“Indonesia is a market of high strategic importance to Wego, where we have been investing and seeing great results, but it also serves as a base from which we can produce innovative work in mobile and social media,” said Ross Veitch, Wego co-founder & CEO (pictured left).

“The landscape, talent available and proximity to Wego’s global headquarters in Singapore make Jakarta the ideal location for this focused development activity,” he added.

Led by Indonesia’s managing director, Graham Hills (below), the social media team’s immediate focus is on new developing new applications and features that leverage the power of social networks. 

An example is the use of Facebook, Twitter and Vimeo to present Vaastu, a short film commissioned by Wego to encourage the adventure-seekers who are contributing to the explosion in domestic travel. In Sanskrit, vaastu means “direction” with the metasearch site,wego.co.id, helping travellers to find it.

Meanwhile, the mobile team will focus on creating mobile apps for users worldwide across all leading and emerging mobile platforms.

Pictured: Graham Hills (seated centred) with his Indonesian team

Indonesia is one of the world’s largest mobile markets. It’s growth is driving not just internet usage but engagement levels as well, according to a new study by Yahoo! (Evolving Digital Landscape – Indonesia).  Indonesians are now spending 10 hours a week accessing the web on their mobile phone or PDA.

• Wego is looking for a mobile product manager to work with the marketing, design and development groups in both Jakarta and Singapore, and is inviting candidates to checkwego.com/jobs