Voyagin was a Japanese tour and activity online booking platform headquartered in Tokyo. The company was founded in 2011 as FindJPN, rebranded as Voyagin in 2012 by its founders, then rebranded again by Rakuten. The company was acquired in 2015 and merged and rebranded as Rakuten Travel Experiences in 2020. [1] [2]
In July 2015, Rakuten announced it acquired a majority stake in Voyagin to expand its travel market in Asia.[3] Rakuten absorbed Voyagin on 1 July 2020, while retaining the Voyagin name and website.[4] In December 2021, the company changed its name to Rakuten Travel Experiences and relaunched with a new website.
History
The company was founded in January 2011 originally under the name of FindJPN by Masashi Takahashi and Hiroyuki Hayashi. Tushar Khandelwal came on board in 2012 and they relaunched the brand as Voyagin, a more global approach to booking tours and activities.