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H.I.S.

H.I.S. Co., Ltd. (株式会社エイチ・アイ・エス?, TYO: 9603) is a travel agency based in Tokyo, Japan, specializing in low-cost package tours to various countries. The company was founded as International Tours Co., Ltd. in 1980 by Hideo Sawada, born in 1951, and renamed "H.I.S." in 1990.

Within Japan H.I.S. has 227 branches located throughout the country plus a global network of 68 branches in 57 countries. H.I.S. holds a majority stake in Orion Tour and a minority stake in Skymark Airlines. It also owns two hotels in Australia, one called Watermark Hotel and Spa on the Gold Coast QLD and one in Brisbane Named Watermark Hotel Brisbane and a cruise company called Cruise Planet.

Hideo Sawada recently bought an interest in a Mongolian agricultural bank called XAAN and believes Japanese tourism to Mongolia will increase.

The H.I.S. head office is located in the Shinjuku section of Tokyo.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/

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