Asia-focused online travel agency Agoda and AirAsia, one of the major airlines in Southeast Asia, signed a cooperation agreement on digital products to be offered on their websites.
With the partnership between the two major online travel companies in the region, the parties will have the opportunity to offer more product options to consumers by sharing their hotel and flight inventories.
AirAsia users will have access to more than 600,000 hotels of Agoda.
Tony Fernandes, CEO of AirAsia Group said, “I am excited to announce our partnership with Agoda, which is part of our group-wide strategy to revitalise travel as we anticipate the reopening of borders in Southeast Asia in the near future.
Travellers can now enjoy a more seamless ‘browse-to-buy’ experience on AirAsia.com and book their flights and hotels through SNAP, which is our new way to fly and stay, at unbeatable prices. This collaboration reflects our commitment to providing greater convenience, choice and value to our customers, which has become ever more important in this post-COVID environment.
We are taking the opportunity during this downtime to work innovatively with strategic partners like Agoda, so we can better serve our guests’ travel and lifestyle needs. There are more strategic ventures in development, which we look forward to announcing when the time is right.”
John Brown, CEO of Agoda said, “We are passionate about innovating, through partnerships and technology, the way people book and experience travel.
The public’s appetite for travel is still strong, and we believe that our collaboration with AirAsia will help take the hassle out of travel by helping travellers to easily find great value deals as they venture out again. Equally important is the wider impact of this initiative between two of Southeast Asia’s well-known and highly regarded travel brands, on the confidence of accommodation partners, hospitality providers and related aviation industry players.
It’s imperative we work innovatively with our partners to find solutions and do our part to stimulate demand and help the wider travel and tourism industry.”
This post was published on 24 August 2020 10:07 pm