I-Agoda kunye ne-Saudi Arabia ye-Hajj kunye ne-Umrah batyikitye iMemorandam yokuQondana (i-MoU) exhasa umbono wobukumkani we-2030 wokunyusa amandla abo abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-30 abahambahambayo ngokusebenzisa itekhnoloji yeAgoda kunye nobuchule bokuhamba, amandla eqonga lentengiso, izixhobo zobukrelekrele kunye nezixhobo.
Isivumelwano sityikitywe ngu-HE uGqirha Mohammad Saleh bin Taher Benten, Hajj kunye noMphathiswa we-Umrah, Saudi Arabia, phambi kukaDamien Pfirsch, VP - ubuhlakani bobuchule kunye neenkqubo, iAgoda, ngexesha lomsitho osemthethweni kwiofisi yoMphathiswa weHajj kunye Umrah.
Iindwendwe zika-Umrah eBukumkanini ngoku zinokundwendwela i-Agoda portal ezinikezelweyo ukufikelela kwiihotele ezikhethiweyo eziqinisekiswe nguMphathiswa weHajj kunye ne-Umrah kubakhenkethi baka-Umrah kunye nokubhukisha abahambi, kunye nendawo yokubhukisha ebanzi. Iipilgrim zinokufumana ngokulula uluhlu lwezinto zokuhlala kunye nokubhukisha ngokukhuselekileyo kwi-portal yeelwimi ezininzi kunye nemali emininzi. Ngaphantsi kwe-MoU, eyokuqala ukuba isayinwe yi-Hajj kunye ne-Umrah kunye ne-OTA yomhlaba wonke, amaqela aya kuphonononga ukuba ngokudibeneyo baya kulichaza njani ikamva lokuhamba kwabahambi abasuka kwihlabathi liphela baye eBukumkanini, besebenza ngokubambisana ukunceda. ukwakha iinkonzo zexesha elizayo, kubandakanya ukuhamba kweendwendwe kunye nendawo yokuhlala. I-MoU izakuphakamisa ulwazi loMphathiswa weHajj kunye no-Umrah kunye nokuqonda iimfuno zomhambi kwiidolophu ezingcwele kunye nobuchwephesha bobuchwephesha beAgoda, ukwenza ukuba amaqabane, ukuze baphonononge iindlela zokusebenzisa itekhnoloji yokulawula ukwanda okulindelweyo kweendwendwe eBukumkanini. kwaye senze ukubhukisha indawo kufikeleleke lula, kube lula, kukhawuleze kwaye kukhuseleke.
Ngokwe-Saudi Vision 2030 eyabhengezwa kwi-2016, kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo kubonile inani labakhenkethi base-Umrah kunye nabahambi ngezonqulo abangena kweli lizwe bevela phesheya. Uhambo lohambo lonyaka ludlala indima ebalulekileyo kwishishini lezokhenketho lase-Saudi Arabia, urhulumente ejonge ukukhulisa eli candelo liye kwizigidi ezili-15 zeHajj kunye ne-Umrah kubakhenkethi ngonyaka nge-2020, kunye ne-30 yezigidi ngo-2030.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- The MoU will leverage the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah's knowledge and understanding of the pilgrim's needs to the holy cities and Agoda's technology expertise, to enable the partners, so that they can explore ways to use technology to manage the anticipated increase in guests to the Kingdom and make accommodation reservations more accessible, easier, faster and secure.
- Under the MoU, the first to be signed by the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah with a global OTA, the parties will explore how together they will redefine the future of travel for pilgrims from across the world to the Kingdom, working in collaboration to help to build future services, including guest flow and booking accommodation.
- Umrah guests to the Kingdom can now visit a dedicated Agoda portal to access select hotels that have been certified by the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah for Umrah visitors and pilgrims bookings, as well as the wider reservation site.
