Award solidifies its position as a travel app, in line with its vision of being the region’s leading one-stop platform for travel with the best value
KUALA LUMPUR, October 17, 2023 -- airasia Superapp, which will be renamed to airasia MOVE soon, clinched the ‘Asia’s Best Travel Booking App’ title at the World Travel Tech Awards 2023, further solidifying its position as the region’s leading one-stop travel platform.
This recognition comes hot on the heels of its recent win as ‘Asia’s Leading Online Travel Agency (OTA)’ at World Travel Awards 2023. Both awards resulted from airasia Superapp’s maiden nominations in the respective categories.
To top it all, airasia Superapp was also crowned with another two awards: World's Best Low-Cost Airline App and World's Best Low-Cost Airline Website for the second consecutive year.
The World Travel Tech Awards, the sister event of the World Travel Award, is held annually and serves to recognise, reward and celebrate excellence in travel technology. Both events are voted by industry experts and consumers from across the globe, making each award truly a world-class recognition.
At a glance
- Company
- airasia Superapp
- Announcement
- Award
- Location
- Kuala Lumpur
Key figures
- Growth in direct hotel inventory
- 98%
- Consecutive years receiving the low-cost airline app and website awards
- second consecutive year
People
- Tan Mai YinChief Commercial Officer of airasia Superapp
- Mike SawickiDirector, World Travel Tech Awards
Products and programs
Tan Mai Yin, Chief Commercial Officer of airasia Superapp said, “The recognition as ‘Asia’s Best Travel Booking App’ by World Travel Tech Awards is a testament to the efforts we have put in to give our app users a seamless travel experience. We are so happy to receive this award, only a few short years since we fully transformed into an OTA & travel platform. As an OTA, we have notable international carriers such as Etihad, ANA, Citilink, Bangkok Airways, Myanmar Airways International, Air Mauritius and more working directly with us, while our direct hotel inventory has also grown by 98% in the past year.
“We have recently announced our upcoming brand refresh into airasia MOVE, which will take place by December. Our focus is on bringing an elevated and enhanced experience for our users with seamless access to travel and financial services from BigPay on one single platform. We would like to thank everyone who voted for us, and we are very excited about the future as we MOVE forward.”
Mike Sawicki, Director, World Travel Tech Awards, says: “Congratulations to airasia Superapp for winning ‘World’s Best Low-Cost Airline App 2023’ and ‘Asia’s Best Travel Booking App 2023’. This is a remarkable achievement, reflecting how the brand is setting the benchmark in online travel. The commitment of the entire team at airasia Superapp serves as an inspiration to us all.”
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In brief
airasia Superapp says it won Asia’s Best Travel Booking App at the 2023 World Travel Tech Awards. The Kuala Lumpur-based platform also received the World’s Best Low-Cost Airline App and World’s Best Low-Cost Airline Website awards for the second consecutive year. The company said the recognition followed its recent award as Asia’s Leading Online Travel Agency at the 2023 World Travel Awards. airasia Superapp plans to change its name to airasia MOVE by December, with a stated focus on providing access to travel and BigPay financial services on one platform. Chief Commercial Officer Tan Mai Yin also said the company’s direct hotel inventory had grown by 98% in the past year. The awards are voted on by industry experts and consumers, according to the release.
Key takeaways
- airasia Superapp won Asia’s Best Travel Booking App at the 2023 World Travel Tech Awards.
- It also received two low-cost airline app and website awards for the second consecutive year.
- The company says its direct hotel inventory grew by 98% in the past year.
- The planned airasia MOVE rebrand is expected by December and will include access to BigPay financial services.
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