GKL to Enhance Mobility Convenience for Foreign Visitors in Collaboration with Kakao Mobility

Business Agreement to Link Seven Luck Plus and K-Ride Apps
One-Stop Use of KakaoT Taxi Hailing and Payment Now Available

Grand Korea Leisure (GKL), which operates the foreigner-only casino Seven Luck, is partnering with Kakao Mobility to enhance visitor mobility convenience.

On the 20th, GKL announced that it had signed a business agreement with Kakao Mobility to attract foreign visitors to Korea and improve mobility convenience. The company will link its self-developed mobile service platform 'Seven Luck Plus' with Kakao Mobility's foreigner-only global mobility platform 'K-Ride' application (app). Foreign visitors can use KakaoT taxi services from hailing to payment in a one-stop process through the Seven Luck Plus app. In addition, visitors will be able to scan QR codes placed at key points along their travel routes, enabling automatic destination setting.

Yoon Doo-hyun, President of Grand Korea Leisure (GKL) (left), and Choi Woo-yeol, Vice President of Kakao Mobility, are posing for a commemorative photo after signing a business agreement. Photo by GKL

Seven Luck Plus is a platform applying blockchain-based decentralized identity verification (DID) technology. It offers service features such as ▲easy login and access authentication system ▲electronic wallet ▲table cashless ▲digital coupon provision. It also provides various lifestyle services including premium restaurants, transportation, shopping, beauty, wellness, and performances in casino hub areas.

K-Ride is a platform that supports mobility for users worldwide without restrictions on language or payment methods. Users can easily sign up by entering their phone number and verifying via Google, Apple accounts, or email. It also offers automatic translation of over 100 languages, including English, Chinese, Japanese, Thai, and Arabic, during destination search or chatting with drivers.

Yoon Doo-hyun, CEO of GKL, said, "We will provide differentiated services unique to GKL so that foreign tourists can visit Seven Luck Casino more easily and travel in Korea more conveniently and safely."

Ryu Geung-seon, CEO of Kakao Mobility, stated, "We will actively seek ways to expand the attraction of foreign visitors to Korea and improve domestic mobility experiences by collaborating with various tourism industry sectors, including GKL."