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BEIRUT: OLX, the leading classified platform in Lebanon, hosted its first auto industry event, dubbed the โ€œCo-Driveโ€ event, at PitStop, an outdoor karting track thatโ€™s a top destination for motorsports fans.

The event revolved around promoting one of OLX Lebanonโ€™s most successful categories: vehicles. Current and potential clients, car part manufacturers, car dealers, banks, media, and experts in the scene attended the event.   

The event was mainly aimed at strengthening relationships between OLX and its partners by introducing them to the whole team and thanking them for the years of partnership and shared successes. The event also included an entertainment segment, which saw rally champion, Abdo Feghali turning up the heat by performing a live drift show with four lucky winners. Music and live entertainment were also part of the night including graffiti artist, El M3alem, who worked on a live graffiti painting.

โ€œOur clients are more than just clients. We see them as partnersโ€

During his opening speech, Mr. John Noja, Country Manager, welcomed everyone, saying, โ€œOur clients are more than just clients. We see them as partners. The sum of all of their successes is how we define our success. Thatโ€™s why this event is called Co-drive. We want to be their co-drivers.โ€

Sharing Johnโ€™s sentiments, Guy Farhat, Business Development Manager, shared the benefits of working with OLX, explaining, โ€œWe offer more than just products. We want to be our clientsโ€™ consultants to help them manage their accounts through ongoing industry reports about supply and demand, and constant support from all our departments.โ€ 

The โ€œCo-Driveโ€ event pinpointed the advantages of having vast amounts of space in the online world. OLX Lebanon can make forward strides in Lebanonโ€™s market via categorical expansions and a fleshed-out platform that can provide you with pre-owned as well as brand new cars.  

Rounding off OLXโ€™s podium stretch, when asked about OLX plans for the future, Maria Nehme, Strategy Manager, put the spotlight on the importance of โ€œCustomer-centricityโ€ in the Groupโ€™s strategy and officially announced the launch of a completely new application coming in Q1 of 2020, saying, โ€œWeโ€™re launching a new and revamped mobile application that weโ€™ve been working on for almost a year. These changes will make our buyersโ€™ lives easier and bring many new features to our sellers through an advanced platform and technology.โ€

OLX is a global online marketplace that is operating in 35+ countries across 5 continents. It is the largest online consumer group in the world, involved in over a million purchasing and exchanging services within its respective communities.

OLX is the map that guides all its clients on a journey where all their voices matter. Together, a success story is created.