Tag: "digital"
Yahoo! Search offers a function for a user to create travel routes in conversation with generative AI
ahoo! Search has begun offering a AI assistant function for a user to create travel routes in conversation with generative AI.
A Nihonbashi tour in Tokyo remotely guided by an avatar robot on a traveler’s shoulder is launched
A new tour guided by avatar robot ‘OriHime’ in Nihonbashi area was launched. A pilot can guide a traveler through the "OriHime" that sets on your shoulders, allowing them to walk and talk.
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.
Major three railway companies of Japan begin a new Shinkansen booking service on LINE, the biggest communication app in Japan
JR Tokai, JR West Japan and JR Kyushu will begin a new Shinkansen booking service on LINE, the biggest communication app in Japan. PayPay, a digital wallet, can be selected as payment.
A Japanese digital ticket system provider deals with bus tour tickets in a port-of-call city for cruise passengers
Lecip Holdings has begun dealing with tour bus ticket on the digital ticket system ‘QUICK TRIP Ticket’ for cruise passengers who join a tour in Ishigaki Island.
A new audio streaming solution is launched in Japan for tour participants to share voices on smartphone in real time
A new audio streaming service ‘MORPHONE’ is launched in the tourism market. The cloud-based service, without downloading an app, distributes audio to tour participants on their smartphones all at once.
Yahoo! Search launches a generative AI service to summarize word-of-mouth of 47,000 commercial facilities in Japan
LINE Yahoo has begun offering a new generative AI service on Yahoo! Search to summarize word-of mouth of 47,000 commercial facilities.
NAVITIME, a Japanese navigation app, provides ‘summer retreat mode’ on its travel planning & booking service
NAVITIME JAPAN has begun providing ‘‘summer retreat mode’ on its travel planning & booking service ‘NAVITIME Travel’ to propose summer retreat destinations.
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.
Traveloka President Caesar Indra talks about the business strategy for the Japanese market as the largest OTA in Southeast Asia
Traveloka President Caesar Indra, who attended WiT Japan 2025, talked about the strategy for the Japanese market and the OTA’s strengths.
Traveloka, a major OTA in Asia, enables a user to exchange Traveloka points to ‘Ponta points,’ a Japan’s major point program
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 extends NDC-based air ticketing on Trip.com to 11 Asian markets in addition to Japan
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.
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.
Japanese private railway Odakyu extends the credit card touch payment system to improve convenience for international visitors
Odakyu Group, a Japanese private railway group, will extend the credit card touch payment system to the group transportation to improve passenger experiences for international visitors to Japan.
HIS forms partnership with Uber Japan to issue taxi voucher for group travel or corporate travel
HIS formed partnership with Uber Japan to launch a new service to issue taxi voucher for group travel or corporate travel. HIS also considers integration of the service into its corporate travel management system
Foreign visitors to Osaka EXPO like visiting GUNDAM NEXT FUTURE PAVILION in the venue and Nara Park outside of the venue
NAVITIME JAPAN, a Japanese navigation app provider, revealed where foreign visitors to Osaka Kansai EXPO visited in the venue and outside of the venue.
JTB launches a new website for global luxury travelers, using blockchain technology for new sales and payment schemes
JTB and LEAPS, a blockchain service provider, will launch ‘anyBOUND,’ a new travel website for global luxury travelers to realize unprecedented travel proposals and purchase and payment experiences using the blockchain technology.
Global luggage storage service provider Bounce partners JOYSOUND, Japan’s leading karaoke shops, to boost empty-handed travel
Bounce, global luggage storage service provider, ties up with JOYSOUND,, Japan’s leading karaoke shops, to boost empty-handed travel. A user can find and book the nearest luggage storage place on the app at 400 yen a day.
Country Farm Tokyo German Village digitizes drive check-in ticket with no need to get out a car to ease traffic jam
Country Farm Tokyo German Village digitized drive check-in ticket with no need to get out a car to ease traffic jam The Village aims to ease traffic jam around the gate and also to use the collected date to improve customer satisfaction.
Japan’s taxi app GO opens a mini program in China’s No.1 communication app WeChat in partnership with e-ticket platform Linktivity
Japan’s taxi app GO opens a mini program in China’s No.1 communication app WeChat in partnership with Japan’s e-ticket platform Linktivity.
