Etihad guest night at Mandarin Oriental Tokyo

The luxury night at Nihon-bashi

My blogger friend was invited to this party. He invited me as a companion.
The party was coordinated in the Mandarin Oliental Tokyo, one of the most luxury hotels in Tokyo.
In European countries or North America, the Etihad Airways is well known company as one of the developing big three in Middle East airlines. The image of this airline was package tour economy class passengers and some businessman who had the trip to Middle East on upper class. The aim of the party might be commercial advertisement to show the new CI in Japanese market. There were a lot of FFP elite members who traveled with Etihad Airways.

The party was started with the greeting from the local manager in Japan. He announced about the new aircrafts, B777-300er, A380-800, B787-9 and A350. The Boeing 787-9 will be major aircraft on the route between Abu Dhabi and Japan. A380-800 has been the new flagship aircraft in this Etihad Airways, which has the most luxury service and facilities as "the residence."

The food were served with the buffet style. The food were payed attention not to be served under the Isramic rule. The tastes were nice as the Mandarin Oriental service. The wine were served easy to drink by there was no champagne. After the dinner, the strong brack coffee and various selected tea were served with lovely sweets.

As the entertainment, the Arabic music were played by Alatour, three performers. The performance was very nice. The attendance may have had a lot of experience like this.

The party was closed at 2100, two hours after the opening.


I has several talk with ground staff at Narita. All characters of Etihad airways have unspecific in the airline markets.  The thin Arabic tastes, international crew members, next to Emirates and less facilities in Abu Dhabi than that of Dubai were very disappointed point for us.