[2] It was the first property in Japan from Hong Kong–based Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts.

[4] The hotel has 200 guestrooms and suites occupying 11 floors of the Mori-built Marunouchi Trust Tower Main.

[1][5]Most of the hotel's interior was designed by the Santa Monica–based Hirsch Bedner Associates,[6] whereas select rooms, restaurants, and the hotel's club lounge was designed by Andre Fu of the Hong Kong–based AFSO.

[7] In 2011, the hotel hosted a charity concert of the Leipzig String Quartet for the victims of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

for an after-party live event for the Michael Jackson Tribute Show in December 2011.