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Determined to further improve service having received this honor at Travel + Leisure Luxury Awards Asia Pacific 2025
TOKYO, July 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- BELLUSTAR TOKYO, A Pan Pacific Hotel (Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; General Manager: Katsushi Nishikawa), was awarded 10th place among Japan's Best City Hotels in the Travel + Leisure Luxury Awards Asia Pacific 2025, which celebrates the best in travel in the Asia Pacific region.
Travel + Leisure is the most influential travel magazine in the world. Travel + Leisure Luxury Awards Asia Pacific 2025, organized by Travel + Leisure South East Asia, Hong Kong and Macau, annually recognizes facilities and services that will become a part of this area's travel legacy in such categories as City Hotels, Beach Island + Upcounty Hotels, Hotel Spas, Hotel Pools and General Managers based on votes from editors and expert contributors from across the region. This is the second year in a row that BELLUSTAR TOKYO, A Pan Pacific Hotel, has received this accolade since it opened its doors two years ago.
BELLUSTAR TOKYO, A Pan Pacific Hotel, which opened in 2023 and welcomes its second anniversary this year, has devoted itself to enhancing its presence and as a result has received numerous prominent awards in that time.
- Awards Received by BELLUSTAR TOKYO, A Pan Pacific Hotel
- Travel + Leisure Luxury Awards Asia Pacific 2024
Top 10 City Hotel in Japan - World Luxury Awards 2024
Luxury New Hotel in East Asia
Best Architectural Design in East Asia - Michelin Guide Hotel Selection
1 Michelin Key - TTG China (2025)
Best New Hotel (International)
- Awards Received by SPA sunya
- World Luxury Awards 2024
Best Relaxation Lounge in East Asia
Best Unique Experience Spa in East Asia
Luxury City Hotel Spa in East Asia
- Comment from Katsushi Nishikawa, General Manager of BELLUSTAR TOKYO, A Pan Pacific Hotel
On behalf of everyone at BELLUSTAR TOKYO, A Pan Pacific Hotel, I would like to express our sincere gratitude for receiving this distinguished award from Travel + Leisure Luxury Awards Asia Pacific 2025. It is truly gratifying and humbling to have been bestowed with this honor, which would not have been possible without the patronage of our guests and the efforts of our associates who show the utmost commitment in their day-to-day responsibilities.
As a luxury hotel in the heart of Tokyo, our mission is to offer a sophisticated and elegant stay experience that meets the demands of customers from Japan and abroad.
Invigorated by the reception of this award, we will endeavor to fulfill this mission by further improving the quality of service we provide and by presenting our guests with Japanese omotenashi, or hospitality, that they will remember long after their visit has ended.
We humbly request their continued support as we strive to meet their every expectation.
- About BELLUSTAR TOKYO, A Pan Pacific Hotel
BELLUSTAR TOKYO, A Pan Pacific Hotel, is a luxury hotel in the heart of Tokyo where guests can enjoy special spaces secluded from the bustle below. Unique to the property are its spacious guest rooms on the 39th floor and above that incorporate elements of Japanese culture and offer panoramic views of city. The topmost floors feature a restaurant with uniquely creative gourmet meals in a one-of-a-kind space, a spa for guests to experience the bounty of Japan's soil, and the Sky Private Villa, which houses five penthouse suites, providing guests a relaxing time to return to oneself surrounded by a stunning view on all sides.
Location: Tokyu Kabukicho Tower, Floors 18 & 39-47, 1-29-1 Kabukicho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Telephone: 81 3 6233 8800 (Main)
Official website: https://www.bellustartokyo.jp
For press-related inquiries concerning this release, please contact
BELLUSTAR TOKYO, A Pan Pacific Hotel
Chika Ayabe, (Public Relations/Marketing Department)
E-mail: pr.ppbtk@panpacific.com / Tel: 81 3 6233 7693
Determined to further improve service having received this honor at Travel + Leisure Luxury Awards Asia Pacific 2025
TOKYO, July 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- BELLUSTAR TOKYO, A Pan Pacific Hotel (Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; General Manager: Katsushi Nishikawa), was awarded 10th place among Japan's Best City Hotels in the Travel + Leisure Luxury Awards Asia Pacific 2025, which celebrates the best in travel in the Asia Pacific region.
