History

1913Opened as an information desk in New York.
1915Opened temporary information desks at the San Francisco and Panama World’s Fairs.
1925Established a temporary information desk in the Philadelphia World’s Fair.
1929Held a Japan Day in New York and exhibitions introducing Japan at the Roxy Theater and Columbia University in New York.
1938Established temporary information desks in the San Francisco and New York World Exhibitions.
1952Opened the New York Office.
1957Opened the Los Angeles Office.
1964Established a New York-registered local subsidiary in the New York Office. Established offices in San Francisco and Honolulu.
1982Established Canadian subsidiary JTB INTERNATIONAL (Canada) LTD.
1988Established the Torrance Extension Office.
1990Established the Orlando Sales Office.Honolulu Branch Office is divided to form JTB Hawaii, Inc.
1991Established the Las Vegas Office.
1992Spun off the transportation division of Sunrise Plaza, Inc. to form Sunrise Plaza Transportation, Co.
1996Moved company headquarters to Los Angeles.
1997Spun off the outbound division to form JTB USA, Inc.Established the Las Vegas area bus company Sunrise Plaza Transportation of Nevada, Inc.
2000The Tokyo and Kansai branch offices were reorganized into the Japan Area Sales Division East Japan Office and the West Japan Office.
2006JTB Americas reorganized from a pure holding company to an operation and holding company to build a business and sales structure encompassing 17 companies in Canada, the USA and Hawaii.
2007The Japan Area Sales Division East Japan Office and the West Japan Office were reorganized as the JTB Americas Tokyo Branch Office and Osaka Branch Office. Tachibana Enterprises, LLC became a member of JTB Americas Group.
2008Following companies became members of JTB Americas Group. America Travel Factory, LLC. Silkway Travel & Cruise Inc. Lassen Tour & Travel, Inc. JTB Global Travel, Inc. [formerly, JALPAK International USA, Inc. ]
2009Merger of JTB USA, Inc. & JTB Global Travel, Inc. to form JTB USA, Inc.
2010JTB Hawaii, Inc. merged with JTB Hawaii’s sister company, JTB Overseas Development Corp., and reorganized its internal structure by establishing five LLC companies.
2011Established a JTB Americas Representative Office in Shanghai, China.
2012Established a JTB Americas Representative Office in Beijing, China.
2013Established JTB LATINO AMÉRICA PARTICIPAÇÕES LTDA. and JTB BRASIL PARTICIPAÇÕES LTDA. as the holding company in each respective region and country. Grupo Alatur and JTB Americas, Ltd. established Alatur JTB Viagens e Turismo S. A. (Alatur JTB) as a joint venture in Brazil.
2014Quickly Travel Agência de Viagens e Turismo Ltda. (Quickly Travel) became a member of Alatur JTB Group in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
2015Merger of JTB USA, Inc. & JTB International, Inc. to form JTB USA, Inc.
2017MC&A, Inc. became a member of JTB Americas Group