Originally Posted by
Sanosuke
What about the Kodama, if the OP can take that too?
Kodama costs as much as Hikari and takes more than one hour longer. Why would you recommend that?
Originally Posted by
Sanosuke
I hope you didn't forget the newly renovated Prince Shinagawa hotel right by the Shinagawa station?

It didn't even cross my mind.
Why do you think that the OP would prefer an inferior hotel (not in the same league as PHT or FSM) in a less convenient location (lower frequency of trains to NRT and Kyoto) - when his boss has offered to pick up the bill for a top-end hotel?
I apologize if your suggestions were well intentioned. But the wink

made me wonder if this is all tongue in cheek? The problem is that I can't really tell whether it's tongue in cheek or not - and that makes me think that the OP may spend time and energy looking into suggestions that are really just a joke.