Travel + Leisure is the most influential travel magazine in the world. Travel + Leisure Luxury Awards Asia Pacific 2025, organized by Travel + Leisure South East Asia, Hong Kong and Macau, annually recognizes facilities and services that will become a part of this area's travel legacy in such categories as City Hotels, Beach Island + Upcounty Hotels, Hotel Spas, Hotel Pools and General Managers based on votes from editors and expert contributors from across the region. This is the second year in a row that BELLUSTAR TOKYO, A Pan Pacific Hotel, has received this accolade since it opened its doors two years ago.
BELLUSTAR TOKYO, A Pan Pacific Hotel, which opened in 2023 and welcomes its second anniversary this year, has devoted itself to enhancing its presence and as a result has received numerous prominent awards in that time.
- Awards Received by BELLUSTAR TOKYO, A Pan Pacific Hotel
- Travel + Leisure Luxury Awards Asia Pacific 2024
Top 10 City Hotel in Japan - World Luxury Awards 2024
Luxury New Hotel in East Asia
Best Architectural Design in East Asia - Michelin Guide Hotel Selection
1 Michelin Key - TTG China (2025)
Best New Hotel (International)
- Awards Received by SPA sunya
- World Luxury Awards 2024
Best Relaxation Lounge in East Asia
Best Unique Experience Spa in East Asia
Luxury City Hotel Spa in East Asia
- Comment from Katsushi Nishikawa, General Manager of BELLUSTAR TOKYO, A Pan Pacific Hotel
- World Luxury Awards 2024
Best Relaxation Lounge in East Asia
Best Unique Experience Spa in East Asia
Luxury City Hotel Spa in East Asia
On behalf of everyone at BELLUSTAR TOKYO, A Pan Pacific Hotel, I would like to express our sincere gratitude for receiving this distinguished award from Travel + Leisure Luxury Awards Asia Pacific 2025. It is truly gratifying and humbling to have been bestowed with this honor, which would not have been possible without the patronage of our guests and the efforts of our associates who show the utmost commitment in their day-to-day responsibilities.
As a luxury hotel in the heart of Tokyo, our mission is to offer a sophisticated and elegant stay experience that meets the demands of customers from Japan and abroad.
Invigorated by the reception of this award, we will endeavor to fulfill this mission by further improving the quality of service we provide and by presenting our guests with Japanese omotenashi, or hospitality, that they will remember long after their visit has ended.
We humbly request their continued support as we strive to meet their every expectation.
- About BELLUSTAR TOKYO, A Pan Pacific Hotel
BELLUSTAR TOKYO, A Pan Pacific Hotel, is a luxury hotel in the heart of Tokyo where guests can enjoy special spaces secluded from the bustle below. Unique to the property are its spacious guest rooms on the 39th floor and above that incorporate elements of Japanese culture and offer panoramic views of city. The topmost floors feature a restaurant with uniquely creative gourmet meals in a one-of-a-kind space, a spa for guests to experience the bounty of Japan's soil, and the Sky Private Villa, which houses five penthouse suites, providing guests a relaxing time to return to oneself surrounded by a stunning view on all sides.
Location: Tokyu Kabukicho Tower, Floors 18 & 39-47, 1-29-1 Kabukicho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Telephone: 81 3 6233 8800 (Main)
Official website: https://www.bellustartokyo.jp
For press-related inquiries concerning this release, please contact
BELLUSTAR TOKYO, A Pan Pacific Hotel
Chika Ayabe, (Public Relations/Marketing Department)
E-mail: pr.ppbtk@panpacific.com / Tel: 81 3 6233 7693
** The press release content is from PR Newswire. Bastille Post is not involved in its creation. **
BELLUSTAR TOKYO, A Pan Pacific Hotel, Awarded 10th Place in Best City Hotel Category in Asia Pacific Region!
