Hirofumi Haraguchi

Hirofumi Haraguchi has a diverse and extensive work experience spanning over two decades. In 1999, they started as a Coordination Manager at GTA, where they stayed until 2007. Hirofumi then became the General Manager at NPO Tiempo Iberoamericano for a year before returning to GTA as a Sales Executive from 2008 to 2010. Haraguchi then joined Agoda as a Senior Marketing Manager from 2010 to 2013. Hirofumi then moved to HRS - The Hotel Portal, where they served as the Head of Hotel Solution until 2015. From 2016 to 2017, Haraguchi worked at HRS Group as a Global Account Manager, dealing with global accounts and providing consulting services for cost-saving, hotel purchasing, and travel policy optimization. Hirofumi then joined Rakuten in 2017 and worked until 2019 in the Travel Business, International Sales Department, Business Strategy Group. Following that, Haraguchi worked as the Head of Business Development at Hotels.com from 2019 to 2020. From 2020 to 2022, they held the position of Market Activation Senior Manager at Expedia Group. Currently, they are serving as the Head of Procurement at HRS Group and will transition to the role of Director of Sales Enterprise Solutions in April 2023.

Hirofumi Haraguchi obtained a Bachelor's degree in the field of Japanese language from Kyoto University from 1991 to 1995.