Traveloka Launches 'Traveloka Holiday Stays' for Consumers’ Demands of Complete and Comfortable Private Accommodations

Jakarta, 22 November 2021 - Traveloka, lifestyle superapp in Southeast Asia, today launches Traveloka Holiday Stays, the accommodation product to provide a more diverse choice of private accommodation, not only villas and apartments, consumers can also find resorts, glamping, to private homes. Traveloka Holiday Stays is the new face of the Villa & Apartment product that has been available since 2019. This latest product also confirms Traveloka's mission as a lifestyle superapp to continue creating innovations that answer consumers’ needs on the increasing demands for private accommodation. To date, there are more than 450,000 properties on Traveloka Holiday Stays. Meanwhile, for properties in Indonesia, the total number of properties increased more than 5 times compared to 2019. The increment of these properties certainly provides flexibility for consumers to make the right choice. In addition, Traveloka also embeds the latest features in the Traveloka Holiday Stays product that allows consumers to enjoy comfortable, complete, and flexible stay facilities.

The pandemic has changed many things, including people's behavior and preferences in planning trips. Traveloka sees two trends that have emerged since the pandemic, which are staycations and workcations. In addition, there is a new preference of staying in a more private and exclusive accommodation. This is reflected in Traveloka's internal data that noted a two-fold increase in private accommodation bookings in October 2021 compared to January-August 2021 period. One of the main reasons is that private accommodation is considered to provide a more intimate atmosphere and able to accommodate a bigger number of people in one area together.

Responding to the phenomenon, Traveloka introduces the latest product 'Traveloka Holiday Stays', a new face of the Villa & Apartment product that has been available since 2019. Shirley Lesmana, VP of Brand and Marketing, Traveloka, says “Traveloka Holiday Stays present as an alternative to ease consumers in having more choices while determining the type of accommodation that is complete, comfortable, and suitable with their travel needs. Private accommodation is one of the most popular choices, especially during the pandemic era because it is more private and flexible. Traveloka Holiday Stays has a more diverse selection of private accommodations and innovative features that can ease consumers in determining their preferred accommodation to gain a more exciting and memorable staying experience.”

"The launch of Traveloka Holiday Stays is part of Traveloka's commitment to support the growth of the tourism ecosystem in the country, especially in the accommodation sector, by creating the business opportunities for wider private property owners to be Traveloka Holiday Stays partners. Therefore, it is expected to be able to contribute positively to the acceleration of the national economic recovery,” added Shirley.

Traveloka Holiday Stays offers new features that enable consumers to access this service easily and safely. Features such as Discovery Mode, allowing consumers to find private accommodations in accordance with their selected destinations and flexible prices without having to enter specific dates (this feature has been available in stages and will be available simultaneously starting December 1, 2021). Consumers can also find out complete information on selected private accommodations through the Complete Accommodation Information feature. Another feature, namely Chat Manager, simplifies consumers to directly contact property managers through the messaging platform for overnight stays. Consumers can also easily search for properties based on the filter of accommodation type: villas, resorts, glamping, apartments, to private homes.

Last but not least, consumers can also find private accommodation options on Traveloka Holiday Stays that have been registered as CleanAccommodation partners. Consumers can easily choose properties that are certified with CHSE standards, hence they can ensure the implementation of safe travel with strict health protocols.

Yoga Iswara, Corporate GM of Maca Villas & Spa, Traveloka Holiday Stays Partner expresses his support for the launch of Traveloka Holiday Stays on the Traveloka application, "As a tourism industry player, we really appreciate Traveloka's move to introduce Traveloka Holiday Stays that is expected to further promote private accommodation services to the public. Certainly, it also can help to sustain our business partners’ venture in the accommodation sector as well as increase the public interest in traveling while continuing to pay attention to the safety and convenience factors.”

“Traveloka hopes that with the launch of Traveloka Holiday Stays will not only ease consumers in planning their trips and stays, but also reach more accommodation partners to expand their access to consumers. It is also expected to contribute positively in enhancing the partners' business sustainability and to encourage the tourism ecosystem recovery in Indonesia," Shirley concludes.