BELLUSTAR TOKYO, A Pan Pacific Hotel, Awarded 10th Place in Best City Hotel Category in Asia Pacific Region!
BELLUSTAR TOKYO, A Pan Pacific Hotel, Awarded 10th Place in Best City Hotel Category in Asia Pacific Region!
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- Innovative technologies enable retailers to implement intelligent stores at scale to deliver smarter, more responsive shopping experiences
- Industry partners to display production-ready AI solutions for loss prevention, digital twins, AI agents, customer analytics, and more
SAN JOSE, Calif. and NEW YORK, Jan. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Retail's Big Show -- Super Micro Computer, Inc. (SMCI), a Total IT Solution Provider for AI/ML, HPC, Cloud, Storage, and 5G/Edge, today announced collaboration with technology partners for AI-powered intelligent in-store retail solutions designed to meet increasing customer expectations with scalability, improved productivity and increased profitability.
"AI is reshaping shopping experiences, enabling real-time analysis of video and other data to give retailers actionable insights to optimizing staff efficiency, reducing shrinkage, increasing profits, and avoiding stock-outs," said Charles Liang, president and CEO of Supermicro. "By combining Supermicro's complete and scalable AI platforms with NVIDIA RTX PRO accelerated computing solutions, we're enabling retailers to build intelligent stores that maximize the benefits of AI-driven applications."
According to the latest NVIDIA State of AI in Retail & CPG report, 89% of respondents reported that AI is helping to increase annual revenue, while 95% said it is helping decrease annual costs, highlighting the measurable business impact retailers are already achieving because of AI1.
For more information, please visit https://www.supermicro.com/en/products/edge/servers
Supermicro Complete and Scalable Edge AI Infrastructure
Retail-centric AI applications require sub-second responsiveness which is only possible, at scale, if data is processed directly at the edge. Supermicro's Edge AI infrastructure enables the deployment of solutions in distributed environments, such as intelligent retail stores and supply chains, to provide a complete solution.
Deploying at the edge presents a myriad of unique challenges in comparison to the data center. Supermicro's broad Edge AI portfolio of products helps customers and partners overcome these challenges while striking the right balance between performance and ROI.
For deployments in harsh environments where conditioned space is not available, the fanless E103 series of products bring AI processing power where it couldn't go before. Supermicro also offers a fanned small form factor E300 series systems with AI capabilities.
When there is a demanding AI workload at the edge, customers and partners can turn to numerous systems capable of holding the latest discrete GPUs for AI acceleration. Ranging from 1U short-depth to larger 4U form factors, solutions can be right-sized to meet the customer's needs by enabling the latest generation of NVIDIA RTX PRO Blackwell series.
Supermicro Intelligent Store Partners
Supermicro is collaborating with ecosystem partners including Everseen, Kinetic Vision, ALLSIDES, LiveX, WobotAI, and Aible, to create intelligent stores that positively impact day-to-day retail operations as well as longer term supply chain management.
- Everseen's Evercheck solution uses Vision AI to help reduce shrink and improve staff productivity and customer experiences. Built on the Everseen Vision AI platform, Evercheck detects, and deters recovery of unwanted behaviors at checkout, helping retailers recover losses and streamline front-of-store operations.
"Everseen has spent years working alongside some of the world's largest retailers, understanding the realities of the store floor and solving loss challenges where they actually happen," said Joe White, CEO of Everseen. "By partnering with Supermicro and leveraging NVIDIA-accelerated computing, Evercheck delivers real-time computer vision at the edge - transforming store activity into intelligence retailers can act on immediately."
- Wobot AI, focused on building Video AI Agents for the physical world, will be demonstrating how the cameras retailers already own can be turned into systems that continuously observe, learn, and produce usable insight. By converting ordinary CCTV infrastructure into autonomous agents that recognize patterns, identify friction, and surface decisions, Wobot's AI Agents enable retailers to improve day-to-day operations with practical and measurable outcomes.
