It's not a Valentine's Day gag or even an April Fool's joke.
Flight Centre is launching Captain Cupid, a new function on its app that pairs travellers with likely romantic partners on their flight, cruise or tour. The feature will go live in MAY.
In a release, Flight Centre Global Managing Director Andrew Stark said there are thousands of opportunities to connect single people. “With around 42% of our global customers travelling solo, it's clear thousands of people each year are travelling in the hope of finding romance," he said. “So our app-based Captain Cupid service is long overdue.”
He said the demand for solo travel is surging in the wake of the pandemic. "In the last six months alone we've seen the number of solo travel bookings leap 6% globally."
It's like the Tinder of travel.
"Imagine the number of times you’ve travelled and could’ve been sitting for hours on end with the person of your dreams and never realised it! Now with Captain Cupid you’ll know, and something beautiful could be unfolding on your next flight from London to Singapore, or while on safari in Kruger National Park, or on a cruise across the Pacific or around the Mediterranean,” Stark added.
“We hope Flight Centre’s Captain Cupid service will set an industry benchmark for blind travel dating into the future,” said Mr Stark. “We think the world is more than ready to embrace this travel innovation and embrace each other on long-haul flights, romantic sea voyages, and in the back of four-wheel drive vehicles.”
No word if you'll be able to 'swipe left' on the person sitting next to you on a fight!
