Hankyu Hanshin Express Holdings Corp. has appointed Hiroshi Ojima (incumbent president) to chairman, and Masayuki Kinoshita (incumbent senior managing director) to president as of April 1. The installation takes place in concurrence with the structural reorganization of travel business within the group. Hankyu Hanshin Express Holdings unifies Hankyu Travel International Co. and Hanshin Travel Service Co. on the same day and establishes a subsidiary Hankyu Hanshin Business Travel that specializes in business travel. At the same time, Hankyu Travel has named Ichiro Namai as president and schedules a major reshuffle of the organization.

By this , Hankyu Travel separates the handling of business travel being conducted now at media travel section and hands it over to the new company. This makeover is intended to clarify work assignments and speeds up decision-making and control of management and operation.


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