airasia Super App announces partnership with WebBeds, further bolsters its position to become Asean’s leading OTA
Amanda Woo, CEO of airasia Super App (right) and Sun Kok Sheng, President - Asia Pacific of WebBeds officially launch the partnership today.
KUALA LUMPUR, 3 March - The airasia Super App has announced a new partnership with WebBeds, the world’s second largest and fastest-growing B2B travel intermediary which provides accommodation and ground product distribution services to the travel industry.
This partnership enables the airasia Super App to intensify its efforts to become the leading OTA platform in Asean with access to WebBeds’ significant inventory of accommodation outlets, adding another 64,000 hotels onto its OTA platform, giving travellers even more choice and value.
Amanda Woo, CEO of airasia Super App commented during an online signing ceremony held today, “Leveraging on our strength as Asean’s leading low-cost carrier over the past two decades, and the wealth of data that we have access to, we have completed our transformation into a super app. This includes an industry leading OTA platform which customers can use as a one-stop shop for everything travel - from flights from over 700 airlines, as well as hotels and activities. This partnership with WebBeds further solidifies our plans to become the number one OTA platform in Asean, and we look forward to working closely together to stimulate the OTA market as travel rebounds from the pandemic.”
Sun Kok Sheng, President - Asia Pacific of WebBeds said: “The Asean market presents immense potential for growth, and we are excited to partner with airasia Super App to expand our reach into this valuable market segment. Our partners benefit from our vast and growing global inventory, easily accessible through seamless API connectivity or booking sites, and we strive to provide them with the best support and choice.”
The airasia Super App has recently announced partnerships with other notable brands such as MG Group and Travelport, and the addition of WebBeds onto its OTA platform is part of a continued strategy to become the leading OTA in Asean. Interested parties who would like to be part of the airasia Super App OTA platform can reach out to aacompartners@airasia.com.
The airasia Super App is a one-stop travel, e-commerce and fin-tech platform offering consumers over 16 lines of products and services via the super app as well as the airasia.com website. Powered by data and technology, the airasia super app leverages its digital ecosystem of 51 million users and 40 million downloads to date to generate a personalised and seamless consumer experience in the digital new era.
Users can also engage in real-time conversations, join like-minded communities, play games and much more. From travel needs to everyday lifestyle essentials, there is always something for everyone on the airasia Super App.
Stay up to date with everything from the airasia Super App by following @airasiasuperapp on Instagram and Facebook for the latest updates. For a seamless and enhanced experience, download your airasia Super App from the Apple App Store, Google Play Store or Huawei AppGallery now.
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About airasia Super App
The airasia super app is a one-stop travel, e-commerce and fin-tech platform offering consumers over 16 lines of products and services via the super app as well as airasia.com website. Powered by data and technology, the airasia super app leverages its digital ecosystem of 75 million users and 40 million downloads to generate personalised and seamless consumer experience in the digital new era. Users can also engage in real-time conversations, join like-minded communities, play games and much more. From travel needs to everyday lifestyle essentials, there is always something for everyone on the airasia super app.
Download the airasia super app via the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store.
About WebBeds
Launched in 2013, WebBeds is the world’s fastest growing B2B travel intermediary, or ‘bedbank’, providing accommodation and ground product distribution services to the travel industry. It sources content from travel suppliers, aggregates and merchandises that content in the WebBeds platform, then distributes it to its global network of travel trade clients, who sell to the travelling public.
Clients – online travel agencies, retail travel agents, corporate travel managers, tour operators, wholesalers, tourism boards, super apps, DMC’s, group providers, airlines and more – access the company’s huge global inventory of more than 368,000 hotels (comprising 30,000+ direct contracts, 70+ integrated third-party providers and 60+ major hotel chains) through market-leading, trade-only booking websites or via simple and seamless API connectivity. In addition to hotel product, clients can also book over 5,500 transfer services in 1,200 destinations along with thousands of guided excursions and tickets for attractions.
Supplier partners – global hotel chains, independent hotels, apartments, resorts, attractions, transfer and sightseeing companies and more – benefit from our global distribution network of over 44,000 travel companies in more than 145 source markets and are supported by a local dedicated point of contact focused on ensuring WebBeds delivers value, choice, expertise and an unrivalled level of service.
WebBeds operates globally through four geographic regions – Europe, Asia Pacific, MEA (Middle East and Africa) and Americas - with over 1,400 travel professionals working in 50 offices worldwide. WebBeds also operates specialist brands JacTravel DMC and Umrah Holidays International. JacTravel DMC provides tailormade travel arrangements for offline FIT and groups traveling to the UK, Ireland and key mainland European destinations to the international travel trade. Umrah Holidays International is a genuine pioneer, providing online pilgrimage travel services to travel agencies worldwide.
Find out more about the WebBeds business at www.webbeds.com
WebBeds is a division of Webjet Limited (ASX: WEB).
WebBeds Media Contact:
Cheryl Cheang
Vice President – Marketing, Asia Pacific
WebBeds
Email: cheryl.cheang@webbeds.com