FHW Staff – Mumbai
Hotel Universal Port, an official hotel of Universal Studios Japan, will offer Japan’s first ‘Minions Rooms’ based on the Minions characters in the Despicable Me series. In the rooms, which will be launched on April 1, 2016, guests will be surrounded by Minions on the walls and ceiling, with missile-shaped beds and crocodile-shaped sofas.
Norio Kanai, general manager, Hotel Universal Port, said, “I feel that the Minions will let our guests have a stay that is filled with smiles. I want to engage in new collaborations with Universal Studios Japan to allow future park visitors to enjoy the Universal City area in general as a giant theme park.”
Chad Jones, creative director, Universal Creative Japan, said, “Our team had fun creating an environment that represented the uniqueness of Minions. Working with Universal Studios Japan, Illumination Entertainment, Universal Pictures and the Hotel Universal Port, the Minions Character Rooms will open as the first such rooms in Japan. We set to make the rooms as cute and playful as the Minions themselves. They have quickly become a park favourite at Universal Studios Japan, and we wanted to give their fans a chance to immerse themselves in the Minions story. Now, in addition to seeing the Minions overrun the lobby, hotel guests will get a chance to see the Minions in a whole new way.”
Advance reservations will be accepted on the hotel’s official website and Rakuten Travel from January 18, 2016.