Press Release
JAL Links Up with Expedia Japan to Offer Online Hotel Reservation Service
Tokyo September 18, 2007: From September 19, 2007, customers visiting Japan Airlines' (JAL) Japan website www.jal.co.jp will be able to link through to www.expedia.co.jp, a convenient hotel reservation site provided by Expedia Japan.
Launched on November 29 2006, Expedia Japan's Japanese-language hotel booking site now contains detailed information on over 34,000 hotels in more than 140 countries worldwide, ideal for JAL passengers based in Japan planning a trip overseas.
Expedia has its own travel specialists who visit the hotels listed on the site to ensure descriptions are accurate and up-to-date. The attractive easy-to-use site has 360潤・virtual tours, high-quality pictures and user opinions, so customers can find out exactly what each hotel is like before making a booking.
JAL and Expedia Japan will conduct a special promotional campaign in Japan from September 19 until the end of December 2007. During the campaign period, everyone who connects through www.jal.co.jp to make a hotel booking at www.expedia.co.jp will receive 100 bonus miles from JAL Mileage Bank, JAL's frequent flyer program. A total 50 people who have made reservations during the campaign period in the same way will be selected at random, and each will be presented with Expedia gift coupons worth 20,000 yen.
JAL, Japan and Asia's largest airline, already has similar tie-ups with four other online hotel booking websites which offer customers a choice of 20,000 hotels located outside of Japan. With the addition of the Expedia Japan site the hotel selection will increase to over 34,000.
Expedia Japan is a part of Expedia Inc, the world's largest online travel company. It is the first time for Expedia to link up in this way with an airline in Japan.
About Expedia
Expedia Inc. (parent company, Bellevue, Washington USA; NASDAQ:EXPE) is the world's leading online travel company. Outside of the US Expedia.com site, the company provides local service sites for 14 countries. Worldwide, the site saw 3 million people a day, 25 million unique users a month, and around 37 million hotel room nights reserved from the site last year. With the soft launch of Expedia.co.jp, Japanese travelers can use the foreign hotel reservations service that offers over 34,000 hotels worldwide with rich contents on each allowing users to choose the best hotel for them and easily make reservations.
About the JAL Group
Asia's largest airline group, the JAL Group serves 213 airports in 33 countries and territories, including 61 airports in Japan. The Group network extends over 235 international passenger, 39 international cargo, and 160 domestic routes. Altogether, the 9 airlines of the JAL Group make a total of over 1,200 flights a day, and in fiscal year 2006 carried nearly 58 million passengers. JAL Group operates a fleet of 276 aircraft including 64 Boeing 747s and 39 state-of-the-art B777s and is gradually introducing more fuel efficient medium and small-size aircraft such as the new high-tech Boeing 787 and B737 New Generation.Experts in the art of hospitality, our flight attendants provide top quality in-flight service: the hallmark of JAL's reputation. The JAL New Skysleeper Solo seat in first class and JAL Shell Flat seat in business class are at the cutting edge of design offering our passengers the ultimate in in-flight comfort. Passengers can enjoy superb in-flight entertainment and internet connectivity as well as a choice of the finest Western and Japanese cuisine. Japan Airlines is a member of the oneworld alliance, which brings together some of the best and biggest names in the airline business with unequalled reputations for quality and innovation in customer service. Together, its members serve some 700 destinations in almost 150 countries and territories.
For customer & general enquiries,
please contact your local JAL office:www.jal.co.jp/en/information/inter/branch/
Journalists with media enquiries for JAL,
please contact the press office:
stephen.pearlman@jal.com / Tel: 81-3-5460-3109
or for Expedia,
Cosmo Public Relations Corporation
Jonathan Day
expedia@cosmopr.co.jp / Tel：81-3-5561-2915
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