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HIS offers a package of nine services to sweep away concerns about overseas travel for Japanese travelers
HIS has started offering ‘RE:TRAVEL SUPPORT,’ a package of nine services to support Japanese overseas travelers, including bookings of PCR tests before departure overseas and return to Japan.
A Japanese travel industry organization clarifies guidelines to perform overseas travel tours amid the pandemic
Japan Association of Travel Agents (JATA) announced guidelines for travel companies to restart performing overseas travel tours, including criteria to suspend a tour and to collect cancellation fee.
ANA Holdings considerably improved annual deficits for FY2021, expecting to make a profit for FY2022
ANA Holdings ended FY2021 ending March 31 2022 with much better business results than a year ago, increasing sales and improving deficits, as a result of more thorough cost management to reduce fixed costs.
Japanese travel companies see an increases in overseas travel bookings for this summer
Restarting to sell package tours to Hawaii since early April this year, major travel companies of Japan have increased overseas travel bookings for this coming summer, which seems to give consumers a message of ‘reopening of overseas travel.'
JNTO virtual tours and cross-border e-commerce on the Alibaba platform were joined by 1.35 million Chinese viewers
Chineses viewers of the virtual tours connected to cross-border e-commerce on the Alibaba platform, which were broadcasted by Japan National Tourism Organization reached 1.35 million in total.
A collective app in Kansai area of Japan for international visitors will be launched, assisted by USJ in marketing
Private and public players in Kansai area, including Universal Studio Japan (USJ), are jointly developing a collective app ‘Travel Contents APP’ for international visitors, providing public information.
Japanese luxury accommodation OTA launches its original SNS to create a user community
ikyu.com, a luxury accommodation OTA of Japan, launched its original SNS ‘YADOLINK' to create a user community, giving them functions to find high quality stay experiences through posted photos.
ANA Group and partners launch a concierge brand for luxury travelers to create unique and rich experiences
ANA X and ANA Business Jet, ANA Group companies, have joined ‘Travel concierge services for luxury travelers’ program to launch ‘nfinity,’ a travel concierge brand, which is engaged in development of unique and rich experiences.
ANA and JAL have seen remarkable recoveries in their international flight bookings for a big holiday period in Japan
ANA and JAL have remarkably increased their international flight bookings for this coming Golden Week. JAL Hawaii flights have already been full on several days during the period.
ZIP AIR, JAL Group LCC, will serve daily flights for Honolulu during this year’s summer vacation period
ZIP AIR Tokyo, JAL Group LCC, will serve daily flights between Narita and Honolulu during this year’s summer vacation period to meet expected higher demand.
JTB and HIS will restart selling package tours for Hawaii, supporting PCR test in returning to Japan
JTB has decided to restart sending LOOK JTB MyStyle tours to Hawaii on April 28, followed by HIS on May 1, as Japanese government lowered the COVID-19-related travel warning from Level 3 to Level 2 for U.S.
The Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry requests government's initiatives for tourism recovery, including effective operation of Go To Travel
The Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TCCI) Tourism Committee compiled requests for tourism recovery in Japan, including effective operation of ‘Go To Travel’ and extension of the program.
Tourism Australia develops a large scale of advertising campaign for Japan, appealing local experiences and free entry
Tourism Australia (TA) has started developing a large scale of advertising campaign in Japan to appeal tourism attractions to be selected as the next leisure destination in accordance with ease of travel restrictions into Japan.
Unreasonable challenges remain in entry into Japan, taking three hours to leave an airport, even though restrictions are eased
This is the story that I, as Travel Voice reporter, experienced the first overseas coverage for Hawaii in the past two years and a half. I found that there were still a lot of challenges for outbound travel from Japan or inbound travel to Japan. Unreasonable procedures waited for me when I arrived in Japan.
Yokohama launches a tourism support campaign for travelers from Kanto area except Tokyo
Yokohama City started ‘Find Your YOKOHAMA Campaign’ as a tourism recovery support program to discount travel attractions for travelers from neighboring prefectures except Tokyo.
Japanese guest nights in Japan were down 32% in February 2022 compared to two years ago
the total number of Japanese guest nights in February 2022 was up 34.4% year on year to 23.4 million, and the occupancy rate was 34.5% overall, 27.4 lower points than 2019.
Sales of 1110 travel companies in Japan reduced to one-third of pre-pandemic, losing 2 trillion JPY
Sales of 1110 travel companies in Japan reduced by 71.2% to 724.2 billion JPY in total in 2021 from 2,519.7 billion JPY in 2020. Compared to 2019, the total shrank to one-third of 2,771 billion JPY.
Japanese domestic travelers are expected to increase by 68% to 16 million during this Golden Week period, JTB forecasts
JTB has forecasted that Japanese domestic travelers are expected to increase by 68.4% year on year to 16 million during this coming Golden Week period (April 25 to May 5). Total spending is estimated at 552 billion JPY. Younger generation especially intends to travel.
JATA sent a delegation to Hawaii as the first step for reopening of overseas travel, hoping to restart package tour this summer
Japan Association of Travel Agents (JATA) sent an inspection delegation to Hawaii on April 3, positioning it as the first step for reopening of outbound travel from Japan. Hiroyuki Takahashi, JATA Chairman, said "JATA member companies will begin producing and selling products for Hawaii this summer.”
HIS decides to sell out its 100% subsidiary HTB Energy with excess of debt, stepping out from the energy business
HIS has decided to sell out its 100% subsidiary HTB Energy with excess of debt, posting a deficit of about 10 billion JPY for FY2021.
