Recognized through voting by industry leaders and travelers around the world

Nikko Style Niseko HANAZONO, part of Okura Nikko Hotels’ Nikko Style lifestyle-hotel brand, is pleased to announce that it won the “World’s Best New Ski Hotel” award at the World Ski Awards 2025, a global initiative that recognizes, rewards and celebrates excellence in the ski tourism industry.

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Exterior of Nikko Style Niseko HANAZONO

The World Ski Awards are regarded as one of the most prestigious international awards in the global ski tourism industry. Winners in each category are determined based on votes from ski industry professionals, skiers from around the world and the general traveling public, leading to highly credible assessments.

The “World’s Best New Ski Hotel” award is presented to a single hotel selected from among newly opened properties worldwide. This year, Nikko Style Niseko HANAZONO was nominated as a finalist alongside four other new hotels from Austria, France, Slovakia, and Italy, and was ultimately selected as the winner following approximately six months of voting.

Commenting on the award, General Manager Tomoyuki Yamanobe said, "It is a great honor for Nikko Style Niseko HANAZONO to receive the World’s Best New Ski Hotel award at the highly regarded World Ski Awards. This recognition comes at a very special time as we approach our first anniversary, making it an exceptionally proud moment for our hotel. We believe that this result, determined by votes from both professionals in the ski industry and our valued guests, reflects the appreciation of our hotel as a place that people will wish to visit again. We remain committed to meeting the needs of both domestic and international guests and will continue to strive for excellence."

Nikko Style Niseko HANAZONO will continue to cater to guests seeking the world’s finest powder snow, offering unforgettable experiences in harmony with the ever-changing natural beauty of Niseko throughout the seasons.

World Ski Awards official website: https://worldskiawards.com/winners/2025

About Nikko Style Niseko HANAZONO

Opened in December 2024, Nikko Style Niseko HANAZONO is the second hotel in Japan under the Nikko Style brand. With the message “Your Stay, Your Style,” it offers a variety of experiences that engage all five senses and encourage guests to enjoy their stay in complete freedom. The hotel faces the Niseko HANAZONO Resort, which offers winter sports enthusiasts a wide range of activities. The property features 234 guest rooms, along with a full range of facilities including restaurants, natural hot springs, a gym, a club lounge, a DJ booth, and banquet spaces.

For more details, please visit nisekohanazono.nikkostyle.jp/en.

World Ski Awards

Launched in 2013, the World Ski Awards recognize excellence in global ski tourism and aim to raise accommodation and service standards across the sector. The Awards were created in response to industry demands for fair, transparent benchmarks and now attract hundreds of thousands of votes from ski professionals and consumers worldwide.

Awards are presented across four key categories—Best Ski Resort, Best Ski Hotel, Best Ski Boutique Hotel and Best Ski Chalet—for each of the world’s top 25 ski nations, with country-level winners securing the most overall votes in a particular category also being awarded the respective global title. Additional world-only categories cover operators, travel agents, resort companies, and sustainability credentials.

Votes are submitted online by industry professionals and the public. World Ski Awards is the sister organization of World Travel Awards.

For more details, please visit worldskiawards.com/about.

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This recognition comes at a very special time as we approach our first anniversary, making it an exceptionally proud moment for our hotel.