VELTRA.com, a global online tour and activity booking service based in Tokyo, has announced its decision to set up a business base in Luxembourg. Focusing on promoting a global activity marketplace for tours all over the world, VELTRA is not only a world leading company in this field, but is also going to start branding new IT services of photo SNS to accelerate further growth of the company. The Luxembourg-based company (tentative name: VELTRA Lux) will not only consolidate administrative functions of VELTRA's existing offices in the world, but will also coordinate strategic business planning and marketing execution for global customers.
VELTRA Lux is the 3rd office established in Europe, after the company set up subsidiaries in Paris and London, ensuring that all the marketing activities are being done locally. VELTRA Lux will play a rather strategic role for the entire VELTRA group, while providing many benefits to current travel business as well.
Currently VELTRA boasts over 12,000 tours in 300 destinations, on their Japanese and English website. VELTRA also plans to launch a Chinese language site within a year.
During his official visit in Japan, Prime Minister and Minister for Communications and Media Xavier Bettel welcomed the establishment of Veltra as an example of the close ties that have strengthened between Japan and Luxembourg over the years and that continue to be fostered by regular contact, such as the four-day working visit of Xavier Bettel to Tokyo that starts today.
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Economy Étienne Schneider stated: "I am particularly delighted to see that the management team of Veltra Corporation has chosen Luxembourg as its location to implement the strategic functions for the European market. The consistent and dynamic economic development policy of the Government to put in place a state of the art ICT ecosystem for startup companies has significantly contributed to Luxembourg’s key role as a gateway for Japanese companies. I am proud that we can now add Veltra as a new member to the Japanese business community in Luxembourg that includes not only financial institutions, but also players like Rakuten, Fanuc or Nomura Research Institute."
About VELTRA Corporation
VELTRA is an online tour and activity booking service based in Tokyo that connects travelers to memorable and unique local experiences. Founded in 1991, it has grown from a service primarily aimed at the Japanese market to a global tour provider with branches in Honolulu, London, Paris and Malaysia. Now, as a champion of the Japanese market, VELTRA is targeting global customers, not only for the travel market, but also for the broader market such as SNS.
Communiqué par le ministère d'État