Traveloka

Traveloka
Type of site
 E-commerce
Headquarters Jakarta, Indonesia
Area served
Owner PT Trinusa Travelindo
Key people Derianto Kusuma
Ferry Unardi
Albert Zhang
Industry Travel online
Employees 1200+
Website traveloka.com
Alexa rank Decrease 3,967 (Global, April 2018)[1]
Launched February 2012
Current status Active

Traveloka (est. in 2012) is an Indonesian unicorn company that provides airline ticketing and hotel booking services online with the focus on domestic travel.

History

Traveloka was established in 2012 by information technology practitioners who returned from the United States to Indonesia, among others Derianto Kusuma, Ferry Unardi and Albert Zhang.[2] They were joined in 2013 by the initiator of KawalPemilu.org, Ainun Najib.[3] This idea arose when Ferry Unardi often had difficulty in plane reservations, especially when he wanted to return to Padang, Indonesia, from the United States.

At the beginning Traveloka served as a search engine to compare the price of airline tickets from various other sites.[4] In mid 2013 Traveloka then turns into a ticket reservation website, where users can place an order on its official website.[5]. In March 2014, Ferry Unardi stated that Traveloka will soon enter the hotel room reservation business. In July 2014, hotel booking services are available on the Traveloka website.

Investment

In November 2012 the company Traveloka announced its initial investment by East Venture.[6] In September 2013 the company Traveloka announces A series investment by Global Founders Capital.[7] Funds from investments are used to build new services such as hotel bookings and travel packages.In July 2017, Traveloka again get an injection of funds of Rp. 4.6 Trillion [9] from companies such as Expedia Inc., East Ventures, Hillhouse Capital Group, JD.com and Sequoia Capital.[8]

By 2018, it was often referred as eat unicorn company.[9][10]

Controversy

Traveloka was blocked by netizens because the founder of Traveloka, Derianto Kusuma, allegedly participated in the walk out action like Ananda Sukarlan when Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan gave a speech 90th anniversary celebration Kolese Kanisius on November 14, 2017, although Traveloka denied that Derianto Kusuma attended the event.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Traveloka.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Amazon.com. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  2. ↑ Karimuddin, Amir (October 29, 2012). "Layanan Pencarian Tiket Pesawat Traveloka Masuki Tahap Public Beta". dailysocial.id (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 2018-03-28. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
  3. ↑ Hutapea, Febriamy (February 8, 2015). "Ainun Najib Bergabung dengan Traveloka". beritasatu.com. Archived from the original on 2018-03-28. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
  4. ↑ "The story behind Traveloka's pivot from metasearch to OTA". tnooz.com. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  5. ↑ http://id.berita.yahoo.com/blogs/jagat-pintar/solid-di-bisnis-tiket-penerbangan--traveloka-segera-rambah-segmen-reservasi-kamar-hotel-034417895.html
  6. ↑ "East Ventures backs ex-Silicon Valley engineer's travel startup". e27.co. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "Travel portal Traveloka is first investment by Samwer brothers in Asia". e27.co. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  8. ↑ antaranews.com. "Traveloka raih investasi 500 juta dolar - ANTARA News". Antara News (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  9. ↑ "Indonesia to Have More Than 5 Start-Up Unicorns by 2019: Minister". Jakarta Globe. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  10. ↑ Amindoni, Ayomi (2018-02-15). "Ekonomi digital mulai moncer, ini dia daftar unicorn dari Indonesia". BBC Indonesia. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  11. ↑ "Diboikot Netizen, Traveloka Angkat Bicara". wartaekonomi.co.id. 14 November 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
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