The Traveloka application suddenly went viral on social media. Quoted from various existing sources, an invitation to uninstall the Traveloka application circulated on Twitter. This was triggered by pianist Ananda Sukarlan's walk out when the Governor of DKI Jakarta Anies Baswedan gave a speech.

As we know, the walk out took place during the 90th anniversary of the founding of Kanisius College on Saturday 11/11/2017, at Hall D JIExpo Kemayoran. Ananda stood up from his VIP seat and walked out when Anies gave his speech. The action was followed by a number of other alumni.

Based on information circulating, one of the founders and CTO of Traveloka, Derianto Kusuma, greeted and congratulated Ananda after the walk out and Anies' speech, which was considered as support for Ananda's action.

This information then spread and provoked some netizens to boycott Traveloka. The hashtag #BoikotTraveloka has become one of Indonesia's trending Twitter topics.

Derianto and Ananda are two of the five outstanding Kanisius College alumni who received awards at this event. Besides the two, there were Father Magnis Suseno (a Jesuit figure), Irwan Ismaun Soenggono (a Scout leader) and Dr. Boenjamin Setiawan (founder of Kalbe Farma).

Meanwhile, Traveloka PR Manager Busyra Oryza confirmed that Traveloka founder and CTO Derianto Kusuma was one of the award recipients at the event. However, Derianto was unable to attend.

"Actually, Mr. Deri (Derianto) was not present. He was on an official trip that day. So if it is said that Mr. Deri was there and it is said to provide support (to Ananda), he was not there," said Busyra.