The Japanese cruise market has nearly doubled in size over the past decade and is expected to make further strides in 2025 and beyond. The global cruise market has expanded rapidly after the fallout of the Corona disaster, but recovery in the Japanese market is still seen as having a ways to go. According to […]
The number of people who stayed overnight at hotels and inns in Japan in 2024 reached 651.49 million, a record high, according to overnight travel statistics released by a Japanese government agency on February 31. The number of Japanese overnight stays totaled 486.68 million, down 2.6% from the previous year, while the number of foreign […]
ANA Holdings, which owns Japan’s leading airline ANA, announced on February 25 that it will procure a total of 77 aircraft from three companies: Boeing of the United States, Airbus of Europe, and Embraer of Brazil. The company has positioned international flights as a growth area, including the expansion of inbound demand, and the introduction […]
The number of overseas travelers from Japan is expected to increase due to the nine-day weekend in the year-end and New Year holiday season (the miraculous nine-day weekend), according to various travel agencies. According to a survey by JTB, the number is expected to reach 520,000, up 13% from the previous year, which was the […]
In April, Bulgari Hotel Tokyo, an affiliate of the luxury Italian jewelry brand, will open its first Japanese branch in the 39th to 45th floors of Tokyo Midtown Yaesu, a high-rise building near Tokyo Station. The hotel is expected to offer the highest accommodation rates in Japan, aiming to attract wealthy people from Japan and […]
Pearl Star Hotel Atami will open on September 26 in a prime location right in front of Atami Sun Beach in Atami City, Shizuoka Prefecture. Atami is a coastal hot spring resort in Shizuoka prefecture, on the east coast of the Izu Peninsula southwest of Tokyo, Japan. The hotel’s selling point is “luxury,” targeting middle […]
Hilton has signed an agreement with Mitsubishi to open Conrad Nagoya in the summer of 2026. The hotel will be part of a mixed-use development, located in Nagoya’s central business district of Sakae, Aichi Prefecture. (source) https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/hilton-expands-luxury-portfolio-in-japan-with-conrad-hotels-resorts-in-nago/
Major airline group ANA Holdings Inc. and others in Japan are thinking of offering luxury tours to attract to the country super-rich foreigners, who spend huge amounts when traveling. Aiming to create new businesses through the move with an eye toward the post-COVID-19-pandemic world and regional revitalization, they are currently discussing offering tours that allow […]
New flight routes over the center of Tokyo opened on Sunday, allowing a sharp increase in international flights to and from Tokyo International Airport at Haneda. The new routes allow the airport to expand the number of annual departures and landings, excluding those in late-night and early-morning hours, to 99,000 from 60,000. (source) https://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0006455879
A new train station with easy access to Haneda airport and the Shinkansen bullet train opened in Tokyo on Saturday, becoming the first new stop on the capital’s busy Yamanote loop line in nearly 50 years. Featuring wayfinding robots and a shop with automated checkouts, it opened between Tamachi and Shinagawa stations as the 30th […]