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Club Med Tomamu’s two
                                                                                   accommodation buildings offer 341   19
                                                                                   rooms and suites including Club rooms
                                                                                   sleeping up to six persons, Deluxe
                                                                                   rooms for up to five, and Suites for
                                                                                   up to six. Three age-specific Kids
                              TOMAMU  3  NEW CLUB                                  guests can visit the nearby ice village
                                                                                   Clubs cater for children from two to
                                                                                   17 years of age. In addition to many
                                                                                   winter-oriented activities at the resort

                                                                                   for skating, ice slides, dining and even
                                                                                   cocktails served in ice glasses. An ice
                                                                                   wedding chapel is an elegant choice for
                                                                                   sharing vows in a space as memorable
                                                                                   as the occasion.
                                                                                   For activity-honed appetites, Club Med
                              MED SKI
                              RESORT
                                                                                   offers a variety of international and
                                                                                   Japanese dishes in four distinct
                                                                                   spaces, plus a Baby Corner and a
                                                   one is Sahoro Hokkaido) Tomamu is a
                              HOKKAIDO             Med ski resort in Japan (the other   Tomamu’s main Itara buffet restaurant
                                                                                   terrace also available in the summer
                                                   perfect premium ski destination for   months. Haku, the resort’s speciality
                                                   families, offering 145 hectares of skiing,   restaurant, offers authentic Japanese
          Set in 582 hectares of pristine mountain range in   snowboarding, sledding and trekking   dining experiences including yakiniku
          Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido, Club Med’s   as well as a spectacular ice village   grills. The resort’s bars include tasting
          new ski resort, Tomamu Hokkaido, opened its doors   and Japan’s largest indoor wave pool   experiences of award-winning locally
          in December 2017. The second all-inclusive Club   located at the nearby Hoshino Resort.     brewed spirits.






         MEETINGS AND 4












         ENHANCED


         CONVENTIONS
         SPACES AT
         SHERATON WAIKIKI                          pre-eminent meeting places. The   US$200,000 of state-of-the-art buffet
                                                   enhancements, which include new   equipment for the Sheraton Waikiki’s
                                                   furnishings, sophisticated new meetings   food and beverage operations, whose
                                                   technology, and 100,000 square feet of   26-strong catering & event management
                                                   custom-designed carpet, have given the   team also oversees events at beachfront
                                                   function spaces a welcoming new look.  sister properties The Royal Hawaiian and
                                                                                   the Moana Surfrider where groups can
                                                   The 1,636-room Sheraton Waikiki, which   spread out if required.
                                                   includes the 26,000-square-feet Hawaii
                                                   Ballroom – one of the largest in Waikiki –   Recently voted the  third-best Hotel
                                                   is an established top choice for meetings   Pool in the United States by readers
                                                   of any size between ten and 2,500. In   of USA Today, the Sheraton Waikiki’s
                                                   addition to the ballroom the hotel offers   Infinity Edge Pool is also now accessible
                                                   a variety of suites and breakout spaces   to hotel visitors who rent one of the
                                                   for every budget and size from large   four oceanfront cabanas at Rumfire,
                                                   corporate events to small, intimate   the hotel’s posh beachside lounge. The
                                                                                   cabanas, which fit up to six people each,
         A recent month-long, US$1.4 million refurbishment   gatherings. Several of the venues have   can be rented between noon and 5 p.m.
         of the ball room and convention facilities at Sheraton   spectacular ocean views.   daily for a minimum of US$400 in food
         Waikiki has underscored its status as one of Oahu’s   The upgrade also includes more than   and beverage from RumFire.

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