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lastminute.com ha scelto Thoughtworksan international technology consulting company, to start a strategic collaboration and bring people back to travel. The collaboration comes at a fundamental moment for lastminute.com, which returns to operate at full speed after the pandemic, setting very ambitious growth objectives and with the need to strengthen its team of developers both in quantitative and evolutionary terms, quickly. and in a constantly developing technological landscape.
lastminute and Thoughtworks enter into strategic partnership
Thoughtworks will support lastminute.com in its transformation program. The objective of the partnership, in fact, is to respond effectively and quickly to the change in the travel sector, guaranteeing users an even more complete experience. The lastminute.com and Thoughtworks development teams will work side-by-side on business-critical technologies. The collaboration will take place in co-delivery mode and will be supported by coaching, training and mentoring sessions with the aim of enhancing the capabilities of lastminute.com.
The comment of the protagonists
Corrado Casto, Chief Technology Officer of lastminute.com, declares: “Every month we reach 60 million users through our websites and our App and always ensuring the best possible customer experience for our customers is an imperative for us. The travel sector is constantly evolving and the progressive transition to digitization we are witnessing globally – which sees more and more people turning to online to book their travel experiences – will lead us to further increase our traffic “.
Gautam Srusti, Managing Director of Thoughtworks Italiahe adds: “In the face of unpredictability and constant change, modern digital companies like lastminute.com have an advantage: they strive for levels of business agility beyond the norm and to continually innovate. We are thrilled to partner with lastminute.com on their journey to technological excellence and to help people get back to traveling. “