At a hotel banquet.. People in the industry held a farewell party for me. To the party, surprisingly, 90 people from travel industry, media, goodwill envoys and more showed up. Thanks a lot, everyone! … [Read more...] about My farewell party
My 20's Life in Japan
Panelist – career, life and me
Luckily, I was blessed with more opportunities to share my career/ life experience in public. This panel discussion was about work-life balance, which is still developing area in Japan. Avanti- June 2008 The coordinator was Ms. Murayama, the president and chief editor of a well-known free magazine for working women. The two panelists are both successful professionals and the owners of … [Read more...] about Panelist – career, life and me
Advice to college students on job hunting
My career story was covered by a Japanese university's news letter. Article from Seinan Spirit, Winter, 2005 As some pieces of advice to the collage students, I commented Finding a job is NOT a goal, but a process to reach your CAREER GOAL. Also, make sure to define your LIFE GOAL, have your career goal in line with your life goal. Don't be stuck in the existing sense of value … [Read more...] about Advice to college students on job hunting
Coverage in South Korea
My activity for the destination marketing was covered by Chongsa-choron, Korea Tourism Organization's news letter. KTO newsletter article (pdf file, Korean language) It is about my experience as a representative of the overseas office. … [Read more...] about Coverage in South Korea
Be friends with Google News
Here I will share one of the extremely useful tools I make fully use of in the field: GOOGLE NEWS. The smartness about google news is you can actually add custom section, meaning you can gather the latest news that includes key word you choose such as tourism, name of your destination, etc. You don't need to flip over newspaper to find the news you would be intersted in. Smart tool, indeed. When … [Read more...] about Be friends with Google News
How to drive traffic to your blog
I wrote about blog as an effective way to market your destination online. Once you set up your blog, the next challenge would be to figure out how to drive traffic to your blog. FYI, here are some hints: Book: The Findability Formula by Heather Lutze Websites: 16 ways to drive traffic to your blog Hope this helps! … [Read more...] about How to drive traffic to your blog
Blog- Great tool for online marketing
One of our issues in our CVB was to reach the end users (customers) with our up-to-date information. So what I suggested is to establish a blog and come across fresh information with attractive pictures and useful information. It is a pain for customers to gather information that they really want. Those who order tour guide brochure or call the office for inquiry are only a part of the whole … [Read more...] about Blog- Great tool for online marketing
My first mission: Overseas office establishment
Korea Plaza My office in Japan The first mission I was engaged in was to establish overseas office in Japan. As a single staff in Japan, first I proceeded tasks to physical office establishment. I communicated with the officer in the headquarter to learn their wants and needs about the new office, I had meetings with constructors and office … [Read more...] about My first mission: Overseas office establishment