Japan

Director

Paul Saito

Discover the World Marketing since 1985
- Winner of three Discover Awards, one in 1995, 1998 and in 2003. This is the most prestigious award made to a Discover director for excellence in sales, business and creative marketing, and for exemplifying the Discover Spirit. The only Discover director to have won this award twice.
Travel industry since 1964
Regional Sales Manager, Asia, for Republic Airlines
Regional Sales Manager, Far East, Hughes Airwest
District Sales Manager, Japan, with Aloha Airlines
Sales Representative for Yusen Air & Sea Service
Culinary apprentice training
Hotel business operational procedures training at St. Paul's University

Contact details

Address:	Hibiya Kokusai Bldg. 2-3, Uchisaiwaicho 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku
City:	Tokyo
Postal code:	100-0011
Country:	Japan
Telephone:	+81.3.3597.9451
Fax:	+81.3.3597.9271
Email:	dscvrtyo@cc.mbn.jp

Description of Market

Travel Industry Facts & Figures

Total # of Travel Agencies: 10,684 locations

IATA - 573 locations

NON-IATA - 10,111

# of home-based agencies: None

Major Leisure Agencies: JTB Corp. (LOOK JTB), H.I.S. Co., Ltd. (IMPRESSO / CIAO), Kinki Nippon Tourist Co., LTD.. (HOLIDAY), Nippon Travel Agency Co., Ltd.
(MACH), Jalpak Co., Ltd (JALPAK), ANA Sales Co., Ltd. (HALLO TOUR), Hankyu Travel Int'l Co., Ltd - ex Hankyu Express Int'l (TRAPICS)

Major Corporate Agencies: Toyota Tourist, Yamaha Travel Service, Fujitsu Travelance, Honda Tourist, Sony Travel, NEC Tourist, Canon Tours, Summit Air Services (Sumitomo Group), MHI Tourist (Mitsubishi Group), Business Trip Int'l (Mitsubishi Group), Yusen Travel (Mitsubishi Group), M.O. Tourist
(Mitsui Group), Nittetsu Travel (nippon Steel), JFE Travel (JFE Steel), Bridgestone Business Service (Bridgestone Tyre), JTB Business Travel Solutions, NTA Amex

Major Tour Operators and Consolidators: Major Tour Operators - JTB World Vacations (Operator of LOOK JTB and owned by JTB Major Consolidators - Travel Plaza Int'l (owned by JTB), United Tours ( owned by Kinki Nippon Tourist)

Internet Usage

- % of population using the Internet: In late 2008, about 75% (or over 90,000,000) Japanese were using the internet including mobile phone...reported by Ministry of

Internal Affairs and Communications

- % of population booking travel via Internet: About 5%