Expansion of high-quality, high-value-added individual travel products

「また、ゴールデンウィークには、北欧スタイルのラグジュアリー客船「バイキング・エデン」をチャーターしたツアーを実施し、多くのお客様にご参加いただきました。」

「In overseas travel, Club Tourism’s escorted tours included a tour combining a visit to the Grand Egyptian Museum, which opened in November 2025, with special access to archaeological sites, as well as charter cruises on the large foreign cruise ship Diamond Princess. These high-value-added products were well received.」

「国内旅行では、クラブツーリズム㈱で、にっぽん丸チャータークルーズ、奈良および京都の国立博物館を巡る特別展貸切鑑賞、テレビドラマの世界観を再現したツアーなどが好評を博しました。」

「As part of these efforts, in August 2025 we worked with West Japan Railway Company and the Kyoto Railway Museum to operate a special tour that traveled on a freight line and ran directly into the Kyoto Railway Museum. We also launched the “Suzutabi” series, combining stays at summer resorts and nighttime sightseeing under the theme of “coolness,” and worked to expand travel products suited to extremely hot weather. In September, we operated a tour featuring a chartered cruise on the cruise ship Diamond Princess, which attracted many customers.」

「For Club Tourism Co., Ltd.’s escorted tours, we focused on selling products using the year-end and New Year holiday period, when the calendar offered favorable opportunities for leave, and operated charter cruises on large ships such as Nippon Maru and Asuka II, which were well received.」

「In response to rising procurement costs, we will also work to expand higher-priced products such as charter cruises on Japanese ships. In response to a shortage of bus transportation supply caused by limits on drivers’ overtime hours, we will propose “Choco Tabi,” short day trips that can be taken during spare time, and further refine the selection of itineraries, product components and customer segments.」

「In Kyoto, a popular destination for autumn foliage, the “Early Morning Private Visit to Kodaiji” tour, which allows guests to enjoy the foliage at leisure by avoiding crowded times, was well received. Club Tourism’s escorted tours also received favorable reviews for themed travel such as Nippon Maru charter cruises featuring Setouchi sunsets and autumn foliage in western Japan, historical tours, temple tours and culinary tours.」

「For overseas travel, we worked to strengthen sales of international cruises departing from and arriving in Japan, which resumed operations for the first time in 4 years since 2019, and escorted Club Tourism Co., Ltd. tours using business class.」

「Meanwhile, Club Tourism Co., Ltd. expanded “Tabi’smart,” a new travel style launched in November 2022, and will seek to broaden its customer base, mainly among customers in their 40s and 50s, by selling tours that incorporate substantial free time during the trip.」

「Kinki Nippon Tourist Co., Ltd. opened the “KNT High Class Site Blue Planet” on 8 October, strengthening its response to customer demand for sustainable travel.」

「We will use the funds raised through this third-party allocation to finance growth-strategy investments, centered on system development to expand the functions of Club Tourism Co., Ltd.’s “New Club 1000 Business,” accelerate Kinki Nippon Tourist Co., Ltd.’s transition to dynamic packages, develop the “New Travel Concierge” customer service provided by avatar agents, and expand functions for the new “KNT High Class Blue Planet” brand, which offers high-quality ryokan and hotels tailored to customer needs. Through these investments, we will implement business-structure reforms to overcome our difficult operating environment and work to further expand the business and improve profitability.」

「Sales of the “Mate” and “Holiday” brands, which had long used brochures as their primary sales medium, ended at the end of March 2021, and we will shift from primarily in-store sales to Web sales such as “Kinki Nippon Tourist Dynamic Package.”」

「End of sales of package tours under the “Mate” and “Holiday” brands and reduction of the number of individual travel stores to approximately one-third by the end of March 2022」

「For overseas travel, we operated a tour to Italy visiting locations associated with “JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure,” which received high praise from fans, as well as an “Adult Short-Term Study-Abroad Experience” aimed primarily at senior women and a tour in which customers form a choir and sing at the Salzburg Festival, one of the world’s leading stages, further enhancing distinctive, highly themed travel products.」

「For overseas travel, we operated trips in the United States and Italy visiting locations associated with the television anime series “BANANA FISH” and “JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure,” which received high praise from fans, as well as numerous highly original, themed tours, including adult short-term study-abroad experiences aimed primarily at senior women.」

「For overseas travel, we operated numerous distinctive, highly themed tours, including an adult short-term study-abroad experience aimed primarily at senior women and a tour to Coober Pedy, an underground city in Australia, which was the first escorted tour to visit the destination.」

「For overseas individual travel, we sold tours combining participation in and accommodation for a popular running event at Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, and a tour in which participants perform and sing in the official program of one of the world’s leading music festivals in Salzburg, Austria. We also launched the group’s first overseas “mystery tour,” whose destination and itinerary remain unknown until the tour begins, focusing on developing original products.」

「For overseas individual travel, we held Holiday original summer festival tours in Hong Kong, Vietnam and the Philippines, while Club Tourism expanded sales of high-value-added products such as the “Orient Express Journey,” known as the “Lady in Motion,” and a round-the-world trip visiting 7 countries in the Northern Hemisphere.」

「For overseas individual travel, we worked to sell original, high-value-added products, including an Indonesia tour produced by “Madame Devi” offering a VIP experience from airport transfers through hotel stays, a private nighttime tour of the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang, a Buddhist cave complex and World Cultural Heritage site, and a private dinner tour in the Hall of the Crusades at the Palace of Versailles in France.」

「While seeking to expand sales of affordable Web products, the domestic travel product “Mate” also expanded premium products, including original tours using a chartered “Twilight Express Mizukaze” sleeper train operated by West Japan Railway Company, strengthening its response to diverse customer needs.」

「Club Tourism Co., Ltd. began operating “Ao,” a top-of-the-line vehicle with 19 all-leather seats, wood-grain interior and large windows offering excellent views, for bus tours under “Royal Cruiser Shiki no Hana,” a brand of its highest-end “Royal Grand Stage” brand, and worked to promote an even more premium level of bus travel.」

「Club Tourism Co., Ltd. advanced the development and sale of carefully designed products, including high-value-added products such as the “Beautiful Japanese Scenery and Busan Cruise aboard Diamond Princess,” tours using a chartered “Utage” dining train running on 4 freight lines within East Japan Railway Company’s operating area, and tours that people with food allergies can join with confidence, thereby differentiating itself from competitors.」

「Club Tourism Co., Ltd. differentiated itself from competitors by offering high-value-added products, including charter cruises on the “Asuka II,” Japan’s largest cruise ship, creatively planned products such as tours of the “Doctor Yellow” Shinkansen inspection train, which is not normally available to passengers, and highly themed travel products focused on hobbies such as mountaineering, hiking and photography.」

「The domestic travel product “Mate” opened the “Recommended Travel Planning Center,” a specialist base for developing high-value-added products.」

「We launched products showcasing the scenery and cuisine of Ise-Shima highlighted by the summit, including the “Shima Kanko Hotel Ise-Shima Summit Commemorative Plan,” and expanded highly original products such as tours created in collaboration with popular anime series.」

「Kinki Nippon Tourist Individual Travel Co., Ltd. opened the highly specialized, reservation-only “Dai Nagoya Building Premium Travel Salon” near Nagoya Station on 14 May.」

「We worked to enhance high-quality, high-value-added products, including travel experiences involving the history, traditional culture and nature of Japan and countries around the world, as well as highly original themed travel products reflecting particular interests.」