http://www.tokyotomo.com/article Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:50:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/en/culinary-boosts-tourism-to-japan/ http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/en/culinary-boosts-tourism-to-japan/#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:34:11 +0000 PR http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/?p=4392 Japanese cuisine became the number 1 motivation for traveling to Japan among the Americans, according to the annual survey on foreign visitors to Japan in 2009. This is the first time that "culinary" is ranked as the number 1 in the annual survey among those who stayed for between 2 to 30 days in Japan. The survey was conducted at their departure at Japan's major ports and airports by the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO).]]> http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/en/culinary-boosts-tourism-to-japan/feed/ 0 http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/en/tokyo-became-the-no-1-asian-destination/ http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/en/tokyo-became-the-no-1-asian-destination/#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:27:13 +0000 PR http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/?p=4387 Tokyo became the number one Asian destination in TripAdvisor, the globally respected consumer-based travel guide website. Their latest Travelers Choice 2010 chose Tokyo for the number 1 destination in its Top 25 Destinations in Asia for the energetic urban culture, art and design, high-level culinary experience and the exceptional public safety.]]> http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/en/tokyo-became-the-no-1-asian-destination/feed/ 0 http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/en/delta-air-lines-announces-tokyo-haneda-flight-schedules-expecting-demand-also-on-international-connecting-flights/ http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/en/delta-air-lines-announces-tokyo-haneda-flight-schedules-expecting-demand-also-on-international-connecting-flights/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:27:16 +0000 Travel Vision http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/?p=4381 Delta Air Lines announced its flight schedules from Tokyo’s Haneda Airport to Detroit and Los Angeles. The airline is scheduled to offer direct access to its 106 destinations from Detroit and 21 destinations from Los Angeles across the United States. The airline plans to start operating the respective new routes from the end of January 2011, pending government approval. Ticket sales meanwhile started on July 18 at the airline’s call center, and through its travel agencies. The routes are to be served by Boeing B747-400 configured with 65 Business and 338 Economy class seats, totaling 403.]]> http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/en/delta-air-lines-announces-tokyo-haneda-flight-schedules-expecting-demand-also-on-international-connecting-flights/feed/ 0 http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/en/china-airlines-to-launch-new-narita-kaohsiung-three-weekly-service/ http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/en/china-airlines-to-launch-new-narita-kaohsiung-three-weekly-service/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:15:08 +0000 Travel Vision http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/?p=4377 China Airlines (CI) starts operating new three-weekly service between Narita and Gaoxiong (Kaohsiung) from 31st October 2010. The new service is to expand its network and arouse travel demand to southern part of Taiwan. Gaoxiong is the central city of manufacturing industries of Taiwan, and many Japanese companies have their offices and plants there. CI will devote their efforts to stimulate leisure demand for the beach resorts in the southern part of Taiwan, as well as to capture business demand.]]> http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/en/china-airlines-to-launch-new-narita-kaohsiung-three-weekly-service/feed/ 0 http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/en/summer-feature-of-tokyo-%e2%80%9chozuki-ichi%e2%80%9d/ http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/en/summer-feature-of-tokyo-%e2%80%9chozuki-ichi%e2%80%9d/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:56:56 +0000 Travel Vision http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/?p=4371 Japan has distinct changes in four seasons, and after “Baiu,” the rainy season ends, the summer season starts. Around this time of the year, “Hozuki Ichi (Chinese lantern plant fair)” is held in many parts of Japan as a seasonal event. Of them, Asakusa's “Hozuki Market” is a famous summer feature of Tokyo, together with Iriya's “Asagao Ichi (Morning glory fair).”]]> http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/en/summer-feature-of-tokyo-%e2%80%9chozuki-ichi%e2%80%9d/feed/ 0 http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/en/four-group-companies-of-ana-sales-to-merge-to-consolidate-merchandising-and-buying-operation-at-tokyo/ http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/en/four-group-companies-of-ana-sales-to-merge-to-consolidate-merchandising-and-buying-operation-at-tokyo/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:46:49 +0000 Travel Vision http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/?p=4368 All Nippon Airways (ANA) has decided to merge four of its subsidiary companies into one; they are ANA Sales Co., ANA Sales Hokkaido Co., ANA Sales Kyushu Co., and ANA Sales Okinawa Co. The decision was made in line with the group’s business strategy set for FY 2010 to FY 2011, as ANA is pursuing upgrading of the whole group’s operational and functional capabilities together with their integration and streamlining. ANA Sales Co. is to acquire the other three and take over their business most probably as from October 1.]]