BANGKOK-BASED Exotissimo Travel Group has ventured beyond South-east Asia with the introduction of Exotissimo Travel Japan, the seventh destination for the 18-year-old DMC.
CEO Olivier Colomès said: “Exotissimo Travel Japan has been registered with a capital of 21 million yen (US$250,000) and is wholly-owned by Exotissimo Travel Group.”
He added it was easier to set up a 100 per cent foreign-owned company in Japan than in other existing Exotissimo locations, where offices are under a shareholding structure.
Even though operations officially start March 1, the company will “most probably” get its first group before the launch date due to high demand from existing MICE and high-end niche agents in North America, Europe and Australia, said Colomès.
Based in Tokyo, Exotissimo Travel Japan has six staff – three local and three foreign – including managing director Inès Zand and product manager Jarrod Stenhouse.
Read the full report, TTG Asia, January 14 issue
By Sirima Eamtako
