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  • Uber to Launch UberPOOL in Jakarta

    Uber to Launch UberPOOL in Jakarta

    PT Uber Teknologi Indonesia will launch uberPOOL service in Jakarta this week.

    President Director of PT Uber Teknologi Indonesia Mike Brown said that uberPOOL is a carpooling service in urban areas. According to him, it could result in a more economically efficient travel.

    “A saving of up to 50% of uberX tariff could be achieved and [it is] more economically efficient compared to regular taxis,” Brown said on Sunday, May 8, 2016, in Jakarta.

    He added that the service enables Uber partners to maximize the time at hand to travel. On the other hand, Jakarta will benefit from it through reduced congestion, pollution and less parking issue.

    Car or travel pooling exists among Indonesian people, he noted. Therefore, uberPOOL service will be launched in Jakarta and can be used in other cities in Indonesia.

    Brown claimed that UberPOOL has resulted in positive impacts to the cities where the service is available. According to him, people have been travelling with less number of cars.

    He made an example that Los Angeles has seen reduced mileage by 7.9 million miles of travel and reduced carbon dioxide emission by 1.4 metric tons.

    He believed that the carpooling service could reduce and even eliminate private car ownership.

    However, regulation could be a stumbling block for the service, Brown said. The service from Uber could operate if supported by the regulation, according to him. Regulation should be made to support a secure, comfortable, safe and humane transport, he said.

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  • Indonesian taxi firm Blue Bird joins hands with ride-hailing app Go-Jek

    Indonesian taxi firm Blue Bird joins hands with ride-hailing app Go-Jek

    Indonesia’s largest taxi operator Blue Bird Group said on Monday (May 9) that it plans to form a partnership with the country’s biggest online ride hailing app Go-Jek.

    The collaboration is expected to cover the areas of technology, payments and promotions.

    In a joint statement, the two firms said the partnership would increase the quality of their customer service and that the initiatives would focus on enhancing the transportation experience through a convenient mobile solution. The partnership would “accelerate Indonesia’s digital revolution and empower consumers”, they said.

    Mr Yoga Adiwinarto, country director of the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP), said Blue Bird needs to have more reliable apps and will probably ask Go-Jek to develop them.

    He added: “Go-Jek will probably handle the Blue Bird apps, perhaps even put Blue Bird on the Go-Jek platform. More reliable apps will help taxi passengers, an improvement from the poor Blue Bird apps right now.”

    The two companies said they would announce further details about the collaboration soon.

    Monday’s announcement came after a protest in March, where thousands of Indonesian drivers from various taxi companies took to the streets of Jakarta speak up against the ride-hailing app industry, which is often perceived as a threat to the traditional transportation industry.

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  • Foreign Travel Agencies Expanding into Yogyakarta

    Foreign Travel Agencies Expanding into Yogyakarta

    The competition in travel agency business is getting stiffer in the wake of the free trade agreement of ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). The free trade agreement implementation has seen foreign travel agencies competing directly with local agencies, including in Yogyakarta.

    “Foreign travel agencies have been expanding into Yogya in the past two years,” said Edwin Ismedi Himna, Counsellor of Asita Associatoin of The Indonesia Tour & Travel Agencies (Asita) Yogyakarta.

    He said that the foreign travel agencies are originated from Korea, Japan, the United States and France.

    The free trade agreement implementation will see foreign travel agencies handle both domestic and overseas vacation packages. “Local agencies are being left behind despite efforts [to compete] by setting competitive or cheaper prices,” Edwin said.

    According to Edwin, of 190ish current member travel agencies incorporated in Asita Yogyakarta, only 30 percent are still handling  European and American tourists. “Most agencies prefer to keep targeting Asian tourists that are deemed to have more potential by exploiting short-haul destination programs,” he said.

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  • Indonesia eyes US$9 billion in fruit, flower business

    Indonesia eyes US$9 billion in fruit, flower business

    The Agriculture Ministry is aiming to increase the value of Indonesian flower and fruit farming by Rp 120 trillion ( US$9 billion ) by pushing promotion, revitalizing plantations and boosting local fruit consumption.

    Indonesian fruit exports reached $37 million in 2015, a 30 percent increase from $28.9 million in 2014, said Agriculture Minister Amran Sulaiman.

    Indonesia’s main export crops are bananas, oranges, mangoes, papaya and pineapples, with the US, the United Arab Emirates, Singapore, China, Hong Kong, Spain and the Netherlands as the main destination countries.

    “Our fruit exports continue to increase on top of meeting our local demand,” Amran said at his office in South Jakarta, during the soft launch of the ‘Fruits and Flowers International Festival’ scheduled to run from November 17 to November 20 in Bogor, West Java.