> http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/en/four-group-companies-of-ana-sales-to-merge-to-consolidate-merchandising-and-buying-operation-at-tokyo/feed/ 0 http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/en/jtb%e2%80%99s-overseas-travel-revenue-up-16-in-may-number-of-customers-rose-25-with-north-america-china-in-good-shape/ http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/en/jtb%e2%80%99s-overseas-travel-revenue-up-16-in-may-number-of-customers-rose-25-with-north-america-china-in-good-shape/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:42:42 +0000 Travel Vision http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/?p=4364 Consolidated travel revenue of 14 companies (Note 1) of JTB Group in May rose 8.5 percent from last year to 96,113 million yen, of which overseas travel was 29,962 million yen, up 15.7 percent. Overseas group travel, package tours, and FIT exhibited a good performance with a growth of 47.3 percent, 6.4 percent, and 24.8 percent, respectively. As to group travel, ordinary group saw a 35.4 percent growth, while educational tours recorded a stunning growth of 269.2 percent as they bounced back from the serious slump caused by the influenza epidemic a year ago. Sales of package tours were mixed; LOOK JTB was almost flat at a fractional increase of 0.3 percent, while media retailing scored a gain of 14.3 percent.]]> http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/en/jtb%e2%80%99s-overseas-travel-revenue-up-16-in-may-number-of-customers-rose-25-with-north-america-china-in-good-shape/feed/ 0 http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/en/tourism-prince-edward-island-launches-sales-promotion-capitalizing-on-movie-featuring-the-%e2%80%9canne-of-green-gables%e2%80%9d/ http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/en/tourism-prince-edward-island-launches-sales-promotion-capitalizing-on-movie-featuring-the-%e2%80%9canne-of-green-gables%e2%80%9d/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:37:21 +0000 Travel Vision http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/?p=4358 Tourism Prince Edward Island (PEI), jointly with Canadian Tourism Commission (CTC) and Air Canada (AC), has launched its sales promotion, in conjunction with the movie “Anne - Road to Green Gables” featuring the novel “Anne of Green Gables,” which was released in Tokyo and Osaka on July 17. PEI has been distributing leaflets introducing sightseeing spots of Prince Edward Island, co-sponsoring the exhibition of the “Anne - Road to Green Gables at Ghibli Museum, Mitaka which started from June 23. ]]> http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/en/tourism-prince-edward-island-launches-sales-promotion-capitalizing-on-movie-featuring-the-%e2%80%9canne-of-green-gables%e2%80%9d/feed/ 0 http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/en/jta-hosts-symposium-commemorating-japan-mice-year-to-demonstrate-practical-expertise/ http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/en/jta-hosts-symposium-commemorating-japan-mice-year-to-demonstrate-practical-expertise/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:25:13 +0000 Travel Vision http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/?p=4354 Japan Tourism Agency (JTA) hosted on July 14 a Symposium Commemorating Japan MICE Year in Osaka. It was one of the key programs incorporated into an action plan for the Japan MICE Year that started off in April 2010. Approximately 300 people attended the meeting from travel agencies, hotels, and local convention and visitors bureaus.]]> http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/en/jta-hosts-symposium-commemorating-japan-mice-year-to-demonstrate-practical-expertise/feed/ 0 http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/en/%e2%80%9cmeal%e2%80%9d-tops-list-first-time-among-overseas-visitors-destinations-remain-undispersed/ http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/en/%e2%80%9cmeal%e2%80%9d-tops-list-first-time-among-overseas-visitors-destinations-remain-undispersed/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:20:23 +0000 Travel Vision http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/?p=4351 Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) is due to issue “Destination Survey of Overseas Visitors to Japan 2009” on July 30, which reveals that for the first time “meal” tops the list of wishes made by foreign travelers before their visit to Japan. The survey is conducted every year by JNTO, targeting on overseas visitors leaving for home from Japan’s eight international airports and Kyushu’s Hakata Port. A simple comparison is not possible as questions may not always be the same. However, it is noteworthy that, in the survey conducted in FY2006, only 19.4 percent of the respondents showed concern for meals during the tour while, in FY2007 and FY2008, concern for meals substantially increased to 36.5 percent and 37.0 percent respectively.]]> http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/en/%e2%80%9cmeal%e2%80%9d-tops-list-first-time-among-overseas-visitors-destinations-remain-undispersed/feed/ 0 http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/en/ab-road-survey-hawaii-tops-popular-summer-destinations-average-length-of-stay-being-six-days/ http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/en/ab-road-survey-hawaii-tops-popular-summer-destinations-average-length-of-stay-being-six-days/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:17:50 +0000 Travel Vision http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/?p=4347 The most popular overseas travel destination for the summer 2010 turned out to be Oahu Island of Hawaii, followed by Seoul, and Bali, according to the data analysis of AB-ROAD Research Center. The findings were obtained after the Research Center collected and analyzed email enquiries received at AB-ROAD’s website where overseas travel search and comparison are enabled.]]