Japan’s Iole to Exit Travel Business, Shutting Down ‘Pokekaru’

Japan’s Iole to Exit Travel Business, Shutting Down ‘Pokekaru’

Iole, a Japan-based company, will discontinue its travel business. The decision was resolved by its board of directors.

Iole operates the day-trip booking site “Pokekaru” and a media platform for finding glamping facilities, “Holiday Glamping Club.”

Pokekaru was acquired from Pocket Culture in March 2023, and Holiday Glamping Club only opened this February. As sales have continued to decline, the company will reallocate management resources to other divisions. For the fiscal year ended March 2025, sales were 247.37 million yen and the operating loss was 46.27 million yen. “Pokekaru” will be closed.

Iole announced that for the April–September 2025 period, revenue was 3.529 billion yen and net profit was 61 million yen. In its medium-term management plan, the company positions the AI data center business and crypto-asset financial business as core, and will promote the development of new businesses. It has also decided to transfer its contact-network app “Rakuraku Renrakumou+.”

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