Travel Sectors

JTB, a Japanese leading travel company, has started selling ‘LOOK JTB MySTYLE’ overseas dynamic package tours departing after June 2023, offering not only air ticket + hotel but also a variety of services in a destination.

Hawaiian Airlines will restart three flights a week between Honolulu and Fukuoka on April 28 2023, expecting to carry leisure travelers from Kyushu area.

Sales of 43 major travel companies increased by 76.9% year on year to 309.4 billion JPY in total in November 2022. Domestic travel sales were up 56% year on year to 256.5 billion JPY, which were up 0.9% even compared to pre-pandemic November 2019.

HIS signed a business partnership with ‘MyAnimeList,’ one of the largest Japanese animation or manga community in the world to create and offer animation or manga-related travel tours in Web 3.0 space.

HIS, one of leading Japanese travel companies, has begun selling ‘Journey to the Edge of Space’ with space balloon ‘Spaceship Neptune.’ The price is $125,000 a passenger plus 550,000 JPY as a commission.

‘Haneda Airport Garden Bus Terminal’ in the commercial complex ‘Haneda Airport Garden’ connecting with the 3rd Terminal will fully open on January 31 2023.

The number of international conferences in Japan through 2021 reduced by 86.9% year on year or 99.2% over 2019 to 29 only, and the number of participants was down 42.6% year on year or 97.2% over 2019.

Yusen Cruise has decided to cancel 104 days-long ‘Asuka II World Tour Cruise 2023,' explaining that the decision resulted from the global COVID-19 situation and geopolitical difficulties.

Italy-born ‘Albergo Diffuso,’ developing the whole village or city as a hotel, certificated Minobu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Zao, Miyagi Prefecture, Hachimandaira, Iwate Prefecture and Hirado City in Nagasaki Prefecture in Japan as startup operators.

JTB,has signed a partnership agreement with Fighters Sports & Entertainment for a new ballpark ‘F Village’ that will open on March 30 2023 as a home stadium for Hokkaido Nipponham Fighters to create opportunities to attract tourists based on the new ballpark.

Both ANA and JAL received 80% more domestic flight bookings and four times more international flight bookings in this coming New Year holiday period. The booking rates of international flights remarkably improved to 77% for both.

Virgin Australia announced launch of its first Japan service between Cairns and Haneda with the Boeing 737-8 on June 28 2023, expanding code-share flights with ANA. They expect that Japanese passengers may be 60 to 70% of the total on average through a year.

JTB, the Japanese leading travel company, has started selling ‘Chartered Shinkansen Package’ for a group, expecting that Shinkansen can be an unique venue for an original event.

HIS, one of the Japanese leading travel companies, still suffered from net loss of 9.5 billion JPY for the full year of FY2022 ended October 31 2022 despite an increase in sales to 142.8 billion JPY because of gradual recovery of the travel business.

Hotel Okura, one of the luxury hotel group in Japan, announced that ‘the Okura Resort Muscat’ will open in Muscat, the capital of Oman, in 2027.

According to Japan Finance Corporation (JFC)’s survey, 76.6% of the surveyed companies said that purchase cost has risen over the last year, and for the next year, 92.2% said that purchase cost will continue rising.

JTB has forecasted that domestic travelers will increase by 16.7% year on year to 21 million during this coming New Year holidays, which will be 28.2% fewer travelers than 2019, and the average travel expenses will be up 12.1% to 37,000 JPY, which will be 15.6% more than even 2019.

JTB has developed ‘JTB Data Connect HUB’ connecting property management system (PMS) for accommodation with a variety of business support solutions.

Tokyo Metro has begun selling a set of one-day passes on Amazon since November 29 2022 as its first year-around online ticket sales.

Labour shortage of full-time employees was seen in 65.4% of hotels and ryokans (51.1% on average), and labour shortage of part-time employees in 75% of hotels and ryokans (31% on average). , according to the latest Teikoku Databank’s survey.