Valadoo offers packages and getaways at domestic and selected international destinations, including exotic dive packages in Raja Ampat Papua and Derawan Kalimantan, hip island hopping experiences at Pantai Belitung and Karimun Jawa and shopping trips to Hong Kong and Singapore.
Service and simplicity in fulfilment is a focus for the company with social media assets Facebook and Twitter as their consumer touch points. The aim is to deliver happiness by means of travelling.
Wego launched a dedicated travel metasearch site in Bahasa Indonesia wego.co.id earlier this year and is expanding its domestic operations partnering with local travel businesses to enhance it’s domestic hotel and flight offering and provide more locally relevant deals and packages. The synergy is obvious. Valadoo will join Wego in a new Jakarta office to collaborate on exclusive daily deals, editorial, digital marketing and social programs.
Co-Founder, Jaka Wiradisuria continues as Chief Executive Officer of Valadoo.com. Wego Co-Founders Ross Veitch (CEO) and Craig Hewett (CCO) both join the Valadoo Board of Commissioners and Graham Hills (pictured), Managing Director of Wego Indonesia joins the Valadoo Board of Directors. Valadoo will remain independent, while benefitting from the resources and expertise of Wego to help the business scale.
Hills explained: “Valadoo recognised early the demand among urban Indonesians to explore and enjoy domestic travel. The country is in a discovery phase and the tourism network is rapidly expanding to cater to it, but the options need to be affordable. Valadoo therefore has a great proposition and a talented team.”
Wiradisuria added: “The strategic partnership with Wego will help strengthen Valadoo as an Indonesian social commerce travel business through the combination of international e-commerce best practices with local market knowledge and social media expertise. Moreover, we also see the partnership as a significant development for the Indonesia tourism industry as it will help open up more tourism options for both domestic and international travellers to explore Indonesia.”
Valadoo has two additional features, Valadoo Travel Consultants and Jelajah. Valadoo Travel Consultants are a group of travel experts drawing on their vast shared experience to help fulfill customers’ needs with customized trips. Jelajah jelajah.valadoo.com is a travellers’ digital journal written and edited by Valadoo, providing travel-related insights ranging from simple tips to in depth destination coverage.
Offerings from Valadoo will enhance the travel deals that Wego already markets at wego.co.id/deals. The content also has the potential to be featured on the 39 metasearch sites Wego operates in 30 languages around the world. Wego compares over 350,000 accommodation options and 600 full service and low cost carriers globally, giving users a complete view of their travel options.
Hills concluded: “We are passionate about Indonesia and keen to showcase to international audiences the unique and extraordinary travel experiences that are only available here. If Wego and Valadoo encourage greater inbound and domestic tourism as a result of our shared efforts, we will have achieved our ultimate goal.”
