siliconindia | | December 201919Hana Travels: Transparency & Safety in Every StepEducational tours are a must in today's connect-ed world. It is important to understand the global culture ­ both in terms of business and personal. However, conducting in-ternational tour is not an easy feat; it requires deep destination knowledge and local network apart from understanding the pre-requisites of the schools/institutions before sketching the plan. Leveraging these expertise to offer seamless educational tours is Mumbai-based Hana Travels. Established in 1997 by Himanshu Yogi (fluent in Japanese) and Chunghee Yogi Park (a South Korean national residing in India with expertise in Japanese, Hindi, Gujarati and English languages), the company specializes in crafting some of the most memorable educational trips to destinations like Japan and South Korea, apart from offering MICE and luxury holiday tours. It also has seasoned specialists who develop and offer customized educational tours to Dubai, Europe, Singapore, and US. Leveraging its in-depth destina-tion knowledge, Hana has successfully completed 50+ educational trips with more than 5000 students to Japan and South Korea alone. Having strong lo-cal network further helps the company plan and deliver a superior quality ed-ucational tour that is a unique combi-nation of industrial visits, school/uni-versity visits, history, culture and fun activities. Heavily focusing on busi-ness and management themed educa-tional tours, Hana arranges industrial visits to large MNCs, SMEs, family managed businesses and more, across several sectors, including automobile, F&B, retail, services robotics, electronics, heavy industries, ship building services, and others. "We do not dis-guise and sell a tourist itinerary as an educa-tional tour," clarifies Himanshu. Personalization & Safety at its Best"We take all measures necessary to never compromise on quality or safety of our clients. We make sure every educational tour provides the maxi-mum learning experience and is value for money," explains Chunghee. Hana believes in operating efficiently & pro-fessionally with crystal-clear transpar-ency ­ from start to finish ­ once the pre-requisites are understood post dis-cussion with clients. Hence its services cover visas, flight bookings, hotel res-ervations (three/four star), planning, sightseeing, school/university visits, industrial visits, local transportation, interpreters and meals. Before start of every educational tour, Hana briefs its clients about the day-to-day itinerary, clothes to be worn, information on weather & local food, major cultural differences and several other factors to ensure smooth conduct of the tour. Once on tour, Hana provides every valuable information in a timely manner using all its knowl-edge from the past experiences of han-dling such educational tours, taking personal care of each client from food preferences to every minute request, thus ensuring a memorable and posi-tive experience that is value for their money & time. Further, avoiding trip assistants/freelancers for any of its trip, Hana ensures that one of the owners or se-nior executives always accompany the trip, which helps in taking on-the-spot decisions faster, especially in case of an emergency whilst travelling on interna-tional educational tour. Firmly believing in the Japanese concept of Kaizen (continuous improvement), Hana takes feedback after every trip and tries to make small, constant im-provements. It is currently developing a sub-brand called `EdXTours', which will target the middle and high school students of international schools PAN India. Additionally, it has also started more budget-friendly educational tours, where clients can arrange a com-bination of their own air tickets, local train transportation, hotels and others, while Hana will only look after ar-rangement of industrial visit or school/university visits. Going forward, it will expand its knowledge of destinations, especially in Europe like Germany, Netherlands, France and others. We make sure every educational tour provides the maximum learning experience and is value for moneyHimanshu Yogi, PartnerOPERATORS - 201910 MOST PROMISINGsiliconindiaEducationEDUCATIONAL TOUR
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