After 18 hours at the AirAsia RedQ coding away, team Avianto from Singapore won the AirAsia ever first Airvolution hackathon. The team emerged with the best solution to the challenge – how to profile AirAsia fans based on their digital social footprint to improve customer experience.
AirAsia Chief Data and Digital Officer Nikunj Shanti said, “We were really impressed by the creative problem-solving and technical knowledge on display this weekend. The teams demonstrated some truly out-of-the-box thinking and we look forward to seeing more innovative ideas on how to make travel even better for our guests.”
The team comprised Singapore nationals Choo Yan Sheng, John Goh Choo Ern, Durwin Ho Hsu Tian, Albert Puah Beng Hong and Kevin Kwa Leung Boon. For their winning effort, Aviato was awarded the grand prize of RM25,000 cash, 100,000 AirAsia BIG Points and five return flights to any AirAsia destination.
A total of 20 teams representing Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, India, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong and Australia took part in AIRVOLUTION 2017, which kicked off on the 18th of March. The 20 teams were selected from an initial 300 entries received from all over the region.
During the hackathon, hackers were assisted by mentors from AirAsia’s ICT department, as well as ServisHero Business Development Head Suresh Tan, MDEC Stakeholder Engagement and Partnership Programmes Head Azreena Azizan and Telekom Malaysia Innovation Lead Maznuddin Zainuddin, Innovation Lead.
(additional photos courtesy of Ikhwan)
