Apartment hotels are favored by some developers and hospitality companies in Japan, given the influx of overseas tourists and some of the perceived benefits of long-stay accommodations as an asset class.

¡°To actively capture surging inbound leisure demand, hotel operators have accelerated the diversification of offerings,¡± said Kentaro Nakamura, senior vice president at Jones Lang LaSalle¡¯s Hotels (JLL) and Hospitality Group in Tokyo.

¡°Apartment hotels have been built for this kind of demand.¡±