July 2012: The hotel attracted Frédéric Lalos, a MOF (Meilleur Ouvrier de France) baker with a track record of supplying top French restaurants, and opened his first Lalos bakery in Japan. April 2012: Achieved a Gross Operating Profit (GOP) of 25% (generally around 10% for luxury resort hotels). Three of the hotel's restaurants received Michelin stars in the "Michelin Hokkaido 2012 Special Edition." This put the hotel, along with the Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong, at the top of the world for the number of stars within a single hotel. In the accommodation category, the hotel itself received the highest rating of "5," the highest evaluation among hotels in Hokkaido. Furthermore, the fact that all of the recipients of the 3-star rating in the "Michelin Hokkaido 2012 Special Edition" were former employees or affiliates of the Windsor Hotel Toya became a hot topic, solidifying its position as Japan's leading hotel for disseminating sophisticated culinary culture. July 2008: The Hokkaido Toyako Summit was held. It was a historic first in the history of summits held in Japan, as all the leaders of the G8 and EU stayed at the same hotel. Furthermore, there were no accidents or incidents during the conference, and Prime Minister Fukuda (at the time) expressed his gratitude. April 2007: Designated as the main venue for the Hokkaido Toyako Summit. Room rates exceeded 55,000 yen, making it the highest in Japan, surpassing foreign-owned hotels. (ADR before the restructuring was 5,500 yen, and it reached 48,000 yen in one year after management was taken over.) June 2002: Became a member of LHW (The Leading Hotels of the World), an international luxury hotel consortium. Membership before opening was unusual, and it became the only member hotel in Hokkaido. Attracted the first branch of the long-established Kyoto hotel "Miyama-so," which was said to be "closely exclusive." In addition, twelve food and beverage facilities were introduced, making it the hotel with the largest food and beverage facilities among resort hotels. The Windsor Hotel Toya reopened for business. The Windsor Hotel School, a hotel staff training school, opened. 2001: Attracted the world's first Michelin 3-star restaurant, "Michel Bras." At a time when Italian cuisine was at its peak, this revived the French cuisine boom in Japan, spearheaded the rush of 3-star restaurant openings in Tokyo, and became the catalyst for the second gourmet boom. January 1997: Undertook the reconstruction of "Apex Toya" (at the time). To revitalize the brand, the hotel name was changed to "The Windsor Hotel Toya." During the transition period, in order to minimize the cost burden on the owner, a method was proposed to deliberately show customers the hotel's transformation while continuing operations, establishing the hotel industry's first "open kitchen style reconstruction method." (1998-2000 was preparation for reopening due to the owner's bankruptcy.)