AirAsia MOVE has achieved a major milestone in the digital travel sphere after being named Asia’s Best Travel Booking App for the fourth consecutive year at the prestigious World Travel Tech Awards 2026. This recognition highlights the digital platform’s ongoing evolution, technological adaptability, and resilience as it continually navigates shifting consumer behaviors and complex challenges across the global travel industry. Over recent years, the digital booking hub has transformed significantly from an application initially focused on standard airline tickets and hotel reservations into a comprehensive travel and lifestyle platform engineered to support every phase of a traveler’s journey.
Today, users accessing the application can browse and reserve itineraries across an extensive network of 700 airlines and book accommodations from a portfolio of over one million hotels worldwide. The platform also features bundled flight-and-hotel packages through its proprietary SNAP! service, alongside global activity and attraction bookings facilitated through GetYourGuide. In addition, users can secure tickets for live entertainment events through the MOVETIX feature within the application. To complement this expanding catalogue of travel services, MOVE has consistently prioritized user-centric technological enhancements, continually refining its digital booking flows, optimizing payment processing experiences, and offering real-time assistance through its proprietary artificial intelligence-powered chatbot, AskBo.
The technological updates and expanded capabilities have generated noticeable growth in user interaction and engagement across the ecosystem. According to performance metrics, the platform’s monthly active users grew by 22% year-on-year to reach nearly 17 million. Concurrently, search queries for travel journeys within the application saw a 14% increase, climbing to a total of 33 million searches.
Speaking on behalf of the organization regarding the prestigious award, Chan Kok Ding, Head of Commercial of AirAsia MOVE said, “Winning Asia’s Best Travel Booking App for the fourth consecutive year is a proud milestone for us at MOVE, especially as we continue to evolve alongside the ever-changing travel landscape. Our real measure of success, however, is what we make possible beyond the booking. By bringing travelers, our airline and hotel partners, tourism boards, and destinations together, we aim to turn more travel possibilities into real experiences, creating more opportunities for the wider travel industry and making it easier for people to explore the world.”
Industry leaders also shared praise for the platform’s sustained performance at the event. Graham E. Cooke, President and Founder of World Travel Awards, said, “Congratulations to AirAsia MOVE on this outstanding achievement at World Travel Tech Awards 2026. This fourth consecutive win as ‘Asia’s Best Travel Booking App’ recognizes MOVE’s continued innovation, evolving travel offerings and commitment to creating a seamless experience for travelers. It is a testament to the dedication of the MOVE team and its role in shaping how travellers discover, plan and book their journeys.”
The accolades for the organization extended beyond a single category during the gala event. Serving as the official booking application for AirAsia, MOVE also captured top honors in two additional categories at the World Travel Tech Awards 2026 ceremony, taking home the global titles for World’s Best Low-Cost Airline App and World’s Best Low-Cost Airline Website.