The company was established in 1983 by joint capital investment of Japan National Railways (JNR) and Miyako Hotel at first, and later the investment of Japan National Railways was succeeded to JR West and the one of Miyako Hotel was to Kintetsu Hotel Systems Co., Ltd.
1983年に会社を設立し、当初は日本国有鉄道と都ホテルの共同出資でスタート、後に国鉄出資分はJR西日本に、都ホテル出資分は近鉄ホテルシステムズに引き継がれた。