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MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL POISED TO EXPAND ASIA PACIFIC LUXURY HOTEL PORTFOLIO WITH 14 EXPECTED ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES BY END OF 2023
HONG KONG, Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Marriott International, Inc. today announced it expects to open 14 additional luxury properties in Asia Pacific by the end of 2023. The planned additions highlight the strategic growth of Marriott International's luxury hotel portfolio in the region, where it currently operates 156 luxury properties. Across 13 countries and regions in Asia Pacific, Marriott International's portfolio of dynamic luxury... Read More
Rapid growth puts Australian CRO Accelagen on the map for clinical research globally
MELBOURNE, Australia, Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Accelagen, one of Australia's leading Contract Research Organisations, has taken new 472sqM office space in Hawthorn East following two years of rapid growth for the business. Now a multi-million dollar business built up from a small consultancy in 2010, Accelagen's team of experts across its key... Read More
Straive bags 'Brand Revitalization Award' and 'Best Multichannel Integrated Campaign Award' at CMO Asia Awards 2022
SINGAPORE, Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Straive, a leader in delivering technology-driven solutions for Content, EdTech, and Data to leading global organizations, has been conferred with two awards at the 13th edition of CMO Asia Awards 2022, held on 17thAugust 2022 in Singapore. The organization won the Brand Revitalization Award for Excellence in Branding and Marketing and the Best Multichannel Integrated Campaign for Excellence in Digital... Read More
Loox Launches The First Shopify Post-Purchase Upsell Solution That Displays Photo Reviews
TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Loox, the leading peer-to-peer marketing solution for Shopify merchants, announced today the release of "Loox Upsells", a tool for ecommerce sites to increase the average order value by enabling online sellers to display photo reviews next to post-purchase upsell offers. The launch of Loox Upsells marks the next step for Loox to extend their innovative portfolio of products and solutions that... Read More
Jacobi secures QIC funding to scale multi-asset investment technology
BRISBANE, Australia, Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Investment technology firm Jacobi Inc. has announced it has raised $10m USD in Series A Funding, led by Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) Jacobi Inc. (Jacobi) will use funding to further accelerate the development of the Jacobi platform and expand its team and clientele globally. Read More
Unstoppable Rise of Korean Medical Tourism
SEOUL, South Korea, Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI) has revamped the official website of Medical Korea(www.medicalkorea.or.kr), featuring information related to the use of Korean medical services. Korea has been awarded by the International Medical Travel Journal (IMTJ) for "Health and Medical Tourism: Destination of the Year" for two consecutive years, being globally recognized for its... Read More
GTR 2 and Stoke 2 are the newest electric longboards from Evolve Skateboards
GOLD COAST, Australia, Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Evolve Skateboards unveils a new electric skateboard series: the GTR and Stoke Series 2. Evolve's new electric longboards set a higher standard for personal transportation, with up to 50km of range and the ability to customise acceleration and braking curves. This is the 5th generation of electric skateboards produced by Evolve, the leading company in the personal micro-mobility industry. Read More
Power for All Distributed Renewable Energy Job Report Sees Strong Post-Pandemic Growth
NEW YORK, Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Power for All, the global campaign to end energy poverty, today released its second Decentralized Renewable Energy (DRE) jobs report; supported by GET.invest, Good Energies Foundation, and The Rockefeller Foundation. The industry's most comprehensive emerging markets employment census shows increased demand for DRE solutions is creating hundreds of thousands of formal and informal jobs. The sector is... Read More
CGTN: China takes concrete action in boosting global economic recovery
BEIJING, Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- At the recently concluded Samarkand summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), China expressed its readiness to work with the global countries to deepen practical cooperation in areas such as trade and investment, infrastructure, and maintaining the stability of supply chains. Efforts are already under way. The International Forum on Resilient and Stable Industrial and Supply Chains began in... Read More
Huawei Cloud Summit in Bangkok: Driving the Leapfrog Growth of the Digital Economy with Cloud Native
BANGKOK, Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- HUAWEI CONNECT 2022 kicked off in Bangkok on September 19. At the Huawei Cloud Summit themed "Inspire Innovation with Everything as a Service", Zeng Xingyun, President of Huawei Cloud APAC, William Fang, Chief Product Officer of Huawei Cloud, and customers and partners delivered keynote speeches. During the event, Huawei Cloud released the Cloud Native 2.0 Architecture White Paper and launched Cloud... Read More
Crowley and Eastern Pacific Shipping Partner with Long-term Charters for Four LNG-Fueled Containership Newbuilds
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. shipping and logistics company Crowley has awarded Singapore-based Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) a contract for the charter of four newbuild containerships powered by liquified natural gas (LNG) for Crowley's U.S.-Central America trade. Using LNG significantly lowers vessel greenhouse gas emissions, such as sulfur oxide, carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxide while eliminating particulate... Read More
'WADE F&F' price shoots up 150-fold, demonstrating power of CRIPCO's next set of NFTs through strategic partnerships
SEOUL, South Korea, Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global blockchain NFT company CRIPCO has successfully minted its first NFT project 'WADE Friends Family' (WADE F), which has generated a tremendous response from the global NFT community. The company's second project with IPX and upcoming partnership with global fashion labels are now raising expectations for CRIPCO's next IP 3.0 business. CRIPCO's 'WADE F' NFT sold all of the minted... Read More
Peace Leaders Conference Tells United Nations: Declare GLOBAL PEACE EDUCATION DAY!