"By working with Supermicro and NVIDIA at the edge, we're able to deploy Video AI Agents in a way that's scalable, reliable, and focused on real-time operational insight—not experimentation," said Will Kelso, President, Revenue & Growth at Wobot AI.
- LiveX AI - "Retail is entering an era where AI agents become the default interaction layer between brands and customers," said Jerry Li, Co-Founder and CEO of LiveX AI. "With NVIDIA's accelerated AI and Supermicro's edge infrastructure, we can deploy a helpful, human-like AI agent directly in physical spaces—such as kiosks or holograms—bringing the speed, intelligence, and continuity of digital experiences into brick-and-mortar environments. This collaboration makes AI agents usable, in real time, where customers actually are."
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- Kinetic Vision and ALLSIDES are bundling their expertise for a True Digital Twin solution designed to develop, test, and optimize supply chain processes, checkout stations, and other complex systems.
"The combination of Supermicro's high reliability optimized infrastructure and NVIDIA's accelerated computing stack gives Kinetic Vision the foundation to innovate at speed. Together, we are helping retailers move from experimentation to production-ready AI solutions that drive measurable operational and customer experience gains," says Jeremy Jarratt, Kinetic Vision CEO.
Franz Tschimben, CEO at ALLSIDES, adds: "Building on the combined strengths of NVIDIA and Supermicro, we deliver a high-fidelity 3D digital twin data layer for AI training that enables retailers to power applications across the entire retail value chain — from training robots with physical AI, to production and production planning, virtual store layouts and consumer feedback systems, and e-commerce integrations — helping drive higher conversion rates, faster decision-making, and greater operational efficiency."
- Supermicro will also feature Superb AI's retail-focused VSS solution, combining Superb AI's proprietary VLM with NVIDIA AI Blueprint components to enable subjective reasoning capabilities, natural-language search, automated incident summarization, and customer behavior insights across store camera networks.
- Aible will highlight its automated agent solution, which analyzes vast amounts of data across millions of patterns to explain changes in retail KPIs, such as the average purchase amount or number of purchases. Aible will also demonstrate how the latest NVIDIA Retail blueprints can be incorporated into agentic solutions that automatically customize customer experiences and optimize retail operations at scale.
Arijit Sengupta, CEO of Aible, adds, "Today's market and labor conditions are constantly changing. Only autonomous agents can understand and adjust to these ever-changing patterns of customer behavior, inventory costs and supply, and labor access at scale. Working with NVIDIA and Supermicro, Aible brings autonomous agents subject to business user review to the retail edge."
These intelligent retail solutions will be demonstrated by Supermicro and its partners at NRF: Retail's Big Show in New York City from January 11-13. To learn more about AI-powered retail applications or Supermicro's AI Infrastructure solutions, visit Supermicro booth #5281 and attend its speaking session featuring PepsiCo and Kinetic Vision. For more details, please visit www.supermicro.com/NRF
1Source: "NVIDIA State of AI in Retail and CPG" 2026
About Super Micro Computer, Inc.
Supermicro (NASDAQ: SMCI) is a global leader in Application-Optimized Total IT Solutions. Founded and operating in San Jose, California, Supermicro is committed to delivering first to market innovation for Enterprise, Cloud, AI, and 5G Telco/Edge IT Infrastructure. We are a Total IT Solutions provider with server, AI, storage, IoT, switch systems, software, and support services. Supermicro's motherboard, power, and chassis design expertise further enables our development and production, enabling next generation innovation from cloud to edge for our global customers. Our products are designed and manufactured in-house (in the US, Asia, and the Netherlands), leveraging global operations for scale and efficiency and optimized to improve TCO and reduce environmental impact (Green Computing). The award-winning portfolio of Server Building Block Solutions® allows customers to optimize for their exact workload and application by selecting from a broad family of systems built from our flexible and reusable building blocks that support a comprehensive set of form factors, processors, memory, GPUs, storage, networking, power, and cooling solutions (air-conditioned, free air cooling or liquid cooling).
Supermicro, Server Building Block Solutions, and We Keep IT Green are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Super Micro Computer, Inc.
