Jeenie® and H.I.S. Partner to Change the Way Japanese Travelers Explore the World
TOKYO, June 27, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Jeenie® Mobile App has partnered with one of Japan's leading travel agencies, H.I.S. Co. Ltd., to support outbound Japanese tourists as they travel to newer and farther destinations and to help them have a better experience while they are abroad. As a part of its final summer sale, H.I.S. is gifting FREE call-time minutes on Jeenie to Japanese customers who purchase airfare and other travel products through the agency.
The partnership between Jeenie and H.I.S. is a vital component of a wider strategy to support today's Japanese leisure tourist and business traveler. Outbound travel from Japan has been increasing for several years and the trend is continuing in 2019. This trend correlates broadly with worldwide trends in international travel, currently rising at almost 7% per year in large part due to the growth of the Fully Independent Traveler (FIT) market. Equipped with quick access to information through convenient technologies for managing their travel, tourists are ambitiously targeting new destinations and adventures. With a tool like Jeenie at their disposal, Japanese tourists can now take greater part in these trends.
"Our ambition at Jeenie is to empower people to explore the world, to visit more countries and to engage more authentically with the local culture and people," says Kirsten Brecht Baker, CEO and Co-Founder of Jeenie. "We are partnering with H.I.S., a pioneer in the international travel business, to support their mission to increase travel to and from Japan, as well as to make overseas travel easier and more enjoyable for the Japanese tourist and business executive, wherever they go in the world."
The Jeenie Mobile App instantly connects travelers and people in need of language assistance and cultural advice to a live language expert, right on the screen of their smartphone. With the tap of a button, users are connected to a human linguist who speaks their language and the target language, allowing them to hold productive three-way conversations. The immediate, anytime access to language help gives travelers an invaluable tool to help explore new destinations in unconventional ways, leading to a more memorable and genuine connection with the location and its community.
H.I.S. Co. Ltd. is one of Japan's largest travel providers, with offices around the world and operations in multiple sectors of the travel industry. The company is noteworthy for its forward-thinking business strategies, including their use of technology to solve problems, improve customer service and differentiate themselves from competitors. Through their partnership with Jeenie, H.I.S. will gift a free 10-minute trial on the app for all new customers purchasing travel packages through the agency. The promotion is aimed at encouraging Japanese tourists to travel to new destinations with greater confidence and without worry. It also underscores H.I.S.'s commitment to supporting the individual traveler, as well as group travel.
"By partnering with Jeenie, we are very excited to break the language barrier and provide our customers with new value in travel experiences," says Tatsuya Nakamori, H.I.S. Japan President.
Jeenie is able to offer 24/7 access to linguists through its peer-to-peer marketplace model, in which linguists may work on the platform at any time of day, from anywhere in the world. In addition to its current services in Japanese*****English, Jeenie is scheduled to begin offering services in Japanese*****Mandarin as of August 1, and Japanese*****Korean as of September 1.
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