Cellcard and VRecommend Partner to Introduce a Locally-Developed Social Media App
Cellcard signs a partnership agreement with VRecommend, a social media app developed by Cambodians that allows users to recommend their lifestyle interests to their friends.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 28, 2015 (Newswire.com) - Cellcard signs a partnership agreement with VRecommend, a social media app focusing on trusted social peer-to-peer recommendation. The app allows users to recommend lifestyle interests such as shops, restaurants, food, destinations, and many more to their friends and peers.
The VRecommend app is a Cambodian innovation, locally developed by young and passionate Cambodians. It was awarded as one of the most promising initiatives in Startup Weekend Cambodia 2013 and gained international recognition as a semi-finalist in the World Startup Competition 2014 held in Korea.
We believe that VRecommend is a great way for Cambodian youth to connect and share the places and things they love.
Niek Van Veen, Marketing Director, Cellcard
“VRecommend was inspired by our passion to share and recommend things to our friends. There is currently no app that focuses on peer-to-peer recommendation especially in Cambodia, and we think that it’s a unique space to fill in. We Cambodians like to share and recommend things we like, such as our favorite foods, places, styles, not only to show our personality and uniqueness but also to help each other and build a social community. Our latest feature offers new photo-beautifying tools to enhance the recommending experience and solutions for users to create various communities and groups to share their fun experiences with” said Tharo Sen, Business Partner of VRecommend.
The partnership with Cellcard could create more public awareness for the VRecommend app. Cellcard’s supports include featuring the app on its social media channels through a line-up of co-branded activities and promotions.
According to Niek Van Veen, Marketing Director of Cellcard, “We are excited to support Tharo and his team in launching this new version of the VRecommend app. There are many talented Cambodians with great potential to innovate and contribute to the growing digital lifestyle of the market, and we would like to help bring these innovations to light. We believe that VRecommend is a great way for Cambodian youth to connect and share the places and things they love.”
A new collection of stickers featuring the Cellcard’s robot mascot, which is now available for free to all VRecommend users, was also introduced. Further, activities and contests around this new collection will be coming soon on Cellcard’s and VRecommend’s pages.
“Keeping in mind everyone’s recommendation last year, we have improved the VRecommend app and partnered with the most-trusted brand that can help us come up with exciting activities for our users,” said Tharo. He continued, “The Cellcard robot stickers are amazing and free. There are also other awesome stickers in this new version that you can use right away with no charge and out-share them to your favorite social networks including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Line. We would like to encourage Cambodians to download, use, and endorse VRecommend app, which is developed especially for our fellow Cambodian peers.”