Japanese business hotel opens in Myanmar economic zone

Japanese hotel chain opens property at Thilawa SEZ

Japanese business hotel chain Super Hotel has opened its second property in Myanmar, at the Thilawa Special Economic Zone (SEZ), on the outskirts of Yangon. According to a report in the Nikkei Asian Review, the four-story hotel was built at a cost of USD 13.5 million. It consists of 129 rooms, mostly with single beds, aimed at business people. The Thilawa SEZ is a crucial piece of investment between Myanmar and Japan that opened in 2015. Currently, the SEZ has 105 tenants in a range of industries, the article said. The Thilawa lodging is Super Hotel’s second property in Myanmar, after it opened one in Yangon in 2015. Company chairman Ryosuke Yamamoto said the company plans to open one new hotel every year in Myanmar.

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