Kari Halonen

Japan to Implement Mandatory Online Travel Authorization for Visa Free Travelers from 71 Countries by 2030

Japan will soon require travelers from 71 visa-free countries, including Baltic and Nordic countries, to obtain online travel authorization before entering the country. Japan’s government plans to allocate funding for a new travel authorization system in next year’s budget, with the initiative expected to be fully operational by 2030. This system is designed to enhance…

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Keys for successful digital marketing

“Digital marketing is no different from any other communication to potential customers. The difference is that you can better measure the impact and make changes easily. Having a partner in digital marketing requires constant conversation and good communication. Digital marketing works better when there is good content on your webpage and other channels.”, says our…

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Free Sustainable Travel Event in Espoo 22.8.2024

GLO Hotel Sello, Espoo is organizing an interesting and topical event about CSRD, i.e. the corporate sustainable development reporting directive and its effects on tourism. Panu Hämäri is there as an expert. At the same time, we get to know GLO Hotel Sello’s sustainable development program and talk about Skål International’s tourism sustainable development competition.…

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Inclusive Tourism and Customer Service

We are organizing an LGTBIQ+ sales workshop on October 7, 2024 in Helsinki, which is probably the 1st time in Finland. The target group is also very interesting from a business point of view, and inclusivity is one of the growing themes of tourism development globally at the moment. Reas more about the event here:…

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ToolBox Consulting nominated in Business Partner category in Finnish Travel Gala!

There were plenty of nominations for the nine open award categories, and now it’s time to start voting for the winners. The 10 candidates with the most mentions in each category and the 5 candidates named by the expert council are included in the voting for the winners. Voting is carried out using the NPS…

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Webinar 14 August 2024 about Group Travel from DACH market

We will organize a webinar on August 14, 2024 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., where we will talk about launching new project related to group package travel from DACH market. We will discuss about the project’s goals, operating model and investments. The event is free, but registration is required. The duration of the event…

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ToolBox Consulting launched new website last week

Our company website has been renewed and launched in the beginning of this week. See the website by clicking here: https://www.toolboxtravel.fi/ New features are: the site is from now on only in English marketing events have own section and seen already in the landing page marketing events has new search engine to make events easier…

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