Grab announces new in-app travel innovations and partnerships to give travellers a safe, seamless and hyperlocal experience as Southeast Asia embraces a travel comeback.
Grab’s enhanced travel experience was designed to give all travellers the assurance and confidence to explore their destination by empowering them to plan ahead, get a smooth ride the moment they touch down, and experience their destination like a local.
New app enhancements include:
Traveller Homepage
Two-thirds of travellers who use Grab, download and register an account with Grab while still in their home country. To help travellers better plan ahead for their trips, the new Traveller Homepage allows overseas travellers to explore a city within the Grab app as if they were at the destination.
Available for 33 of the top cities tourists visit in Southeast Asia, users can check out the Grab services present in the city, search and save places of interest such as their accommodation address and landmarks they intend to visit ahead of time, and even explore the food options near their destination.
Chinese, Korean, Japanese
The Grab app is also now available in Chinese, Korean and Japanese languages, to deliver a more intuitive experience for travellers from China, Korea and Japan, which are key markets for international tourists visiting Southeast Asia.
Translated merchant menus
Starting on 2nd half of 2023, to help travellers explore the best local flavours around them, Grab is working on translating merchant menus in key cities across Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand into English.
Additionally, to serve the wave of returning Chinese travellers, Grab will also provide Chinese menu transitions across key Indonesian cities.
Revamped Venues Experience
For travellers, finding their way through a busy, unfamiliar airport to get to the right pick-up point and their ride can be a daunting experience. With the latest version of Venues, travellers can look at images of each pick-up point prior to selecting the one they want, and get image-based turn-by-turn walking directions to guide them, even before they book their ride.
Available at all major airports in Southeast Asia, the Venues feature can also be used at over 4,000 locations such as malls, hotels, office buildings, parks and more across the region, including popular tourist attractions like the Singapore Zoo, the floating market in Pattaya, and the National Monument in Jakarta.
Currency Converter
A currency converter feature that will automatically display fares in travellers’ preferred local currency so that they don’t have to do manual conversions.
Access Grab services through other apps
For travellers who may prefer not to download another app, Grab has also teamed up with some of the world’s most popular apps to provide travellers visiting Southeast Asia with options to access Grab’s ride-hailing services through platforms they already use and are familiar with.
WeChat, AliPay, Ctrip, Kakao T and Booking.com users can access Grab’s ride-hailing services across Southeast Asia through these apps. They’ll be able to select their pick-up and drop-off point, see the full range of vehicle types available locally, with the estimated fare displayed in their home currency. They can also pay via their preferred payment method in those apps.
From Q2 2023, Uber users that open the app while in Southeast Asia, will also see a message directing them to Grab as Uber’s recommended way to travel in the region.
GrabUnlimited
In support of the travel revival, Grab also announces new upgrades to its GrabUnlimited subscription package.
Singapore GrabUnlimited subscribers will now have access to up to 15% discount off their airport rides at 89 airports across Southeast Asia.