All other brands, names, and trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
- Innovative technologies enable retailers to implement intelligent stores at scale to deliver smarter, more responsive shopping experiences
- Industry partners to display production-ready AI solutions for loss prevention, digital twins, AI agents, customer analytics, and more
SAN JOSE, Calif. and NEW YORK, Jan. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Retail's Big Show -- Super Micro Computer, Inc. (SMCI), a Total IT Solution Provider for AI/ML, HPC, Cloud, Storage, and 5G/Edge, today announced collaboration with technology partners for AI-powered intelligent in-store retail solutions designed to meet increasing customer expectations with scalability, improved productivity and increased profitability.
"AI is reshaping shopping experiences, enabling real-time analysis of video and other data to give retailers actionable insights to optimizing staff efficiency, reducing shrinkage, increasing profits, and avoiding stock-outs," said Charles Liang, president and CEO of Supermicro. "By combining Supermicro's complete and scalable AI platforms with NVIDIA RTX PRO accelerated computing solutions, we're enabling retailers to build intelligent stores that maximize the benefits of AI-driven applications."
According to the latest NVIDIA State of AI in Retail & CPG report, 89% of respondents reported that AI is helping to increase annual revenue, while 95% said it is helping decrease annual costs, highlighting the measurable business impact retailers are already achieving because of AI1.
For more information, please visit https://www.supermicro.com/en/products/edge/servers
Supermicro Complete and Scalable Edge AI Infrastructure
Retail-centric AI applications require sub-second responsiveness which is only possible, at scale, if data is processed directly at the edge. Supermicro's Edge AI infrastructure enables the deployment of solutions in distributed environments, such as intelligent retail stores and supply chains, to provide a complete solution.
Deploying at the edge presents a myriad of unique challenges in comparison to the data center. Supermicro's broad Edge AI portfolio of products helps customers and partners overcome these challenges while striking the right balance between performance and ROI.
For deployments in harsh environments where conditioned space is not available, the fanless E103 series of products bring AI processing power where it couldn't go before. Supermicro also offers a fanned small form factor E300 series systems with AI capabilities.
When there is a demanding AI workload at the edge, customers and partners can turn to numerous systems capable of holding the latest discrete GPUs for AI acceleration. Ranging from 1U short-depth to larger 4U form factors, solutions can be right-sized to meet the customer's needs by enabling the latest generation of NVIDIA RTX PRO Blackwell series.
Supermicro Intelligent Store Partners
Supermicro is collaborating with ecosystem partners including Everseen, Kinetic Vision, ALLSIDES, LiveX, WobotAI, and Aible, to create intelligent stores that positively impact day-to-day retail operations as well as longer term supply chain management.
- Everseen's Evercheck solution uses Vision AI to help reduce shrink and improve staff productivity and customer experiences. Built on the Everseen Vision AI platform, Evercheck detects, and deters recovery of unwanted behaviors at checkout, helping retailers recover losses and streamline front-of-store operations.
"Everseen has spent years working alongside some of the world's largest retailers, understanding the realities of the store floor and solving loss challenges where they actually happen," said Joe White, CEO of Everseen. "By partnering with Supermicro and leveraging NVIDIA-accelerated computing, Evercheck delivers real-time computer vision at the edge - transforming store activity into intelligence retailers can act on immediately."
- Wobot AI, focused on building Video AI Agents for the physical world, will be demonstrating how the cameras retailers already own can be turned into systems that continuously observe, learn, and produce usable insight. By converting ordinary CCTV infrastructure into autonomous agents that recognize patterns, identify friction, and surface decisions, Wobot's AI Agents enable retailers to improve day-to-day operations with practical and measurable outcomes.
"By working with Supermicro and NVIDIA at the edge, we're able to deploy Video AI Agents in a way that's scalable, reliable, and focused on real-time operational insight—not experimentation," said Will Kelso, President, Revenue & Growth at Wobot AI.
