After late last year, Robinhood announced a big vision that it would expand beyond delivery services. Let’s travel To help hotel business operators who have been experiencing stagnation from the Covid-19 crisis for more than 2 years.
Most recently, Ms. Sutheeraphan Sakrawat, Executive Vice President The marketing executive of SCB Thailand has updated the matter on his personal Facebook page. Robinhood Delivery will be able to open the hotel reservation service The beginning of March, in the name of ‘Robinhood Travel’, a small Thai app. who dare to rise to become another alternative of online booking with world-class apps like Agoda.com Booking.com Yes, but with the intention of helping Thai hotels Thai travel agency and allow Thai people to be taken care of by Thai people themselves So we wanted to ask for a tattoo.
Anyone who has a hotel of any size, travel agency, car rental, try calling the kids at 02-777-7564 to get onboard. Why do hotels have to come up on this app? Just like the billboard sign. Deposit your body too.
Looking back and reading about Robinhood’s initial vision, Robinhood plans to provide an OTA (Online Travel Agent) service, highlighting Zero Commission or no commission fees. Mission from the hotel with the hope that this is another option and helps Thai entrepreneurs Don’t have to bear the increased cost of using agents to sell rooms through online channels. and can bring the reduced cost forward as a discount to tourists and bringing together all-in-one travel experiences (ALL-IN-ONE) in one platform from booking accommodation services air ticket Travel activities, car rentals and insurance (Online Travel Agent) are preparations to bring happiness in tourism to a new normal in the world after the Covid era (New Normal).
It is expected that “Robin Hood Travel” will officially start service in early 2022 to support the economic recovery after opening the country. with the goal that within a year there will be SME entrepreneurs in the hotel business And tourism joined the platform with 30,000 customers, with more than 200,000 users, helping operators reduce expenses for hoteliers by more than 200 million baht, while expanding the platform’s customer base. to be “Thai nationality super app” that is ready to serve as a regional player service in the future
Overview of the tourism market in Thailand It is considered an important force of the country in reviving the economy after the Covid-19 crisis. From the survey, it was found that In Thailand, there are medium-sized accommodations. and more than 50,000 smaller hotels, with more than 44% using online booking platforms. Currently, hoteliers have to pay 15-30% commission for using online platforms.
Developing “Robin Hood Travel” service without commission for hoteliers This will help the hotel to do additional promotions by itself. maybe a discount or various freebies sent directly to customers
Hotel operators also receive faster room payments within an hour of a customer’s check-out, allowing for more cash flow in the system and more liquidity for their businesses. There is also a Customer Intelligence Sharing system that can help analyze customer needs.
Robin Hood customer base more than 2.3 million food delivery customers and 16.3 million Siam Commercial Bank customers. Customers who use Robin Hood service food delivery It is a group with relatively high purchasing power. convince that There will be SME entrepreneurs in the hotel business group. And tourism has participated on the platform “Robin Hood Travel” more than 30,000 people across the country. There are more than 200,000 customers who use the platform. More than 300,000 trips are made from the platform, generating money in the economy. More than 1 billion baht and can help entrepreneurs reduce costs from commissions by more than 200 million baht.
