Tag: "OTA"

Agoda implemented improvement of functions on the booking platform, including stricter compliance standards for third-party suppliers, an AI-based trouble detection tool and a 24/7 support service.

Rakuten Travel, one of the largest OTAs in Japan, has launched an AI agent ‘Rakuten Travel AI Hotel Search’ that assists a user to find hotel or ryokan candidates, based on reviews and the booking trend analysis data.

OTA Agoda announced that the city in Asia with the most repeat travelers in the first half of 2025 was Bangkok, followed by Tokyo. By country or region, the top was Japan.

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.

Klook formed a partnership with Hoshino Resorts to encourage Klook users to visit local cities in Japan for decentralization of inbound tourists to Japan.

Agoda revealed additional service improvements in Japan, as the OTA has been requested by Japan Tourism Agency (JTA) to solve the troubles in booking rooms.

Traveloka President Caesar Indra, who attended WiT Japan 2025, talked about the strategy for the Japanese market and the OTA’s strengths.

Trip.com has begun broadcasting TV CM featuring Thailand, South Korea and Taiwan to boost overseas travel of Japanese consumers. The CM sends a message of ‘very close to the world.’

Japanese OTA ‘jalan.net' continues encouraging users to book travels through demand-boosting to meet each region’s needs, creation of tourism contents, distribution of coupons and sales campaigns.

Japanese experience booking platform Veltra has started testing a membership concierge service for luxury travelers to provide priceless tailor-made travels.

Traveloka will start enabling a user to exchange Traveloka points to ‘Ponta points,’ a Japan’s major point program. The exchange service is available in about 320,000 Ponta-affiliated shops

ANA extended NDC-based air ticketing on Trip.com to 12 Asian markets, where a user can change and refund ANA tickets in the same manner as the ANA official website.

Traveloka, a major OTA in Southeast Asia, has entered the Japanese market, providing Japanese travelers flexible options not only for outbound travel but also domestic travel.

NTTCom Online Marketing Solution's NPS (net Promotor Score) survey for OTAs finds that the top OTA in Japan you would recommend to your friends is Jalan.net, followed by Rakuten Travel.

Klook has started developing promotion campaigns for the EXPO on its platform and at the same time selling a package of the EXPO ticket and local experience tickets and transportation tickets.

(PR) ‘Digital Travel APAC 2025,’ an event for the digital travel industry in Asian and Pacific region, will open for two days from August 12 2025 in Singapore, where over 50 experts will discuss the Future of Travel.

Trip.com is focusing on sending its global users to local regions in Japan. Sunny Sun, Trip.com Group Vice President, said at an interview with Travel Voice, "“We are introducing unknown charms in Japan."

Hopper launched an online travel booking platform ‘V Trip’ for credit card members and V members of Sumitomo Mitsui Card. Dakota Smith, Hooper President and Cofounder talked about V Trip and how it develops its business in Japan.

ANA and U.S.-based OTA Hopper have begun selling ANA tickets through IATA’s leading New Distribution Capability (NDC), powered by Ireland-based Openjaw Technologies and delivered through Travelfusion, a major content aggregator.

Klook, a Hong Kong-based local experience booking platform, raised funds of $100 million to expand partnership with Google Cloud in the AI development and to collaborate with local tourism authorities.