KUALA LUMPUR, 15 February - The airasia Super App is set for faster and stronger growth as an online travel agency (OTA) platform as it enters into a distribution and technology partnership with MG Group, Southeast Asia’s leading B2B hospitality marketplace.

This partnership will see the integration of the MG Jarvis platform into airasia Super App’s point of sale platforms both on the app and the website. This will enable airasia customers to instantly gain access to more than 350,000 properties and alternative accommodations on the MG Platform and likewise allows MG hotels partners to leverage on the demand strength of airasia, both as a super app and an airline leader.

Amanda Woo, CEO of airasia Super App said, “The travel industry is evolving rapidly and it is crucial for us to have a collaborative mindset, as it will bring the best value to our app users, as well as our hotel partners. As an OTA, we currently have 700 airline partners on our platform including Etihad, Emirates, Turkish Airlines, Air France and more connecting people to over 3,000 destinations across the globe and this partnership with MG Group, whose strength lies in hotel distribution and technology will complete us as an OTA platform, and accelerate airasia Super App’s plans to become the region’s leading OTA, giving our customers the best value travel deals. We are already one of the top three online OTAs in Asean and we look forward to this partnership with MG Group to propel our position further ahead.”

Brett Henry, President Director of MG Group said, “airasia is an inspiration to all travel brands in South East Asia, especially during these challenging times. airasia has remained a leader pushing forward with new models and products to build out an impressive travel and lifestyle brand.

“MG is proud to be able to partner with a leader like airasia and the relationship is perfectly aligned with our mission to help hotels grow and win. The new MG Jarvis platform is perfectly suited to support the high volumes and rapid response times required by the airasia Super App.”

The airasia Super App has 16 products and services all together, providing not only the best value flight and travel deals but also everyday lifestyle needs, from food to retail and e-commerce, to same day delivery, ride hailing and more.

Stay up to date with everything from the airasia Super App by following @airasiasuperapp on Instagram and Facebook for the latest updates on airasia Super App’s offerings! For a seamless and enhanced experience, download your airasia Super App from the Apple App Store, Google Play Store or Huawei AppGallery now.

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 MG GROUP
MG Group is Building the Future of B2B Hospitality. We do this by leveraging technology platforms to provide distribution and marketing services that drive sustainable, profitable growth for our hotels, corporations, and travel sellers. We are technology focused, but customer driven.

The B2B Hospitality Marketplace.

We have thousands of direct hotels contracts across SE Asia and hundreds of thousands of global hotels via partners all dynamically distributed to our global B2B seller network using the industry's first microservices based platform, MG Jarvis. Our B2B Marketing Platform provides tools to accurately target B2B buyers at every stage of the buying process.

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airasia Super App partners MG Group to strengthen its OTA position