Weekly News Highlight 6-12 March 2017

Online Travel

Traveloka

Traveloka and PT. KAI Inaugurated Train Tickets Booking Service

Traveloka has established partnership with PT. KAI in train ticket booking service. Through this partnership, the customer are now able to purchase train ticket through Traveloka application. Aside from that, for the purpose traditional homecoming (mudik) 2017, customers can book train tickets starting from March 18, 2017.

Agoda

Royal Cliff Received Agoda’s Gold Circle Award 2016 for Hotel Excellence

Agoda’s Gold Circle Award 2016 is given to properties worldwide that embody the best qualities of the online booking experience and deliver remarkable world-class service. Royal Cliff Hotel Group has received the award on the top-performing property based on customer feedback and reviews on Agoda website.

Agoda Launched “Check In, Step Out” Feature

“Check In, Step Out” is a feature where traveler can get useful tips and information such as the distance from where they are staying to the place they would like to visit. The feature also includes a selection of 1000 interesting locations at four destinations: Yogyakarta, Jakarta, Bali and Tokyo.

Booking.com

Ascott Properties in Thailand Won Booking.com Award of Excellence 2016

The award was given based on customer’s review score that reached 8 to 8.6.

Booking.com is Available on Bangkok Airways Website

Booking.com has developed partnership with Bangkok Airways to connect travellers with a wide selection of places to stay through the airline’s website.

Expedia

There was no PR push from the brand within the week.

Tiket.com

There was no PR push from the brand within the week.

Online Transportation

Go-Jek and Grab

Indonesia to Implement Fare Cap for Ride-Hailing Services

Indonesian government is considering to implement the fare cap as a viable option to prevent Uber, Grab or home-grown Go-Jek from running out other types of public transport.

Yogyakarta to Ban Ride-Hailing Services

The Yogyakarta Administration plans to issue a regulation that will ban ride-hailing services (Go-Jek, Grab, and Uber) to operate in the city. Yogyakarta Transportation Agency head Gatot Saptadi said the regulation was made to support the existing taxi system to provide online services with clear tariffs.

Go-Jek

Go-Jek Launched New Feature in it’s Go-Pay Service

Go-Jek added a new feature that allows users to transfer Go-Pay credit at no cost.

Grab

Grab Indonesia Talks About the Clash between Grab Driver and Local Drivers (Angkot)

After clashes between transport drivers city and the driver grab, Managing Director Grab Indonesia, Ridzki Kramadibrata told all Grab driver partners in Tangerang to be calm and not to get provoked. He added that the company will protect the driver partners whose affected by clashed with insurance.

Grab Singapore to Pay for Driver’s Vocational License

Grab welcomed the new Private-hire Drivers’ Vocational Licence (PDVL) regulation, the company and also its competitor - Uber - have announced several act to speed up their driver’s application processes, including medical examination and background check.

Online Commerce

Tokopedia

There was no PR push from the brand within the week.

Lazada

Lazada 5th Anniversary

To celebrate Lazada’s 5th anniversary, Lazada will hold flashsales and will launch Medan Store and Surabaya Store, Lazada’s microsite to support SMEs in Medan and Surabaya.