Vanilla + "WAmazing" Mobile Travel Agency announce the first collaborative campaign starting January 17 for Taiwanese and Hong Kong visitors to Japan

- Register for the "Vanilla Air Point" Program and receive double SIM data from WAmazing

TOKYO, Jan. 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Vanilla Air Inc. (Katsuya Goto, president; based in Narita, Chiba Prefecture; referred to below as "Vanilla Air") and mobile travel agency WAmazing Inc. (Fumiko Kato, CEO; based in Minato Ward, Tokyo; referred to below as WAmazing) will launch a campaign on Wednesday, January 17 directed at Taiwanese and Hong Kong visitors to Japan and aiming to promote registration with and usage of the "Vanilla Air Point" Program and the "WAmazing" app.

Vanilla Air is a low-cost carrier (LCC) in the ANA Group. With seven international routes serving five cities and seven domestic routes serving six cities, the airline operates seven flights every day from Taiwan and two flights every day from Hong Kong and is seeing yearly increases in the number of passengers visiting Japan from overseas.

WAmazing offers free SIM card pickup services for foreigners at Japanese airports that have regular flights from overseas, enabling them to use their smartphones as soon as they enter the country and promoting demand among visiting foreigners with app-based sightseeing, lodging and other services.

The two companies now celebrate their first collaborative campaign offering services to foreign visitors to Japan with the following details.

[Campaign Overview]

• Period: Wednesday, January 17 to Saturday, March 31, 2018
• Target: Customers of foreign nationality traveling to Japan from either Taiwan or Hong Kong on Vanilla Airlines during the campaign period who are either newly registering or are already registered for the "Vanilla Air Point" Program
• Details: Customers may input their "Vanilla Air Point" Program member ID into the WAmazing app to receive a free SIM with up to 1 GB of data. (Can be used for up to 15 days.)
• Airports where users of this campaign may pick up SIM cards:
  Narita International Airport, Terminal 3
  Note: Pickup is also available at Terminal 1 and Terminal 2.
  Kansai International Airport, Terminal 1
• SIM card storage:
  New "WAmazing" users: Normal 500 MB ＋ 500 MB (bonus for this campaign) = 1 GB
  Existing "WAmazing" users: 500MB (bonus for this campaign)
• Campaign website: https://campaign.wamazing.com/vanilla-air/

How to pick up a campaign SIM card

WAmazing SIM pickup terminal

About the "Vanilla Air Point" Program

This is the first-ever independent program offered by a Japanese LCC in which passengers earn points with each trip.
The convenient point program allows registered customers to accumulate points depending on the prices of tickets they purchase and use the points they have saved up to purchase tickets.
Customers may register at the following websites:
(Taiwan) https://www.vanilla-air.com/tw/service/membership
(Hong Kong) https://www.vanilla-air.com/hk/service/membership

About "WAmazing"

A startup founded in July 2016 by a former member of Recruit Group. Utilizing experience in the travel and leisure field, the company builds systems to promote easy and convenient smartphone-based tourism services for foreigners and encourage consumption of related services.

Service details:

• "Free SIM card rental" offers free internet connectivity ideal for travelers to Japan*
• "Travel agent functionality" offers content reservation, arrangement and service support while users are traveling in Japan
  *Currently offered at seven airports (Narita, Chubu, Kansai, Aomori, Sendai, Shizuoka and Hiroshima) as of January 17, 2018.
• Target users: Visitors to Japan who reside in Taiwan and Hong Kong
• Supported systems: iOS (iPhone), Android
• App download page: https://goo.gl/Kt9wpM

WAmazing App's Screen

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