its Parks and Resorts division. The hotel was originally built and owned by Japan-based Tokyu Group, and opened in 1984 as the Emerald of...

    , Anaheim, California
    Anaheim, California
    Anaheim is a city in Orange County, California. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was about 365,463, making it the most populated city in Orange County, the 10th most-populated city in California, and ranked 54th in the United States...

  • Pan Pacific Bangkok - now Crowne Plaza Lumpini Park, Bangkok
  • Pan Pacific San Francisco - now JW Marriott San Francisco
  • Pan Pacific San Diego - became dated , turned into Wyndham , recently refurbished into Westin.
  • Mauna Lani Bay Hotel & Bungalows, Mauna Lani Bay, USA

Future Hotels


Jointly managed with Tokyu Hotels Group

  • Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel, Japan
  • Haneda Excel Hotel Tokyu, Japan
  • Kyoto Tokyu Hotel, Japan
  • Nagoya Tokyu Hotel, Japan
  • Narita Excel Hotel Tokyu, Japan
  • Pan Pacific Yokohama, Japan
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