With the New 12 months approaching, EXO’s Japan Staff has simply held our conventional Bonenkai (finish of the yr occasion) at Kimpton Lodge in Shinjuku. Since most of our employees work at home on a rotating foundation, and a few reside in several elements of the nation, it was an awesome alternative to see everybody in individual and meet the various new faces of our rising workforce.
Talking of rising, our Tokyo headquarters has just lately expanded with the acquisition of an extra ground. Guests can now meet with EXO employees in a brand new, upscale setting that features enticing assembly areas and lounges. Cease by in case you’re in Tokyo!
But at the same time as we develop, the extraordinarily excessive demand in Japan does too, and we just lately introduced a stop-sell for the spring 2024 season. That is as a result of vital lack of manpower and availability that many suppliers and lodging are anticipated to face throughout the 2024 peak cherry blossom season.
We don’t take these stop-sells calmly, and are devoted to constructing our workforce and increasing our provide chain to welcome our visitors, as we don’t see issues slowing down anytime quickly!
Key Takeaways:
In October, the variety of vacationer visiting Japan reached the pre-pandemic stage, and it was with out the Chinese language tourism that has solely simply restarted. The state of affairs on the bottom continues to be troublesome, with a scarcity of guides, non-public transportation, and lodging as we attain our most capability to ensure a top quality of service.
Our President and a few of our managers and workforce leaders joined a really attention-grabbing FAM journey alongside the well-known pilgrimage route of the Kumano Kodo. It was the right alternative to get accustomed to an space that’s rising in reputation, and arguably fairly difficult to coordinate logistically. We are actually capable of present higher data and logistics to purchasers within the Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage.
EXO Journey Japan will stay closes for the New 12 months Vacation from thirtieth December 2023 to third January 2024. Buyer Care and emergency assistant for purchasers on the bottom will stay energetic and our workplace will reopen as normal on Thursday 4 January, 2024.