Wednesday, December 28, 2016

SkyPark Terminal and Grab enter into a ground-breaking agreement

Both SkyPark Terminal and Grab teams pose for a group shot at the Press Conference.  

Malaysia’s busiest domestic airport, SkyPark Terminal, achieved another milestone when it became the first airport in Malaysia to collaborate with South East Asia’s leading ride hailing service, Grab. The agreement was signed at a Press Conference at the Peugeot Lounge at SkyPark Terminal by Yg. Bbhg Tan Sri Datuk Ravindran Menon, Executive Director of SkyPark Terminal, and Jaygan Fu, Grab Malaysia’s Country Head.

Tan Sri Datuk Ravindran Menon, Executive Director, Subang SkyPark Sdn Bhd; Jaygan Fu, Country Head, Grab Malaysia, sign the Memorandum of Understanding document to officially launched the 4-year agreement between them, as Aaron Chin, Head of Partnership, Grab Malaysia looks on.    

The two household names entered into a 4-year agreement that will make the commute for travellers from SkyPark Terminal to their preferred destinations much more convenient. With this agreement, travellers will be able to book their Grab rides even before they leave the Arrivals Hall through a Grab kiosk, and after a mere couple of minutes, be on their way to a destination of their choosing.

Francis Anthony, Senior Vice President of Operations, SkyPark Terminal; Tan Sri Datuk Ravindran Menon, Executive Director, Subang SkyPark Sdn Bhd; Nicholas Tan, Founder, Marketplace Used Vehicles (MUV); Jaygan Fu, Country Head of Grab Malaysia; and Aaron Chin, Head of Partnership, Grab Malaysia pose with a souvenir at the Press Conference.   

“This collaboration will add value to SkyPark Terminal’s overall offering to our guests and
make their commute to and from SkyPark Terminal much more convenient. Over the years
we have seen our footfall increase consistently and with our projections for 2017 showing a
continuation of this positive growth, partnering with Grab will allow us to meet this growing
demand,” said Tan Sri Datuk Ravindran Menon, Executive Director of Subang SkyPark Sdn
Bhd.

The agreement between Grab and SkyPark Terminal results from a mutual aim to provide
both business and leisure travellers with rides that are safe, reliable, convenient and cost-
effective. With this partnership, SkyPark Terminal will be the cheaper and more convenient
option to fly to popular destinations such as Penang, Langkawi, Johor Bahru, Kota Bahru,
Kuala Terengganu, Kerteh, Alor Setar, and Singapore.

“As a local homegrown company, we are always on the lookout for creative and localised
partnerships that will help add value to our customers and partners. With that, we are thrilled
to partner with SkyPark Terminal in what will be a long-standing and mutually beneficial
relationship. We hope to play an active role and support the growing demands of Malaysia
tourism industry and provide social and business travellers with safe, convenient, reliable and cost effective rides,” said Jaygan Fu, Grab Malaysia’s Country Head.

Tan Sri Ravindran Menon added, “Our goal is to continue to offer our guests with top notch
services that make for a hassle-free journey to and from SkyPark Terminal. Thanks to Grab
we will be able to meet the growing market demand set by Malaysia’s burgeoning foreign
and domestic tourism industry.


GrabCar (6-seater)
As part of the fanfare, Grab also took the opportunity to kick off their latest service –
GrabCar (6-seater). “We have had several enquiries especially from travellers for a larger car, therefore, in response and to cater to their convenience, we are excited to launch our GrabCar (6-seater) to address their travelling needs,” added Fu.

Fu went on to add that to mark the partnership with Subang SkyPark Terminal, exclusively
from December 21, 2016 till January 31, 2017, Grab is offering a special promotion of RM10
off 2 GrabCar (6-seater) rides to/from Subang SkyPark Terminal regardless if passengers
book via cash or card. Passengers only need to key in the promo code SKYPARK to be
entitled for this promotion. Those interested to try out the promo, can visit: https://www.grab.com/my/grab-for-skypark/ 

The GrabCar (6-seater) can be booked on demand or in advance (minimum an hour prior to
pick-up time) to ease travellers minds with a base fair of RM2, with a minimum rate of RM8
(on-demand) or RM15 (advance booking).

5 comments:

  1. good collaboration. Easier to travel now :D

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  2. Oh this is incredible! I am DEFINITELY going to take advantage of this next time we are in Malaysia and traveling domestically from SkyPark (which happens every time, of course). Thanks so much for sharing this!!

    Adriana
    http://www.adrianathani.com

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