Bangkok--5 Apr--Spark Communications
-Japanese traveling to Thailand with Rakuten Travel up +44.9%compared to last year-
Rakuten Travel Inc., today announced results of the Rakuten Travel Award 2012 for highly achieving hotels and other accommodation providers in Thailandat the Rakuten Travel Conference 2013 held in Thailand by Rakuten Travel.
This year, Rakuten Travel is holding the Rakuten Travel Conference 2013 in 13 regions worldwide. The event is intended to support the growth and success of accommodation providers through the sharing of Rakuten Travel strategies and practical application of its IT tools. The Rakuten Travel Award, held on the same day, rewards providers that have achieveddramatic results and that rate highest in customer surveys. The award is an important guide for Japanese travelers booking through the Rakuten Travel website and many past award-winning providers have seen their business grow. This year, the JASMINE?EXECUTIVE?SUITES?HOTELwon the top Diamond Prize.For other results, see the “Rakuten Travel Award Winning Hotels” as described below.
Rakuten Travel has been rapidly growing its overseas presence since it first branched out internationally in 2002, with offices in 12 countries and/or 20 cities including Singapore, South Korea, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Guam, Hawaii, New York, San Francisco, Indonesia, the Philippines, Viet Nam and Malaysia. In 2011, it bought ET Solution (Beijing), an operator of ET Pass,Chinese online travel website, boosting its domestic travel services in China and its services for Chinese traveling abroad.
In June 2008, Rakuten Travel chose Thailand as the site of its first office in the Southeast Asian region. Since then, Rakuten Travel has capitalized on its deep bench of internet travel consultants (ITCs) with superb local knowledge to build relationships with Thai accommodation providers. As a result, Rakuten Travel enjoyed growth in its gross merchandise sales of 44.9% in the Thai region last year. Rakuten Travel is now looking for more growth from the Japanese business market.
Through more attractive offerings and increased support to local accommodation providers, Rakuten Travel intends to continue providing services to its customers that reflect the uniquely Japanese sense of hospitality, called O-mo-te-na-shi.
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