    Meanwhile, Indonesia’s main export flower varieties are orchids, roses, jasmines, chrysanthemum and tuberoses.

    To increase fruit production, the government will provide 400,000 hectares of land in Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan and Sulawesi. The program has started with 100,000 hectares in cooperation with state-owned companies.

    Rector of Bogor Agriculture Institute ( IPB ) Herry Suhardiyanto said Indonesia must step up its fruit production to the plantation scale, focusing on 12 fruit commodities, including durian, orange, papaya and pineapple.

    “Fruits can be an instrument for food diversification that will make Indonesia the largest tropical fruits producer in the world by 2045,” he said, adding that the upcoming international festival could help achieve this objective.

    The four-day festival will feature 500 international trade visitors including importers, distributors and wholesalers from Asia, the United Arab Emirates, Australia, New Zealand, Europe and the US.

    It will also display seeds, fruits, flowers, flower and fruit products, agriculture equipment. It is expected to attract 10,000 visitors.

    In addition, there will be activities such as business matching, conference, export business coaching, a carnival and fruit and floriculture contests.

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  • Indonesia wants Mourinho to coach football team

    Indonesia wants Mourinho to coach football team

    Indonesia wants to hire Jose Mourinho to coach its national football team, the country’s minister of Youth and Sports said on Tuesday.Dutchman Guus Hiddink is their second preferred candidate. Hiddink replaced Mourinho ona a part-time basis at English club Chelsea midway through the ongoing season, reports Efe.”This plan has been discussed with President Joko Widodo and the Chairman of the Indonesian Olympics Committee, Erick Thohir, even though this won’t be easy,” minister Imam Nahrawi said, according to the Antara news agency on Tuesday.

    The sports minister acknowledged that the salary of Portuguese coach Mourinho could be a problem, as he charges around $17 million per season.Hiddink is said to be more affordable.Mourinho is scheduled to coach team FIFA legends in a friendly match on Wednesday against stars of Mexican football to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Mexico City’s Estadio Azteca stadium.

    World football governing body FIFA last year suspended the Indonesian team due to government interference, which will prevent it from participating in the 2018 World Cup and 2019 Asia Cup qualifiers.

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  • Indonesia to promote national products at exhibition in Vietnam

    Indonesia to promote national products at exhibition in Vietnam

    The Indonesian Embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam, will promote national products through an exhibition to be held in Ho Chi Minh City from November 30 to December 3, 2016.

    The exhibition showcasing Indonesian products will help enhance bilateral trade between Indonesia and Vietnam, targeted to reach US$ 10 billion by 2018, according to information received from the Indonesian Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City. This was reported on the official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday.

    The Indonesian Ambassador to Vietnam, Ibnu Hadi, has held a meeting with representatives of Indonesian companies operating in Vietnam, especially those located in southern Vietnam.

    The meeting was attended by 14 Indonesian companies engaged in the business of aluminum extruders, travel agents, paints, snacks, pharmaceuticals, herbal supplements, paper, investment consultant, language courses, as well as animal feed.

    At the meeting, the ambassador said the Indonesian companies could participate in the exhibition without having to pay any money.

    According to him, the Indonesian Embassy in Hanoi will bear the cost of the exhibition, which will be organized by the Vietnam National Advertising Company and Trade Fair (Vinexad). Vinexad is a state-owned enterprise under the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam.

    The exhibition of Indonesian products will be a part of the 14th Vietnam International Trade Fair. Indonesia will have a pavilion featuring 76 booths.

    The Indonesian Pavilion will showcase superior products made in Indonesia and already accepted in the Vietnamese market. A number of new products will also be marketed soon.

    The Vietnam International Trade Fair is the largest trade fair in the southern part of Vietnam.

    In 2015, a total of 450 companies from 16 countries participated in the event, including the United States, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, Singapore, Spain and Thailand.

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  • Indonesia and Saudi Arabia set to double trade by 2020

    Indonesia and Saudi Arabia set to double trade by 2020

    Indonesia’s Trade Ministry received a business delegation from Saudi Arabia last week, as the two countries announced a plan to double their bilateral trade value by 2020, according to a report published by The Jakarta Post.

    The total trade between the two countries currently stands at a value of US$8.5 billion and is thought to leave plenty of room for expansion, according to the Indonesian Trade Ministry.

    “The figures are yet to reflect the potential of both countries,” said Arlinda Imbang Jaya, Trade Ministry Expert for Trade Services.

