Travel Sectors
Tourism EXPO Japan 2025 will open in Aichi on September 25, appealing countries or regions directly fling from Centrair Airport
‘Tourism EXPO Japan 2025 Aichi/Central Japan (TEJ2025)’ with a theme of ‘Travel for Discovery and New Encounters’ will open at Aichi Sky Expo for four days from September 25 2025.
GSTC2025 discussed a world-standard to overcome challenges against sustainable tourism that the world faces today
Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) held GSTC 2025 international conference in Fiji. Randy Durband, GSTC CEO, talked about the current challenges against sustainable tourism and a roadmap to solve them.
LOTTE Holdings, a Japan-Korea conglomerate, launches ‘LOTTE HOTEL JAPAN’ with a goal of 20 new hotels in Japan in the next decade
LOTTE Holdings, a Japan-Korea conglomerate, launched ‘LOTTE HOTEL JAPAN’ in order to expand the hotel business in Japan to 4,500 rooms of 20 hotels in the next decade.
JTB launches a new inbound travel strategy to increase transactions by 2.7 times by 2030
JTB launched a new inbound travel strategy ‘Inbound VISION 2030' with goals to increase transactions by 2.7 times and gross profit by 2.9 times by 2030 compared to 2025.
JTB acquires BtoB tourism media Group ‘Northstar Travel,’ placing Phocuswright and Travel Weekly under the umbrella
JTB has reached an agreement with the world-leading BtoB tourism media ‘Northstar Travel Group (NTG) to acquire all stocks of NTG, placing Travel Weekly, Phocuswright or Business Travel News under the umbrella.
Activity booking platform Klook works with Hong Kong Tourism Board for Muslim-friendly campaign
Activity booking platform Klook and Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) launched a Muslim-friendly campaign ‘Jelajah Hong Kong, proposing proposes Muslim-friendly tourist spots, activities, hotels, halal foods and worships.
Hoshino Resorts OMO Hotels expands local-based nightlife events to 11 hotels nationwide in Japan
OMO Hotel, a Hoshino Resort brand, expanded local-based nightlife event ‘Local Rhythm Night' to 11 hotels nationwide in Japan. It is an event that guests enjoy original cultures in a destination.
Hawaiian Airlines will suspend Honolulu-Fukuoka service in November 2025, as CEO said, “Market challenges have persisted”
Hawaiian Airlines will suspend three Honolulu-Fukuoka flights weekly on November 19 2025. CEO Joe Sprague said, “Market challenges have persisted."
Japanese major travel companies’ index shows overseas travel sales increased by 8% in June 2025, boosted by a 21% increase in package tours sales
sales of 44 major travel companies in June 2025 were up 5.9% year on year to 318 billion yen in total, including 112.1 billion yen for overseas travel (up 8.2%).
A new double-brands hotel ‘Tokyu Stay Mercure’ will open in Hiroshima in May 2026
Mercure, an Accor brand, and Tokyu Stay, a Tokyu Resorts & Stay brand, will open double-brand hotel ‘Tokyu Stay Mercure Hiroshima’ in May 2026.
Airbnb Partners and Daiwa House build the next generation apartment in Tokyo, for which partner CCC provides indoor contents
Airbnb Partners and Daiwa House are developing the next generation apartment ‘Sumu powered by Airbnb Partners (Sumu)’ in Taito, Tokyo, for which CCC provides indoor contents.
JTB launches digital ticket touring 30 cultural facilities nationwide in Japan for international travelers in partnership with Japan Cultural Expo 2.0
JTB and Japan Art Council Japan Cultural Expo 2.0 has started selling digital ticket packaging admissions of 30 Japan Cultural Expo 2.0-related facilities nationwide in Japan.
Budget hotel unit price in Japan keeps rising, and the highest growth was seen in ’Tokyu Stay’
The Tokyo Shoko Research survey finds that unit price of 15 budget city hotel brands of 13 listed companies kept rising in March 2025. The highest growth was seen in ‘Tokyu Stay’ at 20.4%.
JTB launches a new psychological program for travelers to increase happiness through dialogs with tour conductors
JTB has started selling a dialog-based travel program ‘Kokotori' for travelers to take back mental energy through dialogs with travel professionals. Psychological effects by travel can be quantified.
Tourism Minister of France talks about three keywords to maintain the No.1 tourism country in the world
Nathalie Delattre, Minister Delegate for Tourism of France talked about ‘sustainability,’ ‘inclusivity’ and ‘innovation’ as key drivers for the further growth, when she visited Japan to attend France National Day of Osaka Kansai EXPO.
Klook partners with Hoshino Resorts, a Japanese hotel chain, to sell a package of ryokan and transportation in Japan
Klook formed a partnership with Hoshino Resorts to encourage Klook users to visit local cities in Japan for decentralization of inbound tourists to Japan.
JTB accelerates the sports hospitality business worldwide, starting selling MLB tours to U.S. from South Korea
LOTTE JTB, a local company of JTB Group in South Korea, started selling Major League Baseball (MLB) tours in U.S. from South Korea. JTB plans to accelerate sports hospitality business worldwide.
HIS has received more bookings of both domestic and overseas travels in the summer holiday period of 2025
HIS overseas travel bookings in this summer vacation period (July 19 to August 31) was up 8.2% year on year. The average cost was up 7% to 204,300 yen.
Japanese overseas travelers are expected to increase by 21% in the summer of 2025 - JTB forecasts
JTB has forecasted that the number of Japanese travelers in the summer vacation period this year (July 15 to August 31) will increase by 0.8% year on year to 74.6 million in total.
JTB and Hitachi work together for biometric authentication-based digital ticket on smartphone
JTB and Hitachi have reached an agreement to work together for tourism digital transformation. The first trial will begin in Shodoshima by testing an biometric authentication-based tour digital ticket.
