Let me start with dazzle you with some numbers. How travelers use the Web to search for hotels, flight information, tickets and other things? 69% of those who visit the hotel websites, 62% visit airline websites, 54% use search engines and 52% use an online travel agency (OTA). More travelers use travel information while mobile business mark a 57% leisure travelers 38% will use their mobile. Home and office / work computers have dropped 10% since 2010 while smartphones have gained 11% in popularity for use as a research tool on the web. More and more travelers are turning more and more smartphone and / or tablet to plan and book.
Most online travel agents have recognized this trend and are therefore bring native applications for Blackberry, iPhone and Android on the market, making sure that their mobile websites are not too difficult to see / read / browse the mobile device. The download pages on a mobile device is another deterrent to book online using your mobile. So web designers, Indonesia, have an additional task to ensure that mobile web pages are relatively small.
Below you will find three more new companies that will help you search for a hotel, airline ticket or travel package to book your trip from start to finish. Each of them started as an online travel agent using the PC, but they will provide native applications for smart phones in the near future. Every company is unique in the way they present their online booking system.
Go Indonesia (www.goindonesia.com)
GoIndonesia.com is the first true online travel agent in Indonesia, developed primarily for the Indonesian market and for Indonesia as a destination. Go Indonesia, you can book a wide range of hotels in Indonesia online, and soon also hotels worldwide. Hotel prices are conveniently displayed as a table or matrix, which makes it very easy to compare the prices of different hotels, and for different dates. You can also search for hotels on an interactive map, as well as a practical search menu that lets you choose specific search criteria such as hotel facilities. To pay online GoIndonesia.com offers a wide selection of payment options, Visa and MasterCard credit cards, Internet banking as KlikBCA and Mandiri Clickpay and through ATM BCA bank. All bookings are confirmed instantly. And you receive a confirmation and hotel voucher when you pay online
Go Indonesia is a product of Kaha Group, one of the largest and most reputable tour and travel companies.
A BlackBerry app is coming soon and it will offer the same comprehensive service and convenience to book hotels through your BlackBerry.
Dusun Merapi (www. Dusunmerapi.com)
This is a unique adventure travel portal that explores the uniqueness of Yogyakarta. In addition to information on places to explore, Dusun Merapi also provides a personalization feature that allows visitors to create a special package for tourism in Yogyakarta. Using the "create your own package", visitors can choose the destinations, hotels, duration (days), number of participants, and the mode of transport. The system then automatically creates the travel package to the visitor when necessary.
With this feature, everyone can go anywhere. For example, a visitor can choose Jomblang Cave and Lava Offroad Merapi as a destination, staying at Rumah Palagan Guest House, using a Toyota Avanza car with driver for a period of three days and four participants. Dusun Merapi creates the travel package and offers special competitive price automatically. Visitors can make the reservation directly or just record the results of the simulation.
An Android app will be available in the first quarter of 2013, and an English version of the full site.
FlyMyWay (www.flymyway.com)
Fly My Way is poised to capitalize on this growth and the absence of competition with experienced staff, a great portal, and effective management and marketing. Prices will be competitive with the rest of the market. Fly My Way is the result of people with a passion for travel and Indonesia. Based on this passion, Fly My Way created a system that will allow travelers, both in and outside Indonesia, to book and pay for all flights within Indonesia. The proposed solution is a one stop shop where potential travelers would be able to search, compare, -. According to their own criteria, such as price, budget or comprehensive services to book and eventually even pay for their journey
The native applications for Blackberry, iPhone and Android will be available in the first quarter of 2013.