A SHOWCASE OF OUTSTANDING PROPERTIES TO SOUTHEAST ASIAN INVESTORS
BANGKOK, Thailand — 9 December 2022
PropertyGuru Group (NYSE: PGRU), Southeast Asia’s leading property technology company, today announced the Winners and Highly Commended recipients of the 2022 PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards (Greater Niseko).
Elevating the Gold Standard of real estate within Japan, the Awards in Greater Niseko showcased outstanding hospitality and residential developments in the premier mountain resort destination to property seekers from Southeast Asia and beyond.
Blue Waves Group dominated the celebration with multiple wins for its resort housing project Andaru Collection Niseko. The project was named Best Completed Resort Housing Development, Best Resort Housing Architectural Design, and Best Resort Housing Interior Design.
The heritage-inspired resort project Shiguchi meanwhile yielded two wins—Best Resort Architectural Design and Best Resort Interior Design—for developer Kookan.
Nihon Harmony Resorts KK and PCPD jointly won the title of Best Integrated Resort Development for Park Hyatt Niseko Hanazono and Hanazono Resort Niseko. A special award, the Special Recognition for Tourism Landmark Development, was also presented to the companies for Mountain Lights at Park Hyatt Niseko Hanazono, a light-based art installation by the artist Bruce Munro.
Other awardees this year include H2 Group for the project HakuVillas (Best Completed Luxury Hotel Condo Development); Niseko Village for Hinode Hills (Best Hotel Condo Development); Terraform Capital for Cassia Hirafu Niseko; and Zekkei for Intuition Niseko.
The Awards in Greater Niseko were presented in an exclusive luncheon on 9 December at The Athenee Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Bangkok. This was held ahead of the 17th PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards Grand Final where various country winners from the awards series competed for Best in Asia honours.
Andaru Collection Niseko went on to garner two wins at the Grand Final: Best Completed Housing/Landed Development (Asia) and Best Housing/Landed Interior Design (Asia). HakuVillas by H2 Group was hailed Best Completed Condo Development (Asia).
Hari V. Krishnan, CEO and managing director of PropertyGuru Group, said: “Our Awards in Greater Niseko continue to reach great heights with beautifully designed resorts, hotels, and second homes for wintersports enthusiasts, tourists, investors, and other property seekers interested in Japan’s premier skiing destination. Congratulations to all the awardees in Greater Niseko!”
The list of Winners and Highly Commended awardees was decided by an independent panel of judges consisting of Bill Barnett, chairperson of the Awards and founder and managing director, C9 Hotelworks; Acme Wu, marketing director, Niseko Tourism; Eddie Guillemette, CEO of Midori no Ki (MnK); Greg Hough, managing director, Niseko Portfolio and Explore Travel Group; Minoru Okubo, representative director, ResortPropertyJapan Co. Ltd; and Shigeru Uehara, director of Niseko Home Design, Ltd.
The entire selection process was made fair, transparent and credible under the supervision of Paul Ashburn, HLB International Real Estate Group.
Organised by PropertyGuru Group (NYSE: PGRU), the 2022 PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards (Greater Niseko) programme is supported by official channel partner History; official magazine Property Report by PropertyGuru; media partner Powderlife; supporting association Niseko Tourism; and official supervisor HLB.
For more information, email [email protected] or visit the official website: AsiaPropertyAwards.com.
LIST OF WINNERS AND HIGHLY COMMENDED AWARDEES
2022 PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards (Greater Niseko)
DEVELOPMENT AWARDS
Best Integrated Resort Development
WINNER: Park Hyatt Niseko Hanazono and Hanazono Resort Niseko by Nihon Harmony Resorts KK and PCPD
Best Hotel Condo Development
WINNER: Hinode Hills by Niseko Village
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Intuition Niseko by Zekkei
Best Completed Luxury Hotel Condo Development
WINNER: HakuVillas by H2 Group
Best Completed Resort Housing Development
WINNER: Andaru Collection Niseko by Blue Waves Group
DESIGN AWARDS
Best Resort Architectural Design
WINNER: Shiguchi by Kookan
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Cassia Hirafu Niseko by Terraform Capital
Best Resort Housing Architectural Design
WINNER: Andaru Collection Niseko by Blue Waves Group
Best Resort Interior Design
WINNER: Shiguchi by Kookan
Best Resort Housing Interior Design
WINNER: Andaru Collection Niseko by Blue Waves Group
SPECIAL AWARD
Special Recognition for Tourism Landmark Development
WINNER: Mountain Lights at Park Hyatt Niseko Hanazono by Nihon Harmony Resorts KK and PCPD
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ABOUT PROPERTYGURU ASIA PROPERTY AWARDS:
PropertyGuru’s Asia Property Awards, established in 2005, are the region’s most exclusive and prestigious real estate awards programme. The Asia Property Awards are recognised as the ultimate hallmark of excellence in the Asian property sector. Boasting an independent panel of industry experts and trusted supervisors, the Awards have an unparalleled reputation for being credible, ethical, fair and transparent.
In 2022, the Awards series is open to more than a dozen key property markets around the region. The exciting gala events welcome senior industry leaders and top media, as well as reach property agents and consumers via live streaming. Recognising excellence within each Asian market with a variety of categories, including green and sustainable development, each local awards programme will culminate in the PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards Grand Final, which takes place after the PropertyGuru Asia Real Estate Summit during ‘PropertyGuru Week’ in December 2022.
For more information, please visit AsiaPropertyAwards.com
ABOUT PROPERTYGURU GROUP:
PropertyGuru is Southeast Asia’s leading1 PropTech company, and the preferred destination for over 44 million property seekers7 to find their dream home, every month. PropertyGuru empowers property seekers with more than 3.5 million real estate listings8, in-depth insights, and solutions that enable them to make confident property decisions across Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam.
PropertyGuru.com.sg was launched in Singapore in 2007 and since then PropertyGuru Group has made the property journey a transparent one for property seekers in Southeast Asia. In the last 15 years, PropertyGuru has grown into a high-growth PropTech company with a robust portfolio of leading property marketplaces across its core markets; award-winning mobile apps; mortgage marketplace, PropertyGuru Finance; and a host of enterprise solutions now under PropertyGuru For Business, including a high-quality developer sales enablement platform, FastKey, DataSense, ValueNet, Awards, events and publications across Asia.
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1 Based on SimilarWeb data between April 2022 and September 2022.
2 The third quarter and first nine months ended September 30, 2022 includes results of the iProperty Malaysia and thinkofliving businesses which were acquired on August 3, 2021.
3 Included in the S$13.2 million of adjustments between net loss and Adjusted EBITDA in the third quarter of 2022 was a S$4.9 million depreciation and amortization expense.
4 Included in the S$8.2 million of adjustments between net loss and Adjusted EBITDA in the third quarter of 2021 were a S$3.9 million depreciation and amortization expense and a S$3.0 million net finance expense.
5 Based on SimilarWeb data between April 2022 and September 2022.
6 Does not include impact of Sendhelper acquisition in October 2022.
7 Based on Google Analytics data between April 2022 and September 2022.
8 Based on data between April 2022 and September 2022.