e-ticketing development on Merpati's site

The leading Internet Company that represents Indonesia to the international Internet communities together with PT. Merpati Nusantara Airline today sign on an agreement about e-ticketing development on Merpati's site. The partnership agreement is signed by Eka Namara Ginting, CEO of indo.com and Yoyo W. Basuki, EVP Commercial of PT. Merpati Nusantara Airline, to coincide with the visit of New Miss Universe 2001, Danise M. Quinones August at Merpati's Head Quarter.

indo.com has been chosen by PT. Merpati Nusantara Airline as preferred partner to deliver their first step into future technology, that means with its infrastructure and high technology in Internet based software, indo.com has enable PT. Merpati Nusantara Airline website (www.merpati.co.id) to perform online transactions. In other words, it means that now Merpati's Internet users can enjoy www.merpati.co.id's sophisticated technology to buy airline ticket at anytime anywhere.

Further more, in addition to provide the site with high Internet technology, indo.com also completed Merpati's site with its well-known banner link. This link was set up fit to site's design and located at its front page. This way, Merpati's Internet users will gain extra benefit with one-stop-travel-shopping as well as being able to buy their airline tickets online. With indo.com's banner link, Merpati's Internet users can also book their hotel rooms instantly."We are pleased to announce our partnership with indo.com to provide our Internet users with an easy-to-access service to buy airline tickets and to book hotel accommodations at more than 400 hotels in Bali and Indonesia," commends Yoyo W. Basuki about this perfect collaboration. "As well as a variety of activities and travel information provided by indo.com, our Internet users will find many up coming event information that they could enjoy during their visit to Bali and other parts of Indonesia."

To complete the service, now merpati.co.id offer secure online payment to all of their Internet users. The system on this site is possible because of indo.com's excellence tradition of relationship with VeriSign - the biggest international payment gateway - through its' Indonesian affiliate CIPAS.

"Through this partnership, now Merpati's site can generate airline tickets or hotel rooms vouchers for their Internet users instantly. All they have to do is to visit Merpati's site than book their ticket and hotel rooms in real time. And within three minutes - if their transaction is validated by CIPAS - they will receive printable voucher in their e-mail account, which they will have to show it at the check in time," explained Eka. "The booking procedure is so simple! So…for your next holiday, be sure to book your hotel rooms and tickets online!"
Even though the new e-ticketing service from Merpati's has just being launched; it has already received good response from the market. The response showed in last April 29 booking when www.merpati.co.id was just reached testing phase. The airline ticket booking came from Japanese man named Mr. Kazuya Yamanouchi, which follow by others booking at beginning of May.

"With this kind of response, we are pretty sure that this project will be a great success!" commends Yoyo W. Basuki in the end.

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