{"id":310361,"date":"2019-10-21T06:00:19","date_gmt":"2019-10-20T20:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=310361"},"modified":"2019-10-21T06:00:19","modified_gmt":"2019-10-20T20:00:19","slug":"mva-primes-tokyo-commuters-for-marianas-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mva-primes-tokyo-commuters-for-marianas-flights\/","title":{"rendered":"MVA primes Tokyo commuters for Marianas flights"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-310361 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mva-primes-tokyo-commuters-for-marianas-flights\/mva-pix1-38\/'>MVA pix1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-310362'>\n\t\t\t\tNew photos promoting \u201cSports Islands: The Marianas\u201d highlight the Marianas Visitors Authority\u2019s promotional wall display launched on Oct. 11, 2019, at Shimbashi station in Tokyo, Japan. The station receives over 535,000 daily passengers from two major lines. (MVA)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mva-primes-tokyo-commuters-for-marianas-flights\/mva-pix2-32\/'>MVA pix2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-310363'>\n\t\t\t\tSports activities in the Marianas highlight the Marianas Visitors Authority\u2019s updated promotional backlit wall display launched on Oct. 11, 2019, at Shimbashi station in Tokyo, Japan. The station receives over 535,000 daily passengers from two major lines. (MVA)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>In anticipation of regular direct flights from Tokyo to the Marianas beginning this year, the Marianas Visitors Authority has updated one of its most visible promotion in the heart of Japan\u2019s business district by Tokyo\u2019s Shimbashi Station. <\/p>\n<p>The MVA has placed new destination images in its wall display featuring the Marianas in one of Tokyo\u2019s busiest train stations. <\/p>\n<p>The display, originally launched in early 2017, now features 12-foot, backlit images of diving, golfing parasailing, annual sporting events organized by the MVA, yoga, and more and invites the 535,000 daily passengers transiting Shimbashi station to explore \u201cSports Islands: The Marianas.\u201d Commuters are urged to fly to a \u201cnew\u201d Saipan. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur wall display is located alongside the headquarters of prestigious international brands such as All Nippon Airways, Shiseido, Fujitsu, and others. With two major trainlines meeting at the station, we have the potential to reach over 535,000 people daily at this location,\u201d said MVA managing director Priscilla M. Iakopo. \u201cOur new message is that the Marianas is a new, dynamic destination for travelers who want to enjoy sports. The MVA continues to grow its sports tourism brand, and we hope to attract more professional teams to train here, where we have conducive weather all year. The timing is perfect, as Skymark Airlines will start regular flights very shortly and we are also starting to promote the MVA\u2019s annual sporting events of the new fiscal year, including Hell of the Marianas century cycle in December and Saipan Marathon in March 2020.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The new display was revealed on Oct. 11, simultaneous with new \u201cSports Islands\u201d homepages on the MVA\u2019s Japanese-language website. The ad will run through Sept. 30, 2020. <\/p>\n<p>The Marianas display also faces the Nippon TV event space, ideal for targeting high-end business people. <\/p>\n<p>Editor\u2019s Note: An article in http:\/\/sky-budget.com states that Skymark will start operating the Narita-Saipan route on Nov. 29, 2019, but there has been no official announcement from Skymark itself. <strong>(MVA)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In anticipation of regular direct flights from Tokyo to the Marianas beginning this year, the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":308944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[212,545],"class_list":["post-310361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-mva","tag-tokyo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/308944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}