Travel Sectors
Rakuten Travel, a Japanese OTA, offers accommodation plans exclusively for vaccinated travelers
Rakuten Travel opened a special page featuring more than 1,000 lodgings with specific benefits for vaccinated travelers on its booking site.
HIS continues struggling with an increase in deficit and a large decrease in sales for Q3 of FY2021
HIS increased net loss to 33.2 billion JPY for the third quarter of FY2021 from November 1 2020 to July 31 2021 from 16.7 billion JPY a year earlier, and sales were continuously down 77.4% year on year.
Japanese travel companies still suffered from 72.8% less sales in July 2021 than two years ago
sales of 46 major travel companies increased by 214.6% year on year to 111.6 billion JPY in total in July 2021, and sales in inbound travel were largely up 2883.2% year on year to 27.6 billion JPY because of Tokyo Olympics.
HIS America launches a sustainable travel booking site to find how much CO2 your travel emits
HIS International Tours, a local firm of HIS in America, has launched ‘Copolo,’ an online booking site exclusively for sustainable travel, in collaboration with CHOOOSE, a startup of Norway.
ANA offers a 3-days/2-nights tour for Miyakojima with A380 ‘FLYING HONU’
ANA has started selling a 3-days/2-nights tour for Miyakojima with A380 ‘FLYING HONU,’ which is usually operated for the Honolulu flights. The tour will be performed on October 30 this year.
JAL raises additional 300 billion JPY for environment-friendly aircraft and a new revenue management system
JAL will raise around 300 billion JPY for introduction of environment-friendly A350-1000s, renovation of a revenue management system for domestic flights.
Flying taxi is tested in Osaka toward practical use in Osaka Kansai EXPO 2025
Demonstration of an Air Taxi project by flying taxi in Osaka Bay Area will be performed toward practical use in Osaka Kansai EXPO 2025.
The government decides an infrastructure development plan for Osaka Kansai EXPO 2025, including extension of Osaka Metro
The Japanese government has decided an infrastructure development plan for Osaka Kansai EXPO 2025, including extension of Osaka Metro Central Line and renovation of Kansai International Airport the first passenger terminal.
Nihon Unisys links to activity booking ‘Asoview!’ platform to enrich B2B distribution for tourism operators
Nihon Unisys travel product distribution platform ‘Offer Links’ and ‘asoview! Agent’ platform for travel agents are linked to deal with Asoview! contents not only as affiliate-typed products but also as their original products.
Major ski resorts in Japan make an alliance to attract more skiers
Nagano-based Nippon Ski Resort Development (NSD) and Miyagi Zao Eboshi Resort in Miyagi Prefecture signed an alliance partnership agreement.
Japan National Tourism Organization will organize an online business meeting for inbound travel in March 2022
Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) will organize ‘VISIT JAPAN Travel Mart 2021’ for the inbound travel market as a full online event from March 1 to 3 2022, joined by 70 overseas buyers and 70 domestic sellers.
Narita Airport offers a special airport tour including walking on a runway and enjoying in-flight meal for breakfast
Narita International Airport (NAA) will offer a special airport bus tour visiting the restricted areas in the airport, including a walking activity on the runway and in-flight meals for breakfast on the rooftop of Gate Gourmet Japan.
A group of four different concept resort hotels opens in Mie Prefecture, invested by HIS and others
VISON Hotel Management, invested by HIS Holdings, Sumitomo Forestry and Aquaignis, opened ‘Hatago VISON’ in Mie Prefecture, which consists of four different concept hotels.
90% of bankruptcies of travel firms in Japan were affected by COVID-19 for the first seven months of 2021
Bankruptcies of travel firms (debt of 10 million JPY or more) were up 11.7% year on year to 19, out of which 17 were affected by COVID-19, according to Tokyo Shoko Research.
Bankruptcies of lodging companies reduced by 40% in Japan for the first seven months of 2021
According to Tokyo Shoko Research, 49 lodging companies (debt of more than 10 million JPY) have bankrupted for the first seven months of 2021. In July only, six lodging companies were bankrupted.
New JATA Chairman wishes that vaccination passport will be used to lift traveling restrictions in Japan
Jungo Kikuma, new Japan Association of Travel Agents (JATA) Chairman, talked about what the travel industry needs for restart of traveling, including vaccination passport, and new travel styles after COVID-19.
JTB raises 30 billion JPY in total mainly for digital platform developments and creation of new tourism contents
JTB has raised 30 billion JPY in total through the third-party allotment to its main banks and others to develop a digital platform for improvement of customer journeys, more attractive tourism contents in local regions and a B to B digital platform.
The first Henn na Hotel in a foreign country opens in Seoul on August 1, offering a check-in service outside the hotel
HIS Holdings opened ‘Henn na Hotel Seoul Myeongdong,’ the first Henn na Hotel brand in a foreign country, on August 1 2021, available an exclusive app, a guest can check in anywhere outside the hotel.
JAL shrunk net loss to 57.9 billion JPY for Q1 of FY2021 despite a large increase in international cargo revenue
JAL Group reduced net loss to 57.9 billion JPY for the first quarter of FY2021 (April to June 2021) from 93.7 billion JPY a year ago, as it succeeded in reducing costs and increasing international cargo revenue.
JTB sells a Japan-based luxury cruise for vaccinated travelers only, chartering SILVERSEA Cruise ‘Silver Muse’
JTB has begun selling ‘Eight-days cruise in western Japan with Silver Muse’ departing on October 9 2021 for vaccinated travelers only. JTB charters the ship as a domestic cruise.