- LiveX AI - "Retail is entering an era where AI agents become the default interaction layer between brands and customers," said Jerry Li, Co-Founder and CEO of LiveX AI. "With NVIDIA's accelerated AI and Supermicro's edge infrastructure, we can deploy a helpful, human-like AI agent directly in physical spaces—such as kiosks or holograms—bringing the speed, intelligence, and continuity of digital experiences into brick-and-mortar environments. This collaboration makes AI agents usable, in real time, where customers actually are."
-
- Kinetic Vision and ALLSIDES are bundling their expertise for a True Digital Twin solution designed to develop, test, and optimize supply chain processes, checkout stations, and other complex systems.
"The combination of Supermicro's high reliability optimized infrastructure and NVIDIA's accelerated computing stack gives Kinetic Vision the foundation to innovate at speed. Together, we are helping retailers move from experimentation to production-ready AI solutions that drive measurable operational and customer experience gains," says Jeremy Jarratt, Kinetic Vision CEO.
Franz Tschimben, CEO at ALLSIDES, adds: "Building on the combined strengths of NVIDIA and Supermicro, we deliver a high-fidelity 3D digital twin data layer for AI training that enables retailers to power applications across the entire retail value chain — from training robots with physical AI, to production and production planning, virtual store layouts and consumer feedback systems, and e-commerce integrations — helping drive higher conversion rates, faster decision-making, and greater operational efficiency."
- Supermicro will also feature Superb AI's retail-focused VSS solution, combining Superb AI's proprietary VLM with NVIDIA AI Blueprint components to enable subjective reasoning capabilities, natural-language search, automated incident summarization, and customer behavior insights across store camera networks.
- Aible will highlight its automated agent solution, which analyzes vast amounts of data across millions of patterns to explain changes in retail KPIs, such as the average purchase amount or number of purchases. Aible will also demonstrate how the latest NVIDIA Retail blueprints can be incorporated into agentic solutions that automatically customize customer experiences and optimize retail operations at scale.
Arijit Sengupta, CEO of Aible, adds, "Today's market and labor conditions are constantly changing. Only autonomous agents can understand and adjust to these ever-changing patterns of customer behavior, inventory costs and supply, and labor access at scale. Working with NVIDIA and Supermicro, Aible brings autonomous agents subject to business user review to the retail edge."
These intelligent retail solutions will be demonstrated by Supermicro and its partners at NRF: Retail's Big Show in New York City from January 11-13. To learn more about AI-powered retail applications or Supermicro's AI Infrastructure solutions, visit Supermicro booth #5281 and attend its speaking session featuring PepsiCo and Kinetic Vision. For more details, please visit www.supermicro.com/NRF
1Source: "NVIDIA State of AI in Retail and CPG" 2026
About Super Micro Computer, Inc.
Supermicro (NASDAQ: SMCI) is a global leader in Application-Optimized Total IT Solutions. Founded and operating in San Jose, California, Supermicro is committed to delivering first to market innovation for Enterprise, Cloud, AI, and 5G Telco/Edge IT Infrastructure. We are a Total IT Solutions provider with server, AI, storage, IoT, switch systems, software, and support services. Supermicro's motherboard, power, and chassis design expertise further enables our development and production, enabling next generation innovation from cloud to edge for our global customers. Our products are designed and manufactured in-house (in the US, Asia, and the Netherlands), leveraging global operations for scale and efficiency and optimized to improve TCO and reduce environmental impact (Green Computing). The award-winning portfolio of Server Building Block Solutions® allows customers to optimize for their exact workload and application by selecting from a broad family of systems built from our flexible and reusable building blocks that support a comprehensive set of form factors, processors, memory, GPUs, storage, networking, power, and cooling solutions (air-conditioned, free air cooling or liquid cooling).
Supermicro, Server Building Block Solutions, and We Keep IT Green are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Super Micro Computer, Inc.
All other brands, names, and trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
** The press release content is from PR Newswire. Bastille Post is not involved in its creation. **
Supermicro Announces Intelligent In-Store Retail Solutions in Collaboration with a Broad Range of Industry Partners
