December 2024
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The Appeal of “THE LAKE Kawaguchi Life”: Offering Community Connections and Unique Experiences
(Source : Japanese Culture Promotion Institute, Inc) Located in Fujikawaguchiko Town, "THE LAKE Kawaguchi Life" is an accommodation facility highly rated by both domestic and international guests for offering an authentic experience of Japanese and regional lifestyles. Situated in a popular destination for inbound tourism, the facility allows guests to enjoy a homely Japanese atmosphere while spending a special time at the foot of Mt. Fuji, making it particularly popular among international tourists.
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JR Kyushu Hotels & Resorts Enhances Multilingual Support and Convenience with “VERY”
(Source : JR Kyushu Hotels & Resorts Inc.) JR Kyushu Hotels & Resorts Inc. introduced the travel app "VERY," developed by Active Values Inc., across 12 of its hotels and inns starting October 2024. Designed to enhance user convenience during their stay and bolster multilingual support, "VERY" requires no app download. Guests can simply scan a QR code installed within the facility using their smartphone. The app automatically adapts to the user’s device language, ensuring seamless usability for international visitors. With "VERY," guests can access hotel facility guides, usage instructions, sightseeing information, and announcements, not only in their rooms but also while outside.
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Nature Positive Declaration: Resorttrust’s New Initiative for Biodiversity Conservation and Community Coexistence
(Source: Resorttrust Inc.) Resorttrust Inc. has announced the "Resorttrust Group Nature Positive Declaration," outlining the group's commitment to protecting and restoring biodiversity and natural capital. This declaration serves as a guiding framework for their efforts to address the pressing global challenge of biodiversity loss, which is considered one of humanity's most critical crises alongside climate change. The concept of "nature positive" refers to actions aimed at reversing biodiversity loss and putting natural environments on a path to recovery. This direction was formalized at the United Nations-led COP15 conference in December 2022, where the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework was adopted. Japan has also taken steps in this direction, with the Cabinet approval of the Biodiversity Strategy 2023-2030 in March 2023. Given that the group’s business activities both benefit from and potentially impact biodiversity and natural capital, it has identified the conservation of biodiversity, reduction of CO2 emissions, and minimization of plastic waste and food loss as material issues. Recognizing nature as a core and strategic risk management priority alongside climate change, the group has aligned its disclosures with the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) recommendations as of June 2024. In support of the Japanese government’s vision for a "nature-harmonious society"...