Great article on the Nagano Inbound Conference. Pictured in the article is the Expedia.com table.
先月に松本で開催した長野県旅館組合インバウンド商談会が７月２１日号の旬刊旅行新聞に取り上がりました。記者の飯塚さんの記事内容は素晴らしいし、写真２枚も付くてくれました。
今回の企画ではインバウンド送客１５社を招いて、長野県のホテル・旅館経営者・予約担当約７０人が集まりました。なかなか珍しい企画だった（全国では事例がないぐらい）のでその意味で旅行新聞が来てくれて、嬉しかった。
商談会の前に私の「欧米人の求めているおもてなし」の講演がありました。飯塚さんは講演内容もきちんと書いてくれました。良くお聞きになっていました！
こうやって長野県の旅館活動が広めて、嬉しいです。
Last months Inbound seminar and trade conference that I put on in Matsumoto last month got featured in this week's edition of the Ryoko Shimbun trade newspaper. The Nagano Ryokan Association's Inbound Committee sponsored the event where we invited 15 organizations that work to send foreigners to Japan. Approximately 70 ryokan and hotel owners / reservation staff members attended and met with the various organizations to get an explanation of their operations. We also allowed time for one-on-one consultation where some inns entered into new contracts right then and there.
The reporter for the Ryoko Shimbun aptly described the conference and added a couple of color pictures to the article, too. Before the conference there was a keynote speech by, Yours Truly, on what Westerners expect when they come to Japan. Iizuka-san covered the main points of that speech in her article, too.
I am glad Nagano's ryokan association efforts on inbound are getting this publicity!
