- This MOU will add over 40,000 hotel rooms and residences in over 200 locations across Southeast Asia, the Caribbean, the Middle East and Oceania into the airasia Super App, including the Philippines
airasia Super App, the leading travel app in ASEAN, and Archipelago International, one of the region’s largest hotel management groups, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for a direct hotel partnership in Jakarta. The signing ceremony was attended by Lim Ben-Jie, Head of Emerging Markets at airasia Super App, John M Flood, President & CEO of Archipelago International, and Chris Legaspi, Vice President Commercial of Archipelago International.
This partnership expands airasia Super App’s hotel booking platform portfolio, adding over 40,000 rooms and residences in over 200 locations across Southeast Asia, the Caribbean, the Middle East, and Oceania, including 13 properties 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
Lim Ben-Jie, Head of Emerging Markets at airasia Super App, welcomed the collaboration between the two companies, saying, “By combining our strong brand presence and extensive network, we believe this partnership will benefit all stakeholders and support the growth of the Indonesian tourism industry.” He continued, “As an OTA with over 700 carriers and a database of up to 51 million users, including 1.25 million daily active users, this partnership reinforces the strength of airasia Super App for hotel partners. Our end-to-end travel booking experience offers cross-sell marketing opportunities and increased visibility for direct hotel partners.”
John M Flood, President & CEO of Archipelago International, commented, “The travel industry is recovering after the pandemic and Archipelago is ready to welcome the influx of travelers this year. We’re proud to be a partner of one of the aviation leaders in Asia, connecting Archipelago hotels and airasia Super App users. This partnership aligns with our goals of expanding our distribution and network capabilities and becoming the preferred hospitality company for guests.” He added, “As the largest hotel management group in Southeast Asia, we actively support the growth and promotion of the Indonesian tourism industry.”
airasia Super App has inventory of over 700,000 hotels worldwide and offers users more value with a ‘Best Price Guaranteed’ for airasia hotel reservations, the airasia points system that applies to transactions within the app, and the airasia SNAP package that combines airasia flight tickets with the best hotel reservation prices.”
