bnbstation, the vacation rental support service provider, opened real shops for a sharing economy agency service for vacation rental platforms like airbnb in Shibuya, Kyoto and Fukuoka on Ma... Read more
The 5th WIT (Web In Travel) JAPAN & NORTH ASIA 2016 with a theme of ‘Reboot’ will be held in Hilton Tokyo Odaiba on June 2 and 3 2016. The organizer has started receiving bookings from a... Read more
The Japanese government proposes tourism deregulation ideas including a ride share service like Uber
The Japanese government held the 20th advisory meeting for strategically designated areas to propose its deregulation ideas for international tourists to Japan. The proposed ideas include a... Read more
Japan Tourism Agency reported that travel transactions of 49 major travel agents totaled 522.7 billion JPY (-1.0%) in December 2015. The monthly total consisted of 162.7 billion JPY for outb... Read more
The Japan-U.S. aviation talks, which were held in Tokyo on three days from February 16 to 18, finally reached an agreement on the Haneda Airport daytime slots on February 18. The agreement c... Read more
Booking.com announced that Tokyo was No.1 city booked by Chinese users on Booking.com in a calendar year of 2015, moving up from seventh in 2014. Also, Osaka moved up to fifth in 2015 from t... Read more
ANA announced FY2016-2020 ANA Group Corporate Strategy with a concept of ‘Aggressive and Speedy Management’ on January 29 2016, focusing on expansion of the airline business, creation of new... Read more
Delta Air Lines worries about a decision made in the Japan-U.S. aviation talks about allocation of daytime slots at Haneda Airport, which will be restarted on February 9 2016. The airline’s... Read more
Travel Voice reported a variety of news about the tourism industry’s trends in Japan through 2015, particularly focusing on online travel businesses. Based on the annual traffic, the top two... Read more
Yahoo Japan announced on December 15 that one of the biggest portal sites in Japan will acquire 100% ownership of ikkyo.com, the luxury hotel and restaurant booking website, purchasing an Ik... Read more
