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The One-Stop App Providing The 'Best Trip' To Myanmar

The One-Stop App Providing The 'Best Trip' To Myanmar
Mandalay Hill, Myanmar © Chris Marsham Photography

When entrepreneurs Chit Hnin and Chit Moe traveled around their native Myanmar with the Samsung Android Training Road Show, they encountered numerous travel frustrations — and were struck with product inspiration.

“When we searched the web for nice hotels, restaurants and the attractions nearby, we could not find accurate information,” Chit Hnin recalled. “We realized it can be difficult finding the latest travel information on what to expect when you visit.”

 

One-stop app

The cofounders of New Wave Technology saw a product opportunity, and they launched their Best Trip platform in 2015, alongside Linn Phyo and Pyae Phyo, who helped develop the service and now serve as its technology and creative directors, respectively. 

Best Trip includes travel guides to some of Myanmar’s choicest tourist destinations, including Yangon, Bagan and Nay Pyi Taw, and allows users to book hotels through the site, making it a one-stop shop.  The company is currently partnered with 15 hotels, though it aims to increase that number to 300 by mid-2017, and the team is working on a booking functionality for the app.

Image: Best Trip Myanmar
Image: Best Trip Myanmar

 

It also offers information on popular festivals so tourists can plan their visits accordingly.

The Best Trip app works offline, which is critical for travelers passing through remote areas of the country where they may not have data signals. Although internet access has spread rapidly in major cities such as Yangon, rural Myanmar is still "untapped" in this regard, as Ooredoo Myanmar CEO Rene Meza told Frontier Myanmar.

Shwedagon Pagoda, Myanmar. Image: Shwedagonpagoda.com
Shwedagon Pagoda, Myanmar. Image: Shwedagonpagoda.com

 

The app also automatically updates as the New Wave team adds new cities, and visitors can check in socially through the app and Facebook. In order to be user-friendly for both domestic and foreign travelers, Best Trip is currently available in Burmese and English. (Chit Hnin and Chit Moe are tracking the home countries of their users to identify which languages to offer in the future.)

 


Source : Forbes

Indah Gilang Pusparani

Indah is a researcher at Badan Perencanaan Pembangunan Penelitian dan Pengembangan Daerah Kota Cirebon (Regional Development Planning and Research Agency of Cirebon Municipality). She covers More international relations, tourism, and startups in Southeast Asia region and beyond. Indah graduated from MSc Development Administration and Planning from University College London, United Kingdom in 2015. She finished bachelor degree from International Relations from University of Indonesia in 2014, with two exchange programs in Political Science at National University of Singapore and New Media in Journalism at Ball State University, USA. She was awarded Diplomacy Award at Harvard World Model United Nations and named as Indonesian Gifted Researcher by Australian National University. She is Researcher at Regional Planning Board in Cirebon, West Java. She previously worked as Editor in Bening Communication, the Commonwealth Parliament Association UK, and diplomacy consulting firm Best Delegate LLC in USA. Less
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