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Executive Column: As tourism recovers strongly, Traveloka stands to catch the wave
Traveloka president Caesar Indra spoke to The Jakarta Post’s Deni Ghifari on Oct. 27 about the company’s positioning, what it plans to do with the freshly acquired US$300 million funding and how the company is preparing for the tourism recovery in the region.
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Traveloka president Caesar Indra poses in an undated photo. (Traveloka/-)
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em>Tourism was among the sectors that was hit hardest during the pandemic and yet, it has turned into one of the most strongly recovered industries as COVID-19’s end draws nearer.
Several sovereign wealth funds believe that now is the right time to catch the tourism wave, as big names like the Indonesia Investment Authority and BlackRock join hands to invest in Traveloka, one of the leading online travel agencies (OTA) in Southeast Asia.
Traveloka president Caesar Indra spoke to The Jakarta Post’s Deni Ghifari on Oct. 27 about the company’s positioning, what it plans to do with the freshly acquired US$300 million funding and how the company is preparing for the tourism recovery in the region.
Question: What is Traveloka focusing on currently?
Answer: We are currently focusing on deepening our travel offers. For example, we want to enrich options for customers by onboarding more airlines [in our platform], on top of developing more features.
Our focus, first and foremost, is travel as our core business and following that, we want to make sure that the complementary services around travel, such as buy-now-pay-later, are all provided for the customer.
