Korea Telecom (KT) has teamed up with Orange to bring a unique digital experience for its customers travelling to Paris with the mobile app’ “Welcome to Paris” as part of the service providers' roaming agreement with Orange. The App which was co-created by both Orange and KT offers KT customers a unique, fully digital, convenient and seamless experience in Paris using Orange's data network.
The app which is available in Korean language offers a selection of attractive contents for Korean tourists, including culture, shopping, restaurants, information (phone numbers and localization of transportation, police, emergencies and healthcare) as well as online reservation services provided by Orange’s partners such as France Billet and LaFourchette.
Tourists also may buy tickets to exhibitions among a selection of museums or monuments and book a place at their favourite Parisian restaurants online, using their mobile devices. They can also enjoy shopping tips and exclusive discounts in popular shops in the city such as Galeries Lafayette, Beaugrenelle shoppping mall and Monge pharmacy. On top of these, users can also locate the closest points of interest with an “around me” functionality.
Luc Bretones, EVP, Orange Technocentre and Orange Vallée
In the mobile broadband era, we believe that digital services are a powerful tool to improve France’s visibility among foreign visitors. That is why we are very proud of this « premiere » with KT. We put together local tourist services and Orange’s connectivity within a mobile app to help people save time and also money! We are at the beginning of the digital tourism history and we are convinced that this kind of usages will improve in the future.
Hae-Jung Park, EVP, Integrated Marketing Communication Center at Marketing Group, KT
Our partnership with Orange, makes KT, the first operator to propose an innovative and differentiating mobile application to visit Paris with our data roaming services.
