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| airasia Super App Head of Emerging Markets Lim Ben-Jie and Archipelago International President and CEO John M. Flood during the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing ceremony between airasia Super App and Archipelago International held last January 31, 2023 inside The Grove Suites by GRAND ASTON in Jakarta, Indonesia. (Image Source: airasia) |
airasia Super App, the preferred travel super app in Southeast Asia (ASEAN), and Archipelago International, one of the largest hotel management group in the region, has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for a direct hotel partnership that took place at The Grove Suites by GRAND ASTON in Jakarta, Indonesia last January 31, 2023. The signing ceremony was attended by airasia Super App Head of Emerging Markets Lim Ben-Jie, Archipelago International President and CEO John M. Flood and Archipelago International Vice President for Commercial Operations Chris Legaspi.
This partnership has expanded the airasia Super App’s hotel booking platform portfolio by more than 40,000 rooms and residences in over 200 locations across Southeast Asia, the Caribbean, the Middle East and Oceania – including 13 from the Philippines. The list of Archipelago International’s hotels in the Philippines are:
• Tropicana Castle Dive Resort by Cocotel powered by fave
• Forest Crest Nature Hotel & Resort powered by ASTON
• The Mang-Yan Grand Hotel by Cocotel powered by fave
• Brisa Marina Beach Resort by Cocotel powered by fave
• Pier Uno Dive Resort by Cocotel powered by fave
• Safari Hotel & Villas by Cocotel Powered by ASTON
• Laguna Technopark Hotel Cocotel Powered by ASTON
• Paseo Premiere Hotel Cocotel Powered by ASTON
• Hotel Lucky Chinatown
• Savoy Hotel Mactan Newtown
• Belmont Hotel Mactan
• La Virginia Leisure Park and Amusement Resort by Cocotel powered by FAVE
• Caliraya Ecoville Recreation and Farm Resort
airasia Super App Head of Emerging Markets Lim Ben-Jie commented, “We gladly welcome the collaboration between airasia Super App and Archipelago International. By uniting both our strong brand presence and extensive network, we believe this partnership will be a symbiosis of mutualism that benefits all stakeholders, as well as being our real contribution in supporting the growth of the Indonesian tourism industry.” “As an OTA with over 700 carriers on our platform, complemented by the wide connectivity of AirAsia airline and the robust travel ecosystem that we have, this partnership reemphasizes the strength of airasia Super App for hotel partners to optimize our database of up to 51 million users and the 1.25 million daily active users who are looking for travel deals. Our unique end-to-end travel booking experience for users allows airasia Super App to present more cross-sell marketing opportunities and increase visibility for direct hotel partners in reaching the right target market,” he continued.
Archipelago International President and CEO John M. Flood said, “The travel industry is steadily recovering after the pandemic and Archipelago is gearing up to welcome the greater influx of travellers this year as confidence to travel grows. We are proud to be a partner of one of the aviation leaders in Asia connecting Archipelago hotels and airasia Super App users.” He added, “This symbiotic partnership is greatly aligned with our goals this year of expanding our distribution and network capabilities and becoming the preferred hospitality company for guests. We, at Archipelago, are excited and ready to welcome travellers to our more than 40,000 rooms and residences in over 200 locations. Being the largest hotel management group in the Southeast Asian region, we also actively support the growth and promotion of the Indonesian tourism industry.”
Currently, airasia Super App has inventories of more than 700,000 hotels worldwide. As an integrated travel platform, airasia Super App offers more value to users with ‘Best Price Guaranteed’ for airasia hotel reservations, the airasia points system that applies to transactions across products and services within the application and combine AirAsia flight tickets with the best hotel reservation prices in airasia SNAP package.
