JTB – Japan’s largest travel agency – plans to increase online transactions from a current 7% in 2008/9 to a planned 12% in 2010/11. This action is in response to losing market share in a declining travel market, which shrunk 17% versus the previous twelve months ending September 2010, according to the Japan Tourism Agency. […]
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Japan keeps Anne of Green Gables close to its heart.
Canada promotes new movie, a love story rooted in a Canadian classic, to boost travel to PEI. The Japanese love affair with all things Anne of Green Gables shows no sign of abating. Following on successful campaigns in 2008, Tourism Prince Edward Island is to promote a new movie, “Looking for Anne,” in Japanese cities […]
Travel Agents To Make Push Against Y500 Airport Security Fee
TOKYO (Nikkei)–The Japan Association of Travel Agents will urge the Ministry of Transport and Tourism to reconsider the planned introduction of the so-called passenger security service fee at Narita international airport. Narita International Airport Corp. plans to charge 500 yen for each passenger leaving the country or making a transit, starting Nov. 16. The fee […]
Kansai Travel Agencies Spooked By JAL Rehab Plan
OSAKA (Nikkei)–Travel agencies in the Kansai region of western Japan are not at all happy about the rehabilitation plans for Japan Airlines Corp., as the envisaged reductions of JAL flights from the area would play havoc with the overseas package tours they plan to offer. The airline’s plan as of September was to end or […]
Brand Canada falters – Questions from SME’s as the brand sinks in world rankings!
NEW YORK – October 5, 2009 – Brand America is now ranked #1 by global citizens, according to the GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media, a division of GfK Custom Research North America. Results from the 2009 Anholt-GfK Roper Nation Brands Index(NBI), which measures the global image of 50 countries, show the United States taking […]
Japan’s Reward Point Market To Exceed Y1tln In FY09
TOKYO (Nikkei)–More than 1 trillion yen worth of shopping points will likely be issued in Japan in the current year through March 2010, with more businesses offering rewards programs for a wider range of products and services. A reward point card from Yodobashi Camera Co. With more products and services purchasable via reward points, these […]
No. of foreign tourists visiting Japan plunges 29% in Jan.-June
The number of foreign tourists who visited Japan from January to June this year plunged 28.6 percent from a year earlier to 3,095,000, as the global recession and the spread of new influenza affected international travel, according to an estimate released Tuesday by the Japan National Tourism Organization. By month, the number of foreign visitors […]
Narita airport to alter taxiway to relieve flight congestion
NARITA —The operator of Narita airport, an international gateway to Tokyo, is preparing work to alter an L-shaped section of a taxiway that have caused flights to back up, airport sources said Sunday. Although a curved taxiway is rare for an international airport, Narita’s second runway has one with two curves and another that is […]
Canada wants to keep Emirates out of the Canadian market
As federal cabinet ministers boast about opening Canadian skies to foreign airlines, transport officials have been quietly undermining plans by one of the world’s biggest airlines to expand service to Toronto, documents obtained by the Star show. In private briefings, Transport Canada officials have gone on the offensive against Emirates Airlines’ request for greater access […]
JAL To Speed Up Restructuring By Cutting Unprofitable Routes
TOKYO (Nikkei)–Japan Airlines Corp. will accelerate restructuring efforts by eliminating unprofitable routes and lowering pension obligations, President Haruka Nishimatsu said at a news conference Thursday. The airline has decided to slash three routes that currently connect Kansai International Airport with the Chinese cities of Dalian and Hangzhou, as well as flights between Chubu International Airport […]