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Swiggy partners with Goa govt for Chavath e-Bazaar 2023, boosting local businesses online
Mumbai: In its endeavour to promote a culture of entrepreneurship and support women’s self-help groups (SHG), Swiggy, India’s leading on-demand convenience delivery platform has signed an MoU with the Government of Goa to launch Chavath e-Bazaar on ‘Swiggy Minis’. This will give small-scale entrepreneurs in the state online access to thousands of consumers and help further their entrepreneurial success this festive season. The MoU was exchanged between the hon’ble chief minister of Goa Dr. Pramod Sawant and Dolly Surekha from Swiggy.
Goa is a state with a vibrant cultural and culinary heritage. This partnership will provide income-generating opportunities to local entrepreneurs, selling over 25 local items.
Starting on 16 September, Swiggy has created a special e-Chavath Bazaar section on Swiggy Minis, where consumers can buy festive-special homemade sweets such as modaks, nevris, laddus, and kapa as well as snacks like chaklis, papads, farsan, namkeen nevris, masalas, and pickles prepared in the Goan style from the comfort of their homes.
Swiggy is honoured to partner with the Government of Goa for the Chavath e-Bazaar 2023. This initiative enhances accessibility and convenience for consumers, offering a seamless way to connect with local entrepreneurs. By bridging tradition and technology, it empowers entrepreneurs, especially women and self-help communities, to preserve our culture and provide wider access to Goan sweets and snacks this Ganesh Chaturthi. We’re thankful to the hon’ble chief minister Dr. Pramod Sawant and everyone involved in bringing this initiative to life. Together, we’re fostering economic growth and celebrating the vibrant spirit of Goa,” said Swiggy co-founder Nandan Reddy.
Swiggy Minis is a platform for small-scale entrepreneurs and it has set up a special destination for the Goa Chavath e-Bazaar Stores for greater visibility and access to consumers. Swiggy is providing concerned officials with training in online order management and operations to enable a seamless experience during the festive rush.
The MoU event was organised by the women and Child Welfare Department and brought together women entrepreneurs from across the state.
Brands
Uber launches hotel bookings feature in partnership with Expedia
From hotel bookings to room service at your door, the ride-hailing giant is making its boldest push yet into everyday life
CALIFORNIA: Uber is done being just a taxi app. At its annual GO-GET product event, the world’s leading mobility and delivery platform unveiled a sweeping set of new features designed to plant itself at the centre of how people travel, eat and shop, hotel bookings included.
The headline move is a partnership with Expedia Group that lets Uber users in the United States book hotels directly within the Uber app, with access to a catalogue that will eventually grow to more than 700,000 properties worldwide. Uber One members get 10 per cent back in Uber One credits on all hotel bookings and savings of at least 20 per cent on a rolling list of more than 10,000 hotels globally. Vacation rentals from Vrbo, Expedia Group’s home-rental brand, will be added later this year. The partnership is expected to expand beyond the United States. From June, Uber rides will also be integrated directly into the Expedia app, with push notifications sent to travellers ahead of hotel check-in to book discounted Uber rides for the duration of their stay.
Dara Khosrowshahi, chief executive of Uber, framed the expansion in terms of the modern condition. “Uber is becoming an app for everything, helping people go, get, and now travel all in one place,” he said. “We’re all living through a moment of real cognitive overload: too many apps, too many decisions, too much noise. At the end of the day, our job is to help people reclaim their time, spending less of it managing the logistics of life and more of it actually living.”
Ariane Gorin, chief executive of Expedia Group, struck a similarly ambitious note. “Travel should feel effortless, and this partnership gets us one step closer to offering a seamless traveller experience,” she said. “By connecting our two-sided marketplace with Uber, we’re bringing Uber rides directly into the Expedia app and Expedia Group’s lodging inventory into the Uber app through our Rapid API technology. Together, we’re helping travellers spend less time planning and more time enjoying the journey.”
Beyond hotels, the product announcements come thick and fast. Travel Mode, available within both the Uber and Uber Eats apps, offers curated recommendations on local favourites, tourist destinations, OpenTable restaurant reservations and on-demand delivery to hotel rooms. Uber One International means the membership programme now works globally, allowing members to earn credits on rides abroad that can be redeemed once back home. A new Shop for Me feature lets users request items from any store, even those not listed on the app. Eats for the Way allows riders in select cities booking an Uber Black or Uber Black SUV to have a drink or snack waiting for them in the car. Voice Bookings, powered by artificial intelligence, lets users book a ride conversationally, without touching their phone. And a redesigned One Search bar consolidates results for places, food and items across the entire Uber platform in a single query.
Uber has now logged more than 72 billion trips since it launched in 2010. The question it is now answering is what comes after the ride. The answer, apparently, is everything else. Whether users want a hotel in Paris, a coffee in the back of a car or a snake plant from the local garden centre, Uber would very much like to be the one to provide it. The app economy’s land grab has a new front-runner.
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