Amadeus Travel Platform to power Rappi's travel experience for its 30+ million users
MIAMI , Oct. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Amadeus Travel Platform will power the fast-growing RappiTravel service and will support its growth in Travel as the most popular super-app in Latin America more than 30 million users spanning in more than 350 cities and nine countries.
The rise of mobile and the proliferation of apps has led to the creation of super-apps, which combine multiple services into one single customer facing application. Making day-to-day life easier, super-apps enable users to shop and receive at their "doorsteps" goods and services from restaurants, pharmacies, retailers as well as many other services. The most innovative super-apps, such as Rappi, include Travel services.
Currently, Rappi's 30+ million active users can search, book and manage their travel directly on RappiTravel. While leveraging the search and automation capabilities of the Amadeus Travel Platform, Rappi and Amadeus are innovating together to further develop the travel vertical, and add more features and services to continue to scale the offering. Amadeus and Rappi share a vision of frictionless travel fed by use of hyper contextualized data, which is a cornerstone of the companies' partnership and the value proposition for Rappi users.
"We have been very well received by our customers, so we are ready to expand our connectivity with partners and increase our flight offers at a higher speed with this new alliance that boosts the business, reinforcing the purpose of being the go-to app for travel in Latin America", said Guido Becher, Global Head of Rappi Travel. "We are very excited about the innovation that Amadeus is bringing to the table because this partnership will allow us to transform people's travel experience".
"There are only a handful of apps in the world that have transcended into everyday use. Rappi is one of those elite apps that has built a huge following," said Eduardo Schutte, Senior Vice President, Online, Americas at Amadeus. "We are extremely happy to embark on this partnership with RappiTravel at a time when more and more people are booking their trips entirely on their mobile devices. This agreement sets the foundation for many exciting developments ahead between our companies."
About Rappi
Founded in 2015 and with more than 100 million downloads, Rappi is the first Latin American super-app, with presence in 9 countries and more than 350 cities. Rappi provides an experience that allows users to order a wide variety of goods and services. In addition to traditional shipments, users can also have deliveries in less than 10 minutes, access financial services and other unique services. In Colombia, Rappi is present in more than 40 cities, has more than 30,000 allies and more than 50,000 registered delivery professionals. https://about.rappi.com
About Amadeus
Travel powers progress. Amadeus powers travel. Amadeus' solutions connect travelers to the journeys they want through travel agents, search engines, tour operators, airlines, airports, hotels, cars and railways.
We have developed our technology in partnership with the travel industry for over 30 years. We combine a deep understanding of how people travel with the ability to design and deliver the most complex, trusted, critical systems our customers need. In 2019, we helped connect over 1.9 billion people to local travel providers in over 190 countries. We are one company, with a global mindset and a local presence wherever our customers need us.
Our purpose is to shape the future of travel. We are passionate in our pursuit of better technology that makes better journeys.
Amadeus is an IBEX 35 company, listed on the Spanish Stock Exchange under AMS.MC. The company has also been recognized by the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for the last ten years.
To find out more about Amadeus, visit http://www.amadeus.com.
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