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KATHMANDU: Rakuten Viber on Tuesday organised a press meet to launch their latest collaboration with Bus Sewa, Sasto Ticket and Chef Nepal.
Nitin Tyagi, Business Development Director, Southeast Asia, Rakuten Viber; Samrat Dahal, Chair-Founder - CEO, Sasto Tickets; PR Khanal, CEO, Bus Sewa; and Dharma Raj Pandey, Producer, Chef Nepal were the speakers at the press meet where representatives from various media houses were present.
Making the opening remarks and presenting the partnership of Viber with various companies, Tyagi stated, “Nepal is a dear country to me. We are not only taking up people's needs but also trying to fulfil them. Nepal is one of the fastest growing countries in the region and to scale up our service, we have now introduced three basic collaborations with travel, food and cricket.”
Through collaboration with these companies, Viber is making essential services accessible to all groups of People. In collaboration with Chef Nepal, Viber is able to provide its customers with access to exclusive chef recipes and food facts. Chef Nepal CEO Pandey said, “Food is a universal language which connects us with others. As a Nepali, we have to promote local homegrown chefs and our identity through the food that we make and eat”.
Sasto Tickets and Bus Sewa are other collaborative partners through which issues like occupied seats, unavailability of tickets prior to festive seasons, and expensive international fares have been solved. Sasto Tickets provides accessibility to ticketing at minimum cost and this collaboration has made it even easier to provide this service to the people. Additionally, Sasto Tickets CEO Dahal shared, “We, the fighters have now moved forward. Digital platforms are under our will, when we are digitally available, it makes us independent of others. We deliver services like air ticketing, hotel booking, and providing local products available in the tourism industry. In order to make our services a global marketplace, we are partnering with Viber. We are happy to enhance the services.”
Cricket is another chatbot that Viber has introduced. There are different cricket channels where people can see exciting content related to cricket and read the chats and comments provided by local cricketers. Viber is looking forward to having more engaging content.
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