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Company Name	APPLE WORLD INC.
Registrations & Certifications	- Registered as a Travel Agency with the Japan Tourism Agency (No. 1576) - Official Full Member of the Japan Association of Travel Agents (JATA) - Accredited Agent of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) - Bond Guarantee Member - Certified Privacy Mark: 10450025 - Licensed Secondhand Dealer: Tokyo Metropolitan Public Safety Commission (No. 305462004406)
Authorized Capital	JPY 200 million
Established	December 6, 1991
Representative	Joe Hirao, President and CEO
Total Employees	97 (as of November 1, 2025)
Location	Head Office: Level 14, Shinjuku Square Tower, 6-22-1 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 163-1114 Osaka Office: billage OSAKA+, 6F Osaka Center Building, 4-1-3 Kyutaro-machi, Chuo-ku, Osaka Korea Branch: 507, 5F, Hanwool Tower, 96 Jongno, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea (Jongno 2-ga)
Strategic Hotel Network	Over 110,000 partner properties worldwide, including approximately 5,000 in Japan.
Major Clients	JTB Group, H.I.S. Co., Ltd., KNT-CT Holdings Co., Ltd., Nippon Travel Agency Co., Ltd., Hankyu Travel International Co., Ltd., Benefit One Inc., RESOL HOLDINGS Co., Ltd., EWEL, Inc., and approximately 3,400 other companies nationwide
Group Company	- ZIGExN Co., Ltd. (Prime Market, Tokyo Stock Exchange – Code: 3679) https://zigexn.co.jp/en/ - USAEL Co., Ltd. https://www.usael.co.jp/(Ja)

Level 14, Shinjuku Square Tower, 6-22-1 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 163-1114, Japan

Access to Our Head Office

・7-minute walk from Nishi-shinjuku Station (Exit 2) on Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line
・5-minute walk from Tochomae Station (Exit A5) on Toei Oedo Line
・17-minute walk from Shinjuku Station (West Exit)

Company History

November 2025	Appointed Joe Hirao as President & CEO.
October 2024	Merged with TSD INC.
June 2024	Relocated headquarters to Shinjuku Square Tower, Nishi-Shinjuku, Tokyo.
December 2020	Acquired corporate international airline ticket business.
February 2020	Acquired "TRAVELIST" business for international and domestic airline ticket reservations.
July 2005	Obtained PrivacyMark certification.
September 2004	Started online connectivity with overseas hotels.
September 2000	Changed company name to APPLE WORLD INC.
October 1996	Launched website "appleworld.com".
August 1992	Started overseas hotel reservations and coupon sales.
December 1991	Established APPLE HOTELS INC. in Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo.