Toyoko Inn

Infobox Company
name = Toyoko Inn

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foundation = 23 January 1986
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location_city = Kamata, Ōta, Tokyo
location_country = Japan
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locations = 177 (31 March 2008)
area_served = Japan, South Korea, People's Republic of China
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industry = Hotel
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num_employees = 5,607 (31 March 2008)
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homepage = http://www.toyoko-inn.com
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nihongo|Toyoko Inn|東横イン|"Tōyoko In" is a chain of no-frills business hotels in Japan, founded in 1986 and expanding rapidly from the 1990s. [cite news | title = No frills hotels | work = The Daily Yomiuri | date = September 4, 1999 | page = 9]

The company is headquartered in the Kamata [" [http://www.toyoko-inn.com/eng/corp/history.html Company History] ," "Toyoko Inn"] section of Ōta, Tokyo [" [http://www.toyoko-inn.com/eng/corp/prof.html Company Profile] ," "Toyoko Inn"] , about halfway between Chiyoda, Tokyo and Yokohama; its name is a portmanteau of the names of Tokyo and Yokohama. It aims for uniformity in its hotels, using as many prefabricated and bulk-purchased components as possible to reduce costs. [ [http://www.toyoko-inn.com/eng/corp/feature.html "What is the Toyoko-Inn Concept?"] , retrieved May 22, 2006.] The chain is also known for almost exclusively hiring women: as of 2001, 95% of the company's workforce was female, and nearly all of its hotel managers were married women. [cite news | title = Free agents | work = The Nikkei Weekly | date = June 4, 2001 | page = 3]

The company has grown rapidly, more than doubling its number of hotels from 61 in December 2002 to 126 in May 2006, with typical rates (as of May 2006) between 4800 and 6800 yen per night for a single room. [December 2002 numbers from [http://www.toyoko-inn.com/eng/corp/history.html "Company History"] , retrieved May 22, 2006; May 2006 numbers and typical rates from [http://www.toyoko-inn.com/e_hotel/ "Hotel List"] , retrieved May 22, 2006.] Nearly all its hotels are in Japan; the exceptions are one in Busan, South Korea [" [http://www.toyoko-inn.com/e_hotel/ Hotel List] ," "Toyoko Inn"] and one in Shenyang, People's Republic of China [" [http://www.toyoko-inn.com/eng/toku.html#15 Special Offers] ," "Toyoko Inn"] ; the company reportedly hopes to eventually run up to 200 hotels in China. [cite news | title = [http://www.renardinternational.com/news.asp?wid=435&after=1 Toyoko Inn to open its 1st overseas hotel in China] | work = Asia Pulse | date = September 4, 2002]

In early 2006, a scandal surfaced in which Toyoko Inn was found to have illegally altered 77 of its hotels after the buildings had been approved by building inspectors; of these, 60 were found to violate building codes, and 18 to violate regulations on access for disabled people. [cite news | title = [http://web.archive.org/web/20060209035433/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20060207TDY01004.htm Govt finds 77 Toyoko hotels altered on sly] | work = The Daily Yomiuri | date = February 7, 2006 | page = 1]

References

External links

* [http://www.toyoko-inn.com/eng/ Official site] en icon