Travel Sectors
HIS invests to a tourism-oriented digital currency/NFT startup to expand its Web 3.0 business space
HIS has acquired shares of Rural, a startup to provide tourism-oriented digital currency ‘Rural Coin’ and ‘Rural NFT' to accelerate its new business in a Web 3.0 space.
ANA is accelerating ‘ESG Management’ with four pillars of Environment, Human Rights, DEI and Regional Revitalization
Chikako Miyata, Executive Vice President Group Chief Sustainability Officer at ANA Holdings, talked about ANA ‘ESG Management,’ placing ‘Environment,’ ‘Human Rights,’ ‘Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DEI)’ and ‘Regional Revitalization.'
ANA will expand Honolulu services with A380 ‘Flying Honu’ in this coming autumn
ANA will increase the frequencies from five flights a week on the Haneda-Honolulu route and from two flights a week to three flights a week on the Narita -Honolulu route including an A380 ‘Flying Honu’ service.
Japan and Taiwan are working together for 7.5 million two-way travelers a year
The tourism promotion committee for Taiwan in Japan met the counterpart in Taiwan in Taoyuan City, Taiwan for 2022 Japan-Taiwan Tourism Summit to share a goal to achieve 7.5 million two-way travelers a year.
Japan Tourism Agency revises a guideline to accept a foreign tourist tour without a tour conductor
Japan Tourism Agency has revised "Guidelines for Accepting Foreign Tourists." A travel agency or a travel service arrangement agency is responsible for the tour. They have to make arrangements for round-trip air tickets and all accommodations throughout traveling in Japan before entering Japan.
A Japanese leading travel firm welcomed 1.3 million visitors a month in its metaverse shop
HIS, a Japanese leading travel firm, welcomed 1.3 million or more visitors in its virtual shop ‘HIS Travel World,’ which was launched in a smartphone metaverse space ‘REALITY World.'
HIS sells Huis Ten Bosh theme-park to aHong Kong-based investment firm at 66.6 billion JPY
HIS, a leading Japanese travel company, officially announced to sell its 100% subsidiary Huis Ten Bosh theme-park in Nagasaki to Hong Kong-based investment firm PAG HTB Holdings at 66.6 billion JPY.
ANA will resume North America flights to 90% of the pre-pandemic level, restarting Washington DC, Huston and Chicago services
ANA will resume its North America flights to about 90% of the initial flight plan in 2020 in this coming winter schedule, restarting Washington DC, Huston and Chicago services.
ANA will resume domestic flights in latter half of FY2022 to the pre-COVID-19 level
ANA Group will resume the number of domestic flights, combined Peach Aviation flights, in the latter half of FY2022 to the pre-COVID-19 level. Peach will resume daily Haneda-Seoul (Incheon) services on October 30 2022.
Air Asia Thailand launches its first Japan flights on the Bangkok-Fukuoka route on October 12 2022
Air Asia Thailand will launch three flights a week between Bangkok (Don Mueang) and Fukuoka as its first service to Japan on October 12 2022, increasing the frequency to four flights a week on October 30 2022.
A Japan National Tourism Organization leader talks about the promotional strategies for rebound of the inbound travel market
Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) Executive Senior Vice President Kyoji Kuramotchi talked about the next steps for rebound of the inbound travel market, expecting FIT will be opened soon. How does JNTO develop its strategies to achieve the national goals.
Three doses vaccination travelers will no longer need PCR negative certificate for entry into Japan on September 7
Japan will lift requirement of negative certificates on PCR test within 72 hours before leaving a destination on September 7, but maintain a cap of 20,000 entries a day for a while.
The most-booked overseas destination in this autumn is Hawaii with honeymoon demand resumed
HIS received 1374.5% more overseas travel bookings for the period than a year ago, and the average expenses are up 30.5% to 216,800 JPY year on year or even up 90.3% compared to 2019. The most-booked destination was Hawaii.
Delta Air Lines will launch Haneda-Honolulu services in December and resume Haneda-Los Angeles services in October
Delta Air Lines will start serving daily flights between Haneda and Honolulu on December 2 2022 and resume three Haneda-Los Angeles flights a week on October 31 2022 and will increase the frequency to daily flights on December 1 2022.
A local bank of Japan enters into a tourism business to revitalize local economy
Fukui Prefecture-based Fukui Bank launched a 100% subsidiary to revitalize local economy through a tourism business and merchandising of local products.
Ten lodging companies closed in July 2022, increasing year on year for four consecutive months
the number of lodging companies’ bankruptcies in July 2022 were 10, increasing year on year for four consecutive months. Total debts in July increased by 170.4% year on year to 1,647 million JPY.
Okinawa encourages travelers to use public transportation, appealing non-rent-a-car trips
Okinawa Convention & Visitors Bureau (OCVB) encourages travelers to use public transportation without rent-a-car as a new trip way in Okinawa.The renewed site introduces model courses or trip itineraries.
Japanese guest nights in June 2022 were recovered to a 7% reduction compared to June 2019
The total number of Japanese guest nights in June 2022 (provisionally) was up 72.2% year on year to 33.9 million, which were 6.5% fewer guests nights than the same month in 2019. The occupancy rate was 44.2% overall, 16.4 lower points than 2019.
JAL joins ‘flying car’ project in Tokyo to study business models toward pilot operation in 2024
JAL, Mitsubishi Estate and Kanematsu will join Tokyo Metropolitan Government-led ‘flying car’ project toward pilot operation in 2024. JAL will demonstrate taking-off and landing operations and seek feasible services.
An online travel and experience gift service is launched by the leading travel company of Japan
JTB has launched a social gift service ‘JTB Koto Collection,’ on which a user give travel and local experience plans as gifts on SNS or e-mail.
