On April 17, Hoshino Resort BEB and the Generation Z start-up company, Guess Meter, announced that they will co-produce a new lodging experience, “Guess Meter Room,” at Hoshino Resort BEB5 Karuizawa (3364-15 Nagakura, Karuizawa-cho, Kitasaku-gun, Nagano Prefecture). In line with this, the Guess Meter has released the “Guess Map”, a Guess Katsudo teaching application that…
Month: April 2024
Hoshino Resort “Kai Okuhida” will open on September 5. Reservations begin today, April 17, for an inn immersed in mountain hot springs and Hida design.
Hoshino Resort’s nationwide brand of onsen ryokan, “Kai,” has announced the opening of “Kai Okuhida,” Hoshino Resort’s first foray into Gifu Prefecture, on September 5. Reservations for the hotel will begin today, April 17. The concept of the hotel is “to be awakened by mountain hot springs and to relax in Hida design. The hotel…
Marriott to Rebrand Seven Existing HMI Hotel Group Properties, to Open Sequentially in Fall 2025 “Growing Travel Momentum Will Take Us to Rural Areas”.
On April 17, Marriott International announced plans to rebrand seven hotels owned by HMI Hotel Group in Japan as Marriott Hotels and Courtyard by Marriott. The following seven new facilities will be created. Hamamatsu Marriott Hotel (now Grand Hotel Hamamatsu) Kyoto Marriott Hotel (now Hotel Heian no Mori Kyoto) Kobe Marriott Hotel (now Hotel Crown…
Rakuten Travel resumes sales of Toyama “Hokuriku Ouen Wari” from April 18, 10:00 a.m.
The maximum discount is 20,000 yen per person per reservation, and cannot be applied to consecutive nights (only applicable to single-day stays). The discount is only available for “Domestic Lodging” services, and is not applicable to reservations made through Rakuten Pack (airline ticket + accommodation/Shinkansen/express train + accommodation) or Rakuten Travel’s foreign language website (inbound…
Skymark starts one-way sales from 4,000 yen. Haneda to Sapporo/Naha is 7,000 yen.
Skymark Airlines will hold a discount campaign “May is not only Golden Week! May is not just Golden Week!” from April 19 to 30. Fares are 4,000 yen, 5,000 yen, 7,000 yen, or 9,000 yen one-way on all routes. The applicable boarding period is from May 8 to 31. read more © Source travel watch…
Marubeni Corporation Signs Yen Loan Agreement for Dominican Republic: Contributing to Improved Waste Management through the Development of a Final Disposal Facility ｜ News & Media
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Yen Loan Agreement (L/A) with the government of the Dominican Republic on April 16 in Santo Domingo, the capital of the country, for up to 6.66 billion yen for the “Integrated Solid Waste Management Improvement Project. The Duquesa Landfill, located in Santo Domingo, the capital of the…
Mina Perhonen x PORTER, the second series of eight models with three types of embroidery on bonded nylon
PORTER (Yoshida Kaban) will release a total of eight items as the second special collection in collaboration with “Mina Perhonen” on April 20. This time, “Mina Perhonen” textiles “tambourine”, “run run run” and “light berry” are embroidered on bonded nylon fabric. The lineup includes a tote bag (55,000 yen), 2-way tote bag (49,500 yen), 2-way…
Hoshino Resort to open 5 facilities in 2024, including Sendai/Shin-Urayasu/Okuhida. Representative Yoshimichi Hoshino: “Temporary labor shortage is an opportunity for the tourism industry.
Hoshino Resort held the “Hoshino Resort Online Press Conference 2024 Spring” on April 17. President Yoshiro Hoshino commented on trends in the travel and tourism industry, which is facing challenges such as labor shortages and overtourism. In the after-Corona period, Mr. Hoshino said that labor shortages are a worldwide problem, especially in the tourism industry,…
Fujiya Restaurant opens for the first time in six years at its Shibuya branch. Get a “Peco Poco Cotton Bag” with a bill of 2,000 yen.
Fujiya will open Fujiya Restaurant Shibuya (26-2 Udagawacho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo) at 11:00 a.m. on April 18. This is the first restaurant to open in the Shibuya area in six years. It will have 92 seats on the second floor of the Saint-Louis Building on Bunka-mura-dori, and will feature a partially brushed-up version of the existing…
Introduction of “Private Rooms” on the Tokaido Shinkansen. Completely private seats of higher quality than those in green cars will be available by the end of FY2026.
On April 17, JR Tokai announced the introduction of fully private room-type seats on the Tokaido Shinkansen. The service is scheduled to begin by the end of fiscal year 2026. A portion of the N700S trains (two rooms per train) will be equipped with a highly private and secure environment, with private room-only Wi-Fi and…