> http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/en/ab-road-survey-hawaii-tops-popular-summer-destinations-average-length-of-stay-being-six-days/feed/ 0 http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/en/gdo-starts-selling-golf-tours-targeting-at-wealthy-chinese-anticipating-yearly-10000-golfers-to-japan/ http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/en/gdo-starts-selling-golf-tours-targeting-at-wealthy-chinese-anticipating-yearly-10000-golfers-to-japan/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:09:38 +0000 Travel Vision http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/?p=4342 Golf Digest Online Inc (GDO), which offers reservation services for golf courses and golf lessons, started on July 9 sales of golf package tours to Japan targeting at the wealthy Chinese. The sales agency is China’s REAGLE COMMERCIAL SCIENCE&TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD which provides overall golf-related services in China. The two companies had formed a business tie-up contract in February, 2010. With the sale of these golf package tours, the business tie-up has officially started between the two companies. The sale, first focusing on Beijing, Shanghai and Hunan Province which have a large golf population, will be gradually expanded to boost other areas. In the medium- and long-term, GDO aims to capture 10,000 customers annually.]]> http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/en/gdo-starts-selling-golf-tours-targeting-at-wealthy-chinese-anticipating-yearly-10000-golfers-to-japan/feed/ 0 http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/en/japan-airlines-and-finnair-expand-codeshare-agreement/ http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/en/japan-airlines-and-finnair-expand-codeshare-agreement/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:01:01 +0000 PR http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/?p=4335 Japan Airlines (JAL) and Finnair, both members of the oneworld® Alliance, have decided to further expand their existing codeshare agreement. From August 1, 2010, JAL will start to codeshare on flights operated by Finnair between Helsinki and the 7 European cities of Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Munich, Brussels, Warsaw and Gothenburg - the second-largest city in Sweden and the latest addition to JAL's network which already covers 36 destinations in Europe.]]> http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/en/japan-airlines-and-finnair-expand-codeshare-agreement/feed/ 0 http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/en/different-approaches-seen-to-haneda-departure-pricing-ana-sets-higher-prices-to-all-haneda-flights-than-those-from-narita-while-jal-quotes-higher-on-two-routes/ http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/en/different-approaches-seen-to-haneda-departure-pricing-ana-sets-higher-prices-to-all-haneda-flights-than-those-from-narita-while-jal-quotes-higher-on-two-routes/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:14:17 +0000 Travel Vision http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/?p=4330 Japan Airlines (JAL) has begun sale of normal discount tickets for the Haneda/Honolulu portion that goes into service at the end of coming October, setting its price level higher than the equivalents of Narita departure. JAL Public Relations Office says the pricing was made taking the Haneda’s geographical advantages and expected demand into account. The Haneda-originating Dynamic Saver Fare on economy class is sold at 65,000 yen or more, 10,000 yen higher than that from Narita. In case of JAL Business Saver 14 on business class, the price is 215,000 yen and up, 15,000 yen higher than that from Narita.]]> http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/en/different-approaches-seen-to-haneda-departure-pricing-ana-sets-higher-prices-to-all-haneda-flights-than-those-from-narita-while-jal-quotes-higher-on-two-routes/feed/ 0 http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/en/malaysia-airlines-applies-for-3-weekly-hanedakota-kinabalu-service-rescheduling-to-operate-from-narita-direct-to-kuala-lumpur/ http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/en/malaysia-airlines-applies-for-3-weekly-hanedakota-kinabalu-service-rescheduling-to-operate-from-narita-direct-to-kuala-lumpur/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:09:59 +0000 Travel Vision http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/?p=4326 Malaysian Airlines (MH) is reported to have applied for the Haneda/Kota Kinabalu route with late evening departure and morning arrival slots at Haneda Airport. The first flight is slated for November 15 this year. The airline plans to operate 3 flights from Haneda on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. With a customer segment expected mainly from leisure traffic, the airline will fly the route with Boeing B737-800 currently operated in its Asia and ASEAN regions with a cabin configuration of 16 Business class and 144 Economy class seats.]]> http://www.tokyotomo.com/article/en/malaysia-airlines-applies-for-3-weekly-hanedakota-kinabalu-service-rescheduling-to-operate-from-narita-direct-to-kuala-lumpur/feed/ 0