GoIndonesia Launches Business to Business Features

In the face of competition from other online travel agents, GoIndonesia innovates by launching Business to Business (B2B) features. This feature is targeting government agencies and private companies to become GoIndonesia service users.

By using this B2B feature, users can enjoy a special discount for hotels that are available to companies, government agencies, or even a travel agent to book online. Usually, this particular discount is applied if the customer orders online.

But, to be able to enjoy this feature, companies or government agencies need to register first as a member GoIndonesia. Furthermore this feature users can enjoy safe direct access to book hotel.

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GoIndonesia Berinovasi dengan Fitur Business to Business

Dalam menghadapi persaingan dengan agen perjalanan online lainnya, GoIndonesia berinovasi dengan meluncurkan fitur Business to Business (B2B). Fitur ini mentargetkan instansi pemerintah dan perusahaan swasta untuk menjadi pengguna layanan GoIndonesia.

Dengan menggunakan fitur B2B ini, pengguna dapat menikmati potongan khusus hotel yang memang tersedia untuk perusahaan, instansi pemerintah, atau agen perjalanan walaupun memesan secara online. Biasanya, potongan khusus ini tidak berlaku jika konsumen memesan secara online. Continue reading GoIndonesia Berinovasi dengan Fitur Business to Business

Veteran Situs Travel Skyscanner Akui Pasar Indonesia Memang Menarik

Skyscanner bukanlah pemain kemarin sore dalam bisnis online travel. Skyscanner yang fokus ke perbandingan harga antar berbagai airlines didirikan tahun 2001 di Edinburg, Skotlandia oleh Gareth Williams, Barry Smith, dan Bonamy Grimes, dan telah menjadi yang terdepan di Eropa dalam bisnis ini. Baru-baru ini Skyscanner membuka kantor keduanya di Singapura dan dalam enam bulan saja telah memperoleh kenaikan traffic hingga 400% di Asia Pasifik, terutama di Indonesia, meskipun mereka tidak menyebutkan secara spesifik berapa persentasenya dari Indonesia sendiri.

Tentunya kenyataan ini tidaklah mengherankan. Ketersediaan low cost airlines ke berbagai tujuan dan meningkatnya tingkat kesejahteraan telah membuat booming bisnis ini. Skyscanner tentu saja tidak mau tinggal diam dalam perlombaan ini. Mereka telah menyiapkan Skyscanner.co.id yang secara keseluruhan menggunakan bahasa Indonesia. Bisa dibilang semua rute domestik dan mancanegara telah masuk dalam database Skyscanner dan saya tidak menemui kesulitan untuk memperoleh harga Garuda, Citilink atau Sriwijaya sekalipun dengan situs ini.

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Travel Site Veteran Skyscanner Admits Indonesian Market is Indeed Interesting

Skyscanner is not a new player in the online travel business. Skyscanner, focusing on comparing prices between different airlines, was established in 2001 in Edinburgh, Scotland by Gareth Williams, Barry Smith and Bonamy Grimes, and has been at the forefront in this business in Europe. Recently, Skyscanner has opened its second office in Singapore and in six months obtained 400% increase in traffic for Asia Pacific region, especially in Indonesia, although it did not specify the percentage of the traffic from Indonesia itself.

Surely, this fact is not so surprising. Availability of low cost airlines to various destinations and increasing level of prosperity have made this business booming. Skyscanner certainly does not want to just sit around in this race. It has set up Skyscanner.co.id that is entirely in Indonesian. It is safe to say that all domestic and International routes have been included in Skyscanner’s database and I do not find any difficulty to get prices of Garuda, Citilink or Sriwijaya on this site.

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GoIndonesia: Aother Local Travel Site

A local travel site seems having an endless appearance in Indonesia online world. GoIndonesia is a new travel site with the motto “The real and The First Online Travel Agent in Indonesia”. GoIndonesia was founded by Karya Harmoni Indonesia, a part of the Kaha Group. It was launched by early December 2011.

Mr Yusuf IJsseldijk, a Managing Director & CEO of PT Karya Harmoni Indonesia, in his press release asserted, “A real online travel agent means the customer will get the immediate confirmation as soon as possible without waiting. Online term for us is everything is done electronically by the system thus customers will get what they want immediately after making the reservation, so there should be no delay.”

This new GoIndonesia currently serve the payment using Internet Banking and ATM BCA. Later they will accept payment by other banks. In addition, Go Indonesia will implement advanced security payments using Visa International CyberSource technology to detect fraudulent credit card transactions.

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GoIndonesia, Satu Lagi Situs Travel Lokal

Tak habis-habisnya situs travel lokal hadir di ranah online Indonesia. GoIndonesia merupakan situs travel yang baru muncul dengan semangat “Online Travel Agent sesungguhnya yang pertama di Indonesia”. GoIndonesia didirikan oleh Karya Harmoni Indonesia yang merupakan bagian dari KAHA Group dan diluncurkan per awal Desember lalu.

Yusuf IJsseldijk, Managing Director & CEO PT. Karya Harmoni Indonesia, dalam rilis persnya menegaskan, “Online travel agent yang sesungguhnya berarti bahwa segera setelah pelanggan melakukan reservasi maka ia harus segera mendapatkan konfirmasi, tanpa harus menunggu lagi. Istilah online bagi kami adalah segala sesuatunya dijalankan by system secara elektronis, pelanggan mendapatkan apa yang diinginkannya segera setelah melakukan reservasi, jadi tidak boleh ada penundaan.”

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