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Traveloka and Angkasa Pura 1 had initiated social project themed "Program Silaturahmi Traveloka - Angkasa Pura 1". In this social project, Traveloka will give flight tickets and hotels for free to the family of Angkasa Pura 1 employee who couldn't go home during Lebaran holiday.
Traveloka introduces its new Attraction and Activities product, which able to book activities from anywhere at any time without queueing in line to enjoy the activities
There was no PR push from the brand within the week.
There was no PR push from the brand within the week.
Expedia has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in SilverRail Technologies, the train ticket booking platform. The deal is aimed at advancing the OTA's presence in the rail sales sectors. The company began using SilverRail to offer rail inventory in the US.
Blibli.com CEO Kusumo Martanto and co-founder and chief communications officer Gaery Undarsa, the of Tiket.com signed the documents finalising the acquisition recently. At the same event, George Hendrata was appointed Tiket.com’s new CEO.
Blibli.com CEO Kusumo Martanto said that Tiket.com has a good business track record that grew into one of the biggest OTA in Indonesia. Furthermore, Kusumo believes that Tiket.com share many similarities of vision, mission, and corporate values with Blibli.com.
Astra Credit Company (ACC) establish a joint cooperation with Tokopedia to ease its customer to pay the installment through Tokopedia.
To accelerate the e-commerce platform for regional expansion, Alibaba Group has decided to increased investment of another US$1 billion, which accumulate its investment to US$2 billion. Through that additional investment, Alibaba has upgrading his hold on Lazada to 83% from 51% in April last year.
Grab Indonesia marketing director Mediko Azwar said the number of available drivers had declined during the exodus. "Learning from last year's experience, drivers have begun leaving the capital two weeks prior to Idul Fitri. They will return again [to Jakarta] after the holiday is over," said Mediko, meanwhile, Go-Jek spokesperson Rindu Ragilia said her company would continue serving passengers in any situation. "GoJek always tries to find a balance between demand and available drivers in any kind of situation, including during the Ramadhan month and ahead of Idul Fitri," she said.
Go-Jek Vice President of Data Science Misrab Faizullah-Khan explained that Go-Jek's Singapore office at AXA Tower in Shenton Way which has began operating since January will be focusing on data science. The company chose to concentrate its data operations in Singapore because of the larger talent pool and the technological infrastructure as the company would like to utilise its massive data to create intelligent systems. In addition, the company is still focusing the home market in Indonesia and still not ruling out a regional plan.
Malaysian government finally took a measure to make a mandatory for Uber and GrabCar in implementing the panic or SOS button in their apps, which may prevent the passengers from becoming the victims of crime by their drivers.