*GVB sets up a goal of 1.03 million Japanese visitors for 2006

Guam Visitors Bureau (GVB) revealed at Guam Sales & Promotion Update Seminar in Tokyo on January 23 that it will launch a new brand as early as 2008 to renovate conventional views for Guam. A new brand willprobably focus on nature, history or the Chamorro cultures to upgrade product quality and improve profitability in the travel industryof Guam.
The number of Japanese visitors to Guam for 2005 was preliminarily up 5.4% to 955,154 compared to the previous year. For 2006, GVB sets up a goal of 1.03 million Japanese visitors.

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*GVB sets up a goal of 1.03 million Japanese visitors for 2006
+Celebrating the GVB Japan Office 30th anniversary
+GVB is appealing safe and comfortable staying in Guam
*Australia launches Japan Action Plan for newly defined target segments
+Linking Japan Action Plan with Global Brand Campaign
*Japan and Canada will keep pace for Tourism Exchange Year 2007
*More flights to meet higher demand on Japan-Taiwan routes
*International charters to Hokkaido for 2005 were up more than 40%
*ANA Group increased international passengers for the first time since April
*ANA will also raise fuel surcharges on its international flights
*SNA and ANA tie up for code-sharing flights
*Kansai increased annual passengers for 2005