Tag: "digital"

Japanese major digital wallet service ‘PayPay’ signed a strategic partnership with Visa to build a global PayPay ecosystem. The first global market will be U.S.

Linktivity, an e-ticket platform of Japan, has extended its sales network for Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium to allows global OTAs to sell the tickets to their users.

JR EAST, a railway company of Japan, will begin offering a new railway pass ‘JR EAST PASS’ for international visitors to use all lines in JR EAST area and part of private railways.

Dai Nippon Printing (DNP) and USEN-ALMEX have begun testing the next generation hotel check-in system using international-standard digital passport, targeting travelers from South Korea first.

[PR] ‘Digital Travel APAC 2026’ will be organized as a travel-tech event in APAC for two days from March 24 to 25 2026 in Singapore, designed for travel-tech leaders in all sessions. The theme is ‘Reimagining Travel in APAC: Smarter, Deeper, More Human.'

LINE Yahoo! (LY) held the corporate event "LINE Yahoo! BIZ Conference 2025" to explain the concept of ‘AI First.’ LY is forming a platform that AI agents autonomously guide customers through purchases, reservations, and various conversions.

Hospitality Tech EXPO,’ an exhibition of AI, DX and robot for the hospitality industry, will be held in Ariake, Tokyo on December 2 to 4 2026, integrating ‘Tourism DX Marketing EXPO’ for the tourism and hospitality industry and ‘Innovation Week for the food industry,’

JTB announced that the tourism giant in Japan acquires Northstar Travel Group (NTG) as a 100% subsidiary. .Eijiro Yamakita, JTB CEO, explained how JTB draws up its future picture with the acquisition of NTG.

Tomoyuki Takada, Trip.com International Travel Japan General Manager, talked about the latest travel trends and local tourism as well as its supports and services. He also said AI development equals personalization.

Cross-boarder EC payment service ‘Alipay+’ increased payment volume in Japan for the first nine months of 2025 by 30% year on year, growing payments in medical services, cosmetics, vending machines and entertainments.

Traveloka signed a strategic partnership with NETSTARS, a Japanese cashless payment platform, to introduce ‘StarPay-Biz for Hotel,’ a payment platform service exclusively for hotels provided by NETSTARS.

JTB has launched a new sharing service ‘Baggage GO’ to match a traveler who wants to deliver baggage in a tourist destination with a driver who wants to take it on a system.

JR East, a Japanese railway company covering eastern Japan, has begun linking ‘Welcome Suica Mobile,’ an app for international visitors to Japan, with JR-EAST Train Reservation,’ a ticket booking platform.

‘JTB BÓKUN,’ an activity booking management system, has launched a new system linkage with ‘OMUSUBI,’ a SEEC’s booking management system to manage bookings from multiple OTAs.

JR Tokai, JR West Japan and JR Kyushu have begun selling QR code for Shinkansen, instead of paper tickets, for Chinese travelers on Wechat mini program, working with Linktivity.

ahoo! Search has begun offering a AI assistant function for a user to create travel routes in conversation with generative AI.

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 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.

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.

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.