NEW YORK, Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading international peace educators, advocates, diplomats, and artists will gather online Tuesday, September 20 to petition the United Nations to make Global Peace Education Day an annual United Nations event. The yearly Global Peace Education Day spotlights the success of peace education in transforming lives in the face of war, pandemic and climate change. GlobalPeaceEducation.com/Petition... Read More
Club dVIN Announces Historic Opportunity to Participate in Bhutan's First Wine Harvest
THIMPHU, Bhutan, Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Club dVIN, the world's premier global non-fungible token (NFT) wine club, has announced an unprecedented opportunity for oenophiles to participate in one of a series of weeklong excursions during Bhutan's first wine grape harvest. Spanning 10 weeks from late July through late September 2023, each of the trips will host 15 members. Read More
Huawei, ASEAN Foundation call for collective actions in APAC digital talent cultivation
BANGKOK, Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Huawei, working with ASEAN Foundation, hosted the Asia Pacific Digital Talent Summit in Bangkok on Monday, as part of its annual flagship event Huawei Connect. Themed "Cultivate Talents, Unleash Digital", the summit brings together stakeholders from the government, academia, and the industry to explore the paths of building a future-ready ICT talent pool and unleashing digital potential in the Asia-... Read More
MGI Launches Ultra High Speed DNBSEQ-G99 Gene Sequencer* with Mid to Low Range Throughput
SHENZHEN, China, Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MGI Tech Co., Ltd. (MGI) on 9 September officially launched DNBSEQ-G99*, the latest model of the gene sequencer* with mid to low range throughput. As one of the sequencers* with the fastest speed among those with the same throughput in the world, DNBSEQ-G99* is especially suitable for targeted gene sequencing and small genome sequencing, delivering rapid and high-quality data output. Based on... Read More
70mai Launches the First 360° Rotatable Dash Cam
SHANGHAI, Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 70mai, an industry-leading auto intelligence company dedicated to driving smart innovations with its break-through products, announced the launch of the Dash Cam Omni. The patented 360° rotating design solved a pain point of similar products in which the image became distorted due to its large field of view. Omni is the first dash cam from 70mai that utilizes an AI algorithm to boost car safety during... Read More
Huawei Asia Pacific ISP Summit: Shaping an All-Optical, Intelligent Internet for 2030
BANGKOK, Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- During the Asia Pacific ISP Summit, Huawei put forward its latest strategy of "Diving into the Asia Pacific, Shaping an All-Optical, Intelligent Internet", bolstering the ISP industry as the critical foundation of the Intelligent World 2030. The summit, joined by business leaders and partners, also featured discussions on Asia-Pacific's all-optical trend and progress of home broadband, integrated bearer,... Read More
Hummingbird Bioscience Chief Scientific Officer Jerome Boyd-Kirkup to Present at the 2nd Annual VISTA Virtual Symposium
SINGAPORE, Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hummingbird Bioscience, a data-driven precision biotherapeutics company discovering and developing transformative biologic medicines for hard-to-treat diseases, today announced that Jerome Boyd-Kirkup, Ph.D., Hummingbird Bioscience