Navitime begins dynamic analysis of railway usage by visitors to Japan, enabling aggregation by nationality and length of stay from GPS data

Navitime Japan recently launched a ``Railway Usage Dynamics Analysis'' targeting inbound tourists. Based on inbound GPS data and attribute questionnaires, it is now possible to visualize railway usage status and…

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JAL expands in-flight Wi-Fi service, allowing streaming video viewing on domestic flights, free in all classes on international flights

JAL will expand its in-flight Wi-Fi service on domestic and international flights from October 1st. Streaming video viewing services are available on domestic flights. Free for all classes on international…

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Hot spring inn reservation “Yuko Yuko” partners with human resources agency “Otetsutabi” to collaborate on human resources support for accommodation facilities

Yukoyuko, a hot spring inn reservation service, has formed a business partnership with Otetsutabi, a human resources matching site. "Yukoyuko" introduces accommodation facilities that are customers of the company to…

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Navitime to offer trip planning function to navigation system for visitors to Japan, proposes optimal plans in dialogue format using AI generation

Navitime Japan has launched a service that uses AI generation to suggest travel plans for the web version of "Japan Travel by NAVITIME" for foreign tourists visiting Japan. When the…

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JCB to uniformly introduce Apple Pay and Google Pay smartphone payments in Miyajima, a World Heritage Site, for domestic and inbound tourists

JCB has introduced an NFC tag payment service that allows domestic and international tourists to pay with Apple Pay and Google Pay at Miyajima, a World Heritage Site. This is…

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Kototsuna launches full-scale launch of multilingual digital concierge with avatar functionality

Kotozna has begun full-scale provision of "Kotozna ConcierGAI," a new version of their existing multilingual digital concierge "Kotozna LaMond" that incorporates voice input/output and avatar functions. They will be exhibiting…

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Airbnb CEO: Japan is the country he’s most interested in in the world right now, eager to expand into travel business beyond private lodgings, and strengthen long-term stays

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky made a noteworthy statement at the tourism industry event "2024 Skift Global Forum." He said, "Now is the time to expand," and indicated his intention to…

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JR Kyushu launches new series in NFT project, 4 products with unreleased content such as preparations for train viewing

JR Kyushu has started selling "JR Kyushu Travel Desk NFTs" as a new series in the "JR Kyushu NFT" project. They are selling video NFTs that contain rare scenes from…

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JR West and Yahoo! JAPAN’s “Digital Omikuji” – Behind the Scenes of the Successful Advertising Campaign (PR)

(PR) With the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen between Kanazawa and Tsuruga, JR West implemented a digital fortune-telling lottery called "Fukui Kuji" on the Yahoo! JAPAN homepage. We asked them…

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