Grand Prince Hotel Osaka Bay handles international conventions, incentive groups, banquets and weddings, with up to 2,500 people in its main ballroom and more than 20 banquet and conference rooms in all. The hotel is at 1-13-11 Nanko-Kita in Suminoe-ku, in the Osaka Bay area, a short walk from Nakafuto station on the New Tram line.
Seminars and company events
The Prince Ballroom, 1,790 square meters, is the room for large conventions, award nights and product launches. The Crystal Ballroom, a smaller second ballroom, suits receptions, seminars and mid-size lunches. Eleven smaller banquet suites cover breakouts and multi-day meetings, including Saki, Yume and Mai on the second floor, and rooms named Yamato, Yoshino, Tatsuta, Kamo, Kibune, Katsura, Kongo, Ikoma and Katsuragi. A 3D gallery and a meeting brochure set out the layouts.
The hotel presents itself as a convention base for western Japan. Intex Osaka, one of the largest exhibition centers in the region, and the Asia and Pacific Trade Center are nearby, which suits exhibitors who want to sleep and entertain close to the show floor. The neighboring island of Yumeshima is planned to host the first integrated resort in Japan, which will add business traffic to the bay area.
Weddings and receptions
Two separate guest houses, SERENITY and HARMONY, each have two event rooms and their own outdoor garden, which suits a wedding or a private reception held apart from the main hotel. The hotel also runs dedicated wedding facilities, and larger receptions can use the ballrooms.
Rooms and capacities
The Prince Ballroom covers 1,790 square meters and takes up to 2,500 people. The Crystal Ballroom serves receptions, seminars and lunches for medium-size groups. SERENITY and HARMONY offer two rooms each with gardens, and eleven banquet suites host smaller meetings. Figures by layout are given in the hotel's meeting brochure.
Accommodation
The hotel has 432 guest rooms with views over the harbor or the city, up to a 270 square meter Presidential Suite. It is an Associate Hotel of Universal Studios Japan, sells Studio Passes at the hotel and runs a free shuttle to the park, an easy add-on for an incentive group. A rooftop garden pool opens in summer.
Catering
Banquets are served by the hotel's own kitchens. Restaurants on site include The Cafe, the IRODORI teppanyaki counter for Kobe beef, BASILICO, The Lobby Lounge, the Osaka Bay Sky Lounge and Bar, the Pergola poolside restaurant and bar, and the Sunny Square rooftop barbecue, which can take group dinners in season.
History and setting
The hotel opened in 1994, built by Obayashi Corporation, and is run by Prince Hotels. It stands on the Nanko waterfront, opposite the Sakishima Cosmo Tower, whose top-floor observatory at 252 meters is the second highest in western Japan and makes an evening stop for a group.
Getting there
A limousine bus runs directly from Kansai International Airport to the hotel. A free daily shuttle links the hotel with Shin-Osaka station, the Shinkansen stop, and another runs to downtown Osaka. Nakafuto station on the Osaka Metro New Tram is a short walk away.
