2020 Success Stories

DON DON DONKI (Don Quixote), a retail chain brand under Japanese Pan Pacific International Holdings (PPIH), has developed in Tokyo, Japan. It is characterized by cheap goods. It currently has 637 stores worldwide and has been actively exploring the Asian market in recent years , so far it has already been in Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, etc., and with its grand opening with the first "Ximen Store" in Taiwan, it is located at a three-story building, with open 24/7 opening hours. The total area of the shop is 1,615 square meters. The floor spaces include food, snacks, beauty, toys, housewares, groceries, and clothing areas on the 3rd floor; fresh food (fruits and vegetables, meat, fresh fish, cooked food), wine, and beverage on the 2nd floor; cashiers, Jing'an products, and Japanese food districts on the 1st floor Taiwan to satisfy Taiwanese consumers with diverse products. It officially opened at No. 123, Xining South Road, Wanhua District, Taipei City at 10 am on January 19, 2021.

DON DON DONKI (Don Quixote), a retail chain brand under Japanese Pan Pacific International Holdings (PPIH), has developed in Tokyo, Japan. It is characterized by cheap goods. It currently has 637 stores worldwide and has been actively exploring the Asian market in recent years , so far it has already been in Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, etc., and with its grand opening with the first "Ximen Store" in Taiwan, it is located at a three-story building, with open 24/7 opening hours. The total area of the shop is 1,615 square meters. The floor spaces include food, snacks, beauty, toys, housewares, groceries, and clothing areas on the 3rd floor; fresh food (fruits and vegetables, meat, fresh fish, cooked food), wine, and beverage on the 2nd floor; cashiers, Jing'an products, and Japanese food districts on the 1st floor Taiwan to satisfy Taiwanese consumers with diverse products. It officially opened at No. 123, Xining South Road, Wanhua District, Taipei City at 10 am on January 19, 2021. Under the border control of various countries, it is inconvenient for Taiwanese people to go abroad. They will meet their psychological needs through the consumption experience of "fake going abroad." Don Quixote imports Japanese local gifts, fruits and meats and other groceries to provide consumer experience services in retail channels, which can turn the goods people are accustomed to buying in Japan into instant consumption in Taiwan, while demonstrating the value of its own brand.

Department of Economic Development, Taipei City, along with Invest Taipei Office(ITO), provided Pan Pacific International Holdings (PPIH)'s with customized escorting service at the early stage of plan to exhibit in Taiwan, for example, built up the connections with Invest Taiwan, and assisted in clarifying related laws and regulations on commodity imports, searching the suitable business locations, built up the connections with Ximen District, coordinating the city government administrative network, etc., to assist enterprises to implement their exhibition shop plans as scheduled.

Aquivio is addressing the problem that the way our modern urbanized society is hydrating is fundamentally wrong. By leveraging cloud connected hardware and a"hydration as a service" platform, we are aiming to change that through a focus on personalized nutritional drink options, sustainability, affordability and enabling untapped profit potentials for businesses and facility owners.

Taiwan became a clear choice after identifying the well established and very flexible OEM/ODM environment, stable component supply chain, alongside highly skilled software engineers and IoT technology expertise. It enables a startup to create products and services that people truly want and solutions that are much needed to solve problems of our modern society. For myself as a foreigner it was extremely easy to adapt to the way of life in Taiwan. I am enjoying the perfectly developed infrastructure and convenience and it is delightful to experience the vibrant and emerging startup community here.

ITO has been of direct assistance already before Aquivio was incorporated. At first comprehensively pointing out the benefits of setting up our headquarters in Taipei and from thereon setting up a throughout roadmap on how to create a prosperous collaboration with the city government. Not only in regards of provided subsidy programs, but also in establishing resourceful connections during the Talents Taipei program for instance.

Taiwan MITSUI Fudosan started its business in Taiwan with MITSUI OUTLET PARK Linkou. After that, MITSUI OUTLET PARK Taichung Port, housing business, hotel business etc. also started. 

Although many Japanese tourists visit Taiwan every year, there are not many purely Japanese hotels in Taiwan. It's why we decided to start our hotel business in Taipei. MITSUI Garden Hotel adopts the concept of "Leave the Deep Memory", and the design demonstrates the local characteristics of each region fully. It set up the therae in the hotel to create the Japanese culture experience for the consumers in Taiwan. 

Before the outbreak of COVID-19, we estimated there are about 60% of Japanese customers. The Japanese tourists couldn't visit Taiwan as a result of pandemic, but even so we introduce the advantage of Japanese-style hotel, such as thermae, Japanese service, Japanese breakfast, etc. to provide the experience to Taiwanese customers. Therefore, we still decided to open our hotel as planned during the pandemic. 

It's our first overseas garden hotel, and there are so many things we don't understand. Thanks for Taipei City Government, ITO (Invest Taipei Office) and other departments to assist us for the opening. Thank you very much. In response to the pandemic, Taipei City Government has launched Taipei GO subsidy, but the budget has been used. I hope there will be another subsidy similar to Taipei GO, which will be of great help to us.