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Bajaj Finserv, Vivo launch #EMINetworkPowerplay
MUMBAI: Bajaj Finance Limited, the lending arm of Bajaj Finserv, has partnered with Vivo to launch its #EMINetworkPowerplay encouraging participants to play an online trivia game and win Vivo smartphone and other exciting prizes daily. The campaign, based on the theme of cricket, aims to keep the spirit of cricket alive and bring cricket fever to everyone’s home. The campaign will be promoted on the company’s social media handles and will run till June 11, 2020.
The game consists of an online quiz with 6 trivia questions related to cricket, Bajaj Finserv EMI network and Vivo V19 smartphone. Players have to click here and select a team and then need to answer the questions in the shortest time to score runs. They can log in daily (only once) to participate in the trivia quiz to score runs. The top scorers of the day stand a chance to win Amazon gift vouchers worth Rs. 500. Winners will be declared on the company’s social media handles at noon every day. The player with the highest score at the end of the week stands a chance to win a Vivo smartphone.
Bajaj Finance Limited is also offering participants a chance to book the Vivo’s newly launched mid-range V series smartphone – the Vivo V19 smartphone on easy EMIs starting at just Rs. 1,555. Bajaj Finserv has partnered with the smartphone brand to offer up to 100% hassle-free finance on all Vivo mobiles. Customers can also shop for the latest Vivo smartphones online and on EMIs across any of Bajaj Finserv’s 90,000+ partner stores. Customers can shop for a phone using their Digital EMI Network Card which can be accessed using the Bajaj Finserv Wallet app.
To know more about the campaign, click here.
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Thomas Cook India, SOTC and Booking.com team up for smarter corporate stays
Global hotel choices meet Indian corporate controls for seamless business travel
MUMBAI: Business travel just got a major upgrade. Thomas Cook (India) and its group company SOTC Travel have joined forces with Booking.com to offer Indian corporates world-class accommodation options with a side of convenience.
The collaboration brings Booking.com’s vast global inventory, more than 31 million listings across 220 countries, straight into Thomas Cook and SOTC’s corporate booking platforms. From luxury hotels and resorts to homes and apartments, business travellers now have an unprecedented range of choices, all while staying within company travel policies.
Thomas Cook and SOTC president & group head of global business travel Indiver Rastogi said, “Today’s business travellers want more choice, flexibility and transparency. By linking Booking.com’s extensive inventory with our managed corporate tools, we’re delivering exactly that: policy control, price clarity and service support that businesses can trust.”
The offering is designed with the Indian corporate traveller in mind. Key features include transparent pricing with GST-compliant invoices, curated hotel options for SMEs to large enterprises, coverage across 2,500 plus Indian cities, verified traveller reviews, essential business amenities, and integrated policy control for approvals, budgets and credit limits.
Booking.com VP partnerships Mark van der Linden added, “Corporate travellers in India want the same seamless experience they enjoy in personal trips, with the right corporate guardrails. This partnership makes our global accommodation inventory enterprise-ready, combining choice, flexibility and localised support.”
With real-time booking access on desktop and mobile, enterprise-specific rates, loyalty benefits, and future integrations into Thomas Cook’s TravelOne platform, the partnership promises to make corporate travel smoother, safer and smarter than ever.
