Hopper Technology Solutions (HTS), a BtoB solution provider of popular OTA Hopper, and Sumitomo Mitsui Card signed a strategic business partnership. This is the first partnership in Japan for Hopper and the first non-finance service for Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) in ‘Olive,’ a new consumer financing service, that was launched in March 2023.
Sumitomo Mitsui Card plans to launch a travel portal site for its credit card members in the next spring. HTS will provide the site with its original FinTech services based on big data and a machine learning modeling, and Sumitomo Mitsui Card expects to create innovative mobile-oriented travel services by mixing data from both of the companies.
Sumitomo Mitsui Card and HTS are considering providing services to meet diversified travelers’ needs, personalizing hotel offers or delivering travel information before traveling, in a destination or even after traveling based on individual preferences. Also, Sumitomo Mitsui intends to add a function to save loyalty ‘V point’ exclusively for travel.
Detailed service contents (including name) will be announced later.
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Hopper has been expanding the BtoB solution business worldwide to provide a OTA function, including a partnership with Commonwealth Bank in Australia.