    Saudi Arabia is said to have expressed interest in cooperating with several Indonesian businesses in the fields of cosmetics, pharmaceutical products and medical equipment.

  • ZALORA Ties the Knot with Customers through Oracle Marketing Cloud

    ZALORA Ties the Knot with Customers through Oracle Marketing Cloud

    ZALORA, the largest e-commerce fashion company in Southeast Asia, has extended its partnership with Oracle Marketing Cloud. ZALORA has relied on Oracle Marketing Cloud technology since 2013 to send its customers targeted and personalized marketing communications at scale.

    ZALORA is the fastest growing online fashion retailer in Asia, operating across eight countries (Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia & Brunei, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong and Taiwan). The e-commerce platform works with a good mix of over 500 international and local labels, providing consumers with a diverse range of apparel, footwear and accessories, tech products, beauty essentials, sporting equipment and more.

    “We are happy to have achieved the success we have today, and want to continue offering the best-in-class customer experience across our digital channels. For us it is not just about understanding our customers preferences, but making sure we listen and respond to their digital body language to develop a personalised dialogue with each and every customer,” said Joshua Tan, Head, Regional CRM, ZALORA.

    ZALORA communicates with more than 10 million app users, 7 million Facebook fans, 500,000 Instagram followers, 120,000 Twitter followers, and over 2.2 million email, call and online chat requests. Today, the platforms cater to the varying customer profiles where ZALORA provides individualized experiences for each of their customers’ interests.

    “Our earlier marketing efforts were batch and blast, but as the business evolved, we saw the need to respond to increased expectations from our customers for a personalized dialogue. Being able to orchestrate individualized communications and make informed, data-driven decisions is key. Having the right tools makes our job much easier, that’s why we chose to extend our investment in Oracle’s Marketing Cloud technology,” said Mr. Tan.

    With Oracle Marketing Cloud, ZALORA is able to speak to customers in a relevant and personalized way. Automated programmes equip ZALORA with the ability to analyse customer behaviour and better understand how to incentivise customers.

    ZALORA has since managed to half the time needed for lead conversion to capture a larger customer base, which has resulted in a multifold increase in revenue. Oracle’s marketing cloud technology allows ZALORA to create automated programmes that have helped reduce the resources previously required.

    “ZALORA is an innovative company that appeals to a young, constantly engaged audience. We are happy that Oracle Marketing Cloud is able to support their marketing organisation with a platform that allows them to intelligently and creatively communicate a cohesive brand message across channels, and deliver a world-class customer experience,” said Paul Cross, Group Vice President, Customer Success, Oracle Marketing Cloud Asia Pacific.

    ZALORA currently has 10 automated programmes in place and has plans to expand the number of triggered touchpoints with customers, to further enhance cross-channel marketing and grow their customers into strong brand advocates.

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  • Trade Minister Warns about E-Commerce Funding Crisis

    Trade Minister Warns about E-Commerce Funding Crisis

    Trade Minister Thomas Lembong asked Indonesia e-commerce companies to be careful in assessing risks posed by the e-commerce business.

    “What would happen if the funding stopped? In the United States, tech business boom has started to decline,” Thomas said at the Indonesia E-commerce Summit & Expo in BSD, South Tangerang, on Wednesday, April 27, 2016. “I’m always paranoid. As a risk manager, I always ask ‘what if’.”

    Thomas added the natural selection in online business would determine which companies would continue exist. According to him, a business with a fast downturn will have a short cycle. Therefore, Thomas suggested business owners to prepare for “rainy days”.

    The Trade Minister revealed that other ministers in President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s Working Cabinet were proud with Indonesia’s e-commerce rapid growth. Thomas said that he wanted his ministry to learn from former US President Bill Clinton’s administration that supported the development of the Internet. Thomas explained Clinton improved the Internet with ‘light touch’ and refused the temptation to regulate everything on the Internet.“Innovation can thrive without restrictions. There has to be a space to develop. Innovators are usually rebellious,” Thomas added.

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  • Garuda Indonesia Increases Flight Frequency in Banyuwangi

    Garuda Indonesia Increases Flight Frequency in Banyuwangi

    Garuda Indonesia airlines will increase the flight frequency at Blimbingsari Airport, Banyuwangi to twice a day from May 16, 2016. The decision was made after the issuance of the permit to increase Garuda Indonesia flight services of Surabaya-Banyuwangi route and vice versa by Directorate General for Air Transport of the Transportation Ministry.

