ITB Asia

Despite its troubles, Japan remains an awesome destination and an attractive outbound travel market for destinations around the world. Indeed, where would we all be without the Japanese traveller who first visited our shores in the 70s and 80s? In this session, we peel the layers back on the changing customer in Japan and look at what’s new in the digital travel space as Japanese brands look to expand overseas, and travel suppliers seek to enter The Land of the Rising Sun.

Naoaki Takayanagi, Senior Manager Consumer Sales & Marketing, All Nippon Airways
Hiroyuki Kamata, Senior Executive Officer, General Manager, Business Strategy Dept, Rakuten Travel, Inc.
Yoshiharu Hoshino, President and Managing Director, Hoshino Resorts Inc
Kei Shibata, CEO, Venture Republic
Co-moderators: Aya Aso, CEO, Agora Hospitalities + Yeoh Siew Hoon, Editor, Web In Travel

Moderator:
Aya Aso, CEO & President, Agora Hospitalities Co., Ltd
Yeoh Siew Hoon, Editor, Web In Travel

Speaker:
Yoshiharu Hoshino, President and Managing Director, Hoshino Resorts Inc
Hiroyuki Kamata, Senior Executive Officer, General Manager, Business Strategy Dept., Rakuten Travel, Inc.
Kei Shibata, CEO and Co-Founder, Venture Republic (travel.jp and hotel.jp)
Naoaki Takayanagi, Senior Manager Consumer Sales & Marketing, All Nippon Airways