Travel Fair Title, Konglomerat-Owned Mega Bank Chairul Tanjung Optimistic For Increased Credit Card Transactions

JAKARTA - PT Bank Mega Tbk is optimistic that the company's credit card transactions will increase along with the sloping of the COVID-19 pandemic which has made the tourism sector excited again.

To boost transactions, Bank Mega and Antaviaya, which are business units in the CT Corp ecosystem group owned by conglomerate Chairul Tanjung, again held the Mega Travel Fair for a second period in 2022.

"Since the COVID-19 pandemic has been sloping, the level of tourist travel has shown a major increase along with the reopening of several tourist destination countries such as Korea, Japan, Australia and others. When viewed from tourism data, the occupancy rate of hotels and airplane passengers is getting closer to normal, so we believe that Mega Travel Fair this time will get even greater public interest," said Director of Consumer Banking Mega Diza Larentie, quoted by Antara, Thursday, September 22.

Mega Travel Fair will be held at the Kasablanka-Jakarta City Mall, starting Thursday, September 22 to Sunday, September 25 and is the opening event of the Mega Travel Fair series which will be held in six locations in four cities.

"We hope to get Rp100 billion from this Mega Travel Fair," said Diza.

Diza explained that this time, Mega Travel Fair carried the theme Experience The Unforgettable Journey, because the offers given were not only for traveling but also created an unforgettable experience.

For this reason, Mega Travel Fair in Kasablanka City, the issuer with the stock code Mega collaborated with several brand partners such as Sweet Escape and Java Mifi.

"As for the Mega Travel Fair, apart from the two brand partners, we are also cooperating with the Metro Department Store and Female Daily which will offer products and provide tips to make the trip an unforgettable experience," said Diza.

Diza added that Bank Mega credit cardholders will get various benefits such as price cuts, shopping vouchers, points exchanges, installment programs and others from all brand partners during the Mega Travel Fair.

Meanwhile, Antaviaya Tour and Travel President Director Ratih Prabandari said, to make the travel of Bank Mega credit cardholders something new and different, Mega Travel Fair offers the best tour packages ranging from choices of tourist destinations, plane tickets to cruises and other very complete interesting programs.

"Mega Travel Fair is supported by five star airlines such as Emirates, Qatar Airways, Qantas, Singapore Airlines, Japan Airlines, Korean Air, China Airlines, Turkish Airlines, Garuda Indonesia and others. In addition, there are also cruise packages in collaboration, including Princess Cruises, Royal Caribbean International, Avalon Waterways and Resort World Cruises," said Ratih.