1 June 2016, Tokyo – Venture Republic Inc. (CEO: Kei Shibata) launched its Global Internship Programme for two students, each from Harvard University (MA, USA) and Stanford University (CA, USA), as of today to foster company’s growth and market share in the global travel market and ultimately contribute to the growth of Japan market.
The Japan inbound travel industry is facing a challenge to support the local government’s target growth of 40 million inbound visitors by year 2020. To achieve this target, it is essential for the industry to provide feasible online solutions such as user-centered booking systems.
Venture Republic Inc. (Venture Republic), which hosts the Japanese travel guide/media, Tabiness (http://guide.travel.co.jp/) and a global travel guide, Trip101 (http://trip101.com), is preparing to meet the market’s needs with its expertise on the online travel market.
The Global Internship Programme at Venture Republic aims to bring about greater expertise and knowledge of the inbound travel industry through extensive market research, thereby allowing the organization to better analyze and provide user-centered online travel system that epitomizes the real Japan experience in an efficient and effective way.