KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, July 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Sunway Hotels & Resorts announces a new partnership with AirAsia BIG, one of Asia's leading loyalty programme. Commencing 1 August 2015, members of AirAsia BIG Loyalty Programme are able to earn BIG Points when they book rooms with Sunway Hotels & Resorts in Malaysia, Cambodia and Vietnam via the Hotel's Internet Booking Engine (IBE) at www.sunwayhotels.com.
Through this partnership, AirAsia BIG members can now earn points for every MYR1.00 or USD1.00 spent on a qualifying minimum of two (2) nights' stay in Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa, The Villas, Sunway Pyramid Tower East and Sunway Putra Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, The Banjaran Hotsprings Retreat in Perak, Sunway Hotel Georgetown and Sunway Hotel Seberang Jaya in Penang, Sunway Hotel Phnom Penh in Cambodia and Sunway Hotel Hanoi in Vietnam. And to celebrate this partnership, Sunway Hotels & Resorts will offer up to 7X BIG Points, which is the equivalent of up to 28,000 BIG Points during selected periods.
These BIG Points earned can be redeemed for free travels to places like Penang from just 4,500 BIG Points, Phnom Penh from 6,500 BIG Points or choose to explore even further destinations with BIG Fixed Points. The points for each route are determined by its travelling time.
"With more than 14 million existing AirAsia BIG members from 150 countries worldwide and counting, this partnership enables Sunway Hotels & Resorts to reach out to more travellers which is in line with our direction of enhancing our reach to a wider market worldwide. This partnership will bring great visibility to our portfolio of hotels and allow us to offer additional rewards to guests and to the travel community. Now, our guests can travel more when they stay with us", said Albert Cheong, CEO and Group General Manager of Sunway Hotels & Resorts.
The Hotel aspires to surpass the needs and expectations of avid global travellers and guests by continually refreshing its hotel products, services and programmes. This includes adding new range of products into the portfolio which can be seen in the recent launch of Sunway Putra Hotel in Kuala Lumpur; and the upcoming completion of Sunway Pyramid Tower West and Sunway Velocity Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, which upon completion would be part of this reward programme.
"We have come together with Sunway Hotels & Resorts to announce a lifestyle partnership that will present hospitality rewards to our BIG Members. Being a BIG Member is gratifying as they get to enjoy benefits such as priority access for AirAsia flight sales and redeem free AirAsia flights to over 100 destinations from as low as 500 BIG Points. By bringing together two of the renowned names in the travel and hospitality industry, this partnership will prove itself as a rewarding experience to avid travellers as they earn their BIG Points with Sunway Hotels & Resorts, and fly for free with AirAsia BIG," said Alice Goh, CEO of AirAsia BIG.
To be eligible to earn BIG Points, existing members must book room stays directly through the Hotel website and BIG Points are earned based on best available room rate charge or best available room rates with breakfast. For more terms and conditions, log on to www.sunwayhotels.com.
ABOUT SUNWAY HOTELS & RESORTS:
Sunway Hotels & Resorts operates 11 hotels in key cities in Malaysia, Cambodia and Vietnam, representing over 3,000 guestrooms at its owned and managed properties. The Hospitality Group, a subsidiary of Sunway Berhad, one of Malaysia's leading property developer, operates a diverse portfolio of hospitality assets and services that includes ownership and management of an integrated resort city with a cluster of hotels with large scale convention, meeting and exhibition facilities, to private villa resorts, a wellness retreat and a collection of 5, 4 and 3-star hotels in mixed-use development. For more information, please visit: www.sunwayhotels.com
ABOUT AIRASIA BIG:
AirAsia BIG Loyalty Programme is operated by Think Big Digital Sdn. Bhd., a joint venture between AirAsia and Tune Money. AirAsia BIG is the global points currency serving AirAsia and the Tune Group. Under the programme, members earn BIG Points from AirAsia, Tune Talk, Tune Hotels, and many other partners including Budget, Avis, Starhub, Petronas, WCT Holdings Berhad and major banks such as DBS, Citibank, CIMB, Standard Chartered Bank, Bank Mandiri, CIMB Niaga, Bank Rakyat Indonesia, Bangkok Bank and Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI). In conjunction with Tune Money, Think Big Digital provides the loyalty program for the BIG MasterCard Prepaid Card, co-branded and affinity payment products, giving cardholders the opportunity to earn BIG Points and redeem for AirAsia flights and many other specialty merchandise and hotel rewards. For more information, please visit: www.airasiabig.com
Farizal B Jaafar
Tel: +603-7495-1551
Email: mediasrhs@sunwayhotels.com
