AIRASIA and Penang Global Tourism (Penang State Tourism Bureau) have announced a new collaboration to offer more travel options and value-added services to domestic tourists visiting Penang.
The partnership will see airasia.com, the Asean super app, team up with Penang Global Tourism Board to offer travellers a variety of Penang travel bundles as well as a joint marketing effort.
“We are observing a positive rebound on tourism activities and we are working towards accelerating the recovery of tourism, supporting jobs and the economy, and increasing tourism receipts,” Penang State EXCO for tourism and creative economy Yeoh Soon Hin pointed out.
“Partnering with key travel players like airasia.com will assist us to amplify our efforts and to offer more diverse travel and tourism products by leveraging their wide product offerings.”
Penang is again at the forefront in assuring safe travel. In July, Penang launched the “Penang Responsible Tourism” campaign while the COVID-19 safety accreditation programme was rolled out to strengthen preventive measures by Penang’s tourism industry players.
“These initiatives are the first-of-its-kind in Malaysia, intending to instil confidence in travellers when visiting Penang,” noted Yeoh.
“To further reiterate, Penang is the first in Malaysia to kickstart the ‘Penang Responsible Tourism’ campaign and the accreditation programme.”
airasia.com chief commercial officer Amanda Woo said visitors to Penang can conveniently plan their trip with all the exciting offers made available through this collaboration under one platform on airasia.com.
“We are also expanding our network from Penang to Kota Bharu with three times weekly flights which commenced yesterday, while the new route from Penang to Sibu is set to kick off in January 2021,” she shared.
“We hope the added connectivity will provide the much needed accessibility for the northern travellers as well as to revive the domestic tourism industry.”
Starting Dec 24 to 27, SNAP by airasia.com is offering flight+hotel combos inclusive of return flights and three-day/two-night stays at hotels in Penang from as low as RM49 per person for hotels such as Brown Hotel, Mei Hotel Penang and Sunway Seberang Jaya.
The price starts from RM179 per person for luxury hotels such as The Prestige Hotel Penang, Golden Sands by Shangri-La, Hard Rock Penang and many more.
Bookings are available on airasia.com and the super app for the travel period of Jan 4 to Mar 31. – Dec 23, 2020
Photo caption: (from left) AirAsia Regional Commercial Head Tan Mai Yin, Penang State EXCO For Tourism and Creative Economy YB Yeoh Soon Hin, and CEO of Penang Global Tourism Ooi Chok Yan
