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airasia Super App expands Hotel portfolio, partners with Archipelago International

  • 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

JAKARTA, 31 January 2023 - airasia Super App, the preferred travel super app in Asean and Archipelago International, one of the largest hotel management groups in the region, has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) today for a direct hotel partnership in Jakarta today.  

The signing ceremony was attended by the Head of Emerging Markets airasia Super App, Lim Ben-Jie, President & CEO of Archipelago International, John M Flood, and Vice President of Commercial Archipelago International, Chris Legaspi.

This partnership has expanded the airasia Super App’s hotel booking platform portfolio by more than 40,000 rooms and residences in over 200 locations across Southeast Asia, the Caribbean, the Middle East, and Oceania - including 13 from the Philippines. 

The list of Archipelago International’s hotels in the Philippines are: 

  1. Tropicana Castle Dive Resort by Cocotel, powered by fave

  2. Forest Crest Nature Hotel & Resort powered by ASTON

  3. The Mang-Yan Grand Hotel by Cocotel, powered by fave

  4. Brisa Marina Beach Resort by Cocotel, powered by fave

  5. Pier Uno Dive Resort by Cocotel, powered by fave

  6. Safari Hotel & Villas by Cocotel, powered by ASTON

  7. Laguna Technopark Hotel Cocotel, powered by ASTON

  8. Paseo Premiere Hotel Cocotel, powered by ASTON

  9. Hotel Lucky Chinatown

  10. Savoy Hotel Mactan Newtown

  11. Belmont Hotel Mactan

  12. La Virginia Leisure Park and Amusement Resort by Cocotel, powered by fave

  13. Caliraya Ecoville Recreation and Farm Resort

Head of Emerging Markets airasia Super App, Lim Ben-Jie, commented, "We gladly welcome the collaboration between airasia Super App and Archipelago International. By uniting our strong brand presence and extensive network, we believe this partnership will be a symbiosis of mutualism that benefits all stakeholders, as well as our real contribution to supporting the growth of the Indonesian tourism industry."

“As an OTA with over 700 carriers on our platform, complemented by the wide connectivity of AirAsia airline and the robust travel ecosystem that we have, this partnership reemphasizes the strength of airasia Super App for hotel partners to optimize our database of up to 51 million users and the 1.25 million daily active users who are looking for travel deals. Our unique end-to-end travel booking experience for users allows the airasia Super App to present more cross-sell marketing opportunities and increase visibility for direct hotel partners in reaching the right target market," he continued.

President & CEO of Archipelago International, John M Flood, said, “The travel industry is steadily recovering after the pandemic, and Archipelago is gearing up to welcome the greater influx of travellers this year as the confidence to travel grows. We are proud to partner with one of the aviation leaders in Asia, connecting Archipelago hotels and airasia Super App users.”

He added, “This symbiotic partnership greatly aligns with our goals this year of expanding our distribution and network capabilities and becoming the preferred hospitality company for guests. We at Archipelago are excited and ready to welcome travellers to our more than 150 hotels across 70 destinations. Being the largest hotel management group in the Southeast Asian region, we also actively support the growth and promotion of the Indonesian tourism industry.”

Currently, the airasia Super App has inventories of more than 700,000 hotels worldwide. As an integrated travel platform, the airasia Super App offers more value to users with ‘Best Price Guaranteed’ for airasia hotel reservations, the airasia points system that applies to transactions across products and services within the application and combines AirAsia flight tickets with the best hotel reservation prices in airasia SNAP package.

airasia hotels

For airasia hotels’ new users who are planning to go on vacation or staycation, enjoy super great deals with the promo code HOTEL350. Members will get PHP350 off with a minimum spend of PHP1,500, and only applicable for hotels in the Philippines. The promotional hotel stays’ booking period is from 6 February until 30 April 2023.

Flights (Other Airlines)

If the hotel deals differ from what you are looking for, we have got you covered as flights on any airline are also on sale with discounts of up to 20% with the promo code SWEET20 with a minimum spend of PHP4,000. To search for flights on any airline via the airasia Super App, click on the ‘Flight’ icon, and search for your desired destination. Book your flight ticket from now until 12 February 2023 and start travelling from today until 31 July 2023.

SNAP (Flight + Hotel)

Travellers can also look for our SNAP (flight + hotel) deals of up to 25% and travel between 30 January and 11 October 2023 when you book both flight and hotel from 30 January to 5 February 2023 by clicking the icon ‘SNAP’ on the airasia Super App.

Stay up to date with everything from the airasia Super App by following @airasiasuperapp.ph on Instagram. For a seamless and enhanced experience, download your airasia Super App from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

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About Archipelago 

Southeast Asia's largest privately owned hospitality group, with more than 40,000 rooms and residences in over 200 locations across Southeast Asia, the Caribbean, the Middle East, and Oceania.

A trusted hotel company with a long track record and a portfolio of 11 award-winning brands, including ASTON, Collection by ASTON, Alana, Huxley, Kamuela, Harper, Quest, Hotel NEO, fave, Nordic, and Powered by ARCHIPELAGO. 

Archipelagointernational.com.

Media Enquiries:

Sari Kusumaningrum

Director of Corporate Communications & PR

Archipelago International

sari.k@archi.email