    At present, Garuda Indonesia flight schedule only serve one daily flight at Blimbingsari Airport namely Surabaya-Banyuwangi route at 11:35 a.m. – 12:35 p.m. and Banyuwangi-Surabaya at 1:05 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. After the issuance of the permit from Transport Ministry, Garuda will have an additional schedule of morning flight, namely Surabaya-Banyuwangi route at 6 a.m – 7 a.m. and Banyuwangi-Surabaya at 7:30 a.m. – 8:25 a.m.

    “We gladly welcome the additional flight schedule of Garuda morning [flight], making it two flights a day. It’s a solution to the high volume of airline passengers that often leads to complaints about the lack of seats, either to Banyuwangi or vice versa. I hope it could trigger a surge in tourist arrival,” said Banyuwangi Regent Abdullah Azwar Anas on Wednesday, May 4, 2016.

    In addition to new schedule of Surabaya-Banyuwangi route, Garuda Indonesia also plans to re-open Denpasar-Banyuwangi service. “I heard that the planned Denpasar-Banyuwangi service is ready, but we are still waiting for further confirmation about it,” Anas said.

    The number of passengers at Blimbingsari Airport continues to grow after it started operation. It has significantly increased up to 1,308 percent from only 7,826 passengers in 2011 to 110,234 passengers in 2015.

    Banyuwangi district administration has also arranged evening flights. It has prepared several infrastructures to achieve the target to start operation in 2016. “We hope that evening flights would offer a wider choice of flight schedules to Banyuwangi,” Anas said.

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  • KinerjaPay Establishes Wholly-Owned Subsidiary in Jakarta

    KinerjaPay Establishes Wholly-Owned Subsidiary in Jakarta

    KinerjaPay, today announced that it established its new wholly-owned subsidiary, PT Kinerja Pay Indonesia, with offices located in Jakarta city, Indonesia. The new Subsidiairy was organized under Indonesian Incorporation Law Article No.34, dated 14 April 2016, and Principal License from Indonesia Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) No.909/1/IP/PMA/2016 dated 06 April 2016. The Company has also appointed Mr. Deny Rahardjo as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of PT Kinerja Pay Indonesia.

    Mr. Edwin Ng , Chairman and CEO for KinerjaPay Corp. stated. “We are extremely excited that Mr. Rahardjo accepted his appointment as CEO of our new subsidiary, PT Kinerja Pay. With his extensive experience in Information Technology and Business Management, Mr. Deny Rahardjo is the right person to manage and expand Kinerja Pay’s business operations in Indonesia. With Deny Rahardjo at our helm, we plan to grow our business and become one of the largest mobile payment and eCommerce providers in Indonesia. Since 2015, we have registered more than 35,000 active users with total of 170,000 transactions to date. We fully believe that Mr. Rahardjo, formerly a Microsoft, Polycom, and Telstra Executive in Singapore, will truly revolutionarize eCommerce in Indonesia and enable Kinerja Pay to become the most highly used and popular online payment solution/platform within the next several years, as well as expand its business opportunities throughout the SE Asian marketplace.”

    Mr. Ng further stated that “we chose to establish our initial business operations in Indonesia due to several economic factors, including its population size (est. 260 million according to Worldometers), user demographics, which consists of younger generations, and its ever-growing eCommerce market, which is expected to reach USD $3.8 billion by 2019.”

    With the growing trend of online shopping, Kinerja Pay will offer its users with convenient shopping experience as well as secure payment option. The Company also expects to launch several other applications to complement its mobile eWallet business by entering into other eCommerce verticals such as travel industry, fashion, online games, time-saver application, and many more.

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  • Tourists claim tour rates in Raja Ampat expensive

    Tourists claim tour rates in Raja Ampat expensive

    Some tourists have assessed that the tour rates offered in Raja Ampat, West Papua, were expensive, and it was feared to affect other travelers keen on visiting this tourist area.

    “Raja Ampat is much more beautiful than Bali, but the tour rates are also more expensive as compared to Bali,” Sami Ninggoroh, a tourist of Indian descent who visited Raja Ampat along with some Japanese tourists, stated on Tuesday.

    According to Ninggoroh, the rates of the Raja Ampat tour should be reconsidered as it is quite high, and the high prices will have a major impact on the number of visitors to the area.

    “We have ever been to Bali and found that the services offered there were better, and the travel rates were cheaper as compared to Raja Ampat,” he pointed out.

    Further, Ninggoroh opined that tourists visiting Bali will certainly want to revisit it, but ironically, visitors to Raja Ampat will think twice to return as it is quite expensive.

    He noted that besides being costly, there were other issues in Raja Ampat that should be addressed, especially with regard to the services, so every visitor will feel comfortable and will crave to come back.

    “The services offered by the people of Bali to the tourists are very good as they highly value the tourism sector. They serve the tourists as best as possible, and the same thing should also be applied in Raja Ampat,” he emphasized.

    Ninggoroh stated that Raja Ampat, as a marine tourism attraction, was already popular across the world, but the offered tourism packages should be made cheaper, so that tourists would yearn to revisit the region.

    “The local governments must lower the tour rates and improve the tourism supporting facilities, so Raja Ampat is thronged by as many visitors as Bali,” he added.

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  • Indonesian Embassy Introduces Ijen Coffee in New Zealand

    Indonesian Embassy Introduces Ijen Coffee in New Zealand

    The Indonesian Embassy in Wellington held the “Coffee Talk and Coffee Cupping” event to promote Indonesian coffee by brewing Java Arabica coffee from Mount Ijen, Banyuwangi.

    “The presence of Ijen Coffee will add more variety to coffees served in cafes in Wellington, which is known as the world’s capital of coffee,” said Jose Tavares, New Zealand Ambassador to Indonesia.

    Tavares added that Indonesians should be grateful because the country has numerous variety of specialty coffee from Aceh to Papua.

    The event was attended by representatives from several coffee companies in Wellington. They also provided with the chance to taste the flavor of Ijen Coffee during the coffee cupping event.

    The event is also expected to increase Indonesia’s coffee export to New Zealand, which reaches up to a monthly average of 60 tons in 2015.

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  • Robotics roll into Indonesian retail with launch of Sphero in Jakarta

    Robotics roll into Indonesian retail with launch of Sphero in Jakarta

    Global robotics firm Sphero has signed a distribution agreement with Halo Robotics to distribute Sphero’s full range of robotic gaming systems in Indonesia.

    Sphero is the creator of intuitive smartphone-controlled robots such as the BB-8 app-enabled Droid popularized in Star Wars, whose enormous popularity has defined a new product category, “connected play.”

    Sphero’s  engaging robotic toys roll and jump in response to voice and app controls, and that constantly improve with regular software updates.

    New products and apps, include Ollie, a rebellious, cylindrical robot that rolls at speeds of up to 15 mph; and SPRK, a clear shelled Sphero, that when coupled with the Lightning Lab app, teaches foundational programming through STEM activities.

    “This is an exciting time for Sphero, and we are excited to celebrate the launch of our long-term connection with Indonesia,” said Aurelien Joly, Sphero’s APAC Channel Director.

    Halo Robotics said the connected play toy market has grown dramatically over the last several years and appeals to a full range of consumer audiences.

    Nearly half of Indonesia’s population of 249.9 million are under the age of 30, with among the world’s fastest-growing consumer demographics for Sphero products. Famously tech-savvy, over 100 million Indonesians will be smartphone users by 2017, laying a strong foundation for app-controlled robots.

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  • Hong Kong Airlines passengers flown by Garuda Indonesia

    Hong Kong Airlines passengers flown by Garuda Indonesia

    Some 95 passengers of Hong Kong Airlines flight HX-6704 which encountered severe turbulence have been flown to Hong Kong from Denpasar by a Garuda Indonesia plane later on Saturday.

    “At least 95 passengers of the Hong Kong Airlines plane who survived the turbulence incident have been flown to Hong Kong at 9.35 am Central Indonesia Standard Time (Wita), but the rest have still been given the facility to stay at a hotel to wait for the next scheduled departure,”Ngurah Rai Airport management company PT Angkasa Pura I spokesperson Sherly Yuanita remarked Saturday.

    The severe turbulence on the Hong Kong Airlines flight to Hong Kong over the sky of Kalimantan Island left 17 passengers injured early Saturday morning.

    The ill-fated Hong Kong Airlines plane with 204 passengers and 12 crew members on board took off from Ngurah Rai airport at 1.05 am Wita and was expected to arrive in Hong Kong at 7.05 am local time but the severe turbulence forced it to “return to base.”

    Trikora Harjo, the general manager of PT Angkasa Pura-I remarked that the pilot, Tinios Peter decided to return to Denpasar and landed safely at the airport at 4.28 am Wita.

    “The 12 injured passengers were sent to a hospital in Denpasar soon after the plane landed safely at the Ngurah Rai airport,” he said.

    Turbulence, the most common cause of injury to air passengers, is what nervous fliers fear the most when they board an aircraft.

    Pilots will always keep their seat-belts fastened while seated on an aircraft and will usually advise the passengers to do the same.

    Many different things may cause turbulence, but each and every one of them is known and understood by pilots.

    Turbulence is uncomfortable but not dangerous. It is part of flying, and is not to be feared as different aspects of the weather cause different types of turbulence.

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