Why travel with Rakuten?

Rakuten, Inc. is one of the world's largest and most comprehensive Internet service companies, providing leading services in e-commerce, portal & media," travel", financial services, and professional sports. In 1997, Rakuten was started with only thirteen merchants in Rakuten Ichiba (online marketplace), which has grown to include more than 17,500 merchants. Rakuten's diversified service portfolio is presented in an integrated manner through common ID and point reward program. Its group membership consists of more than 33 million customers. Rakuten has over 4,000 employees. Rakuten is a publicly traded company in Japan (JASDAQ: 4755).
About Rakuten Travel Rakuten Travel, Inc., a 100% subsidiary of Rakuten, operates Japan's largest online hotel reservation website with over 1.8 million room nights booked per month. Having access to more than 20,000 domestic and 15,000 international hotels, Rakuten Travel provides both leisure and business travellers a variety of accommodation choices to meet all of their travel needs.
Rakuten Travel and All Nippon Airways (ANA) formed a joint venture in August 2006 to promote and sell dynamic packages which will allow customers to freely combine domestic flights with hotel accommodations. Whether it be a short or long visit to Japan, Rakuten Travel can help find a wonderful place to stay.