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Ecommerce site Blibli has acquired online travel agent Indonesia Flight to support Tiket, the travel and ticket booking platform it took over in June. No other details of the deal were disclosed.

Indonesia Flight was one of the first startups in the country to sell tickets through a mobile app. It made US$37 million by gross merchandise volume last year.

Online airplane and hotel bookings have become an ultra-competitive space in the archipelago. Traveloka – which raised US$500 million this year from investors including Sequoia Capital, Expedia, and JD – dominates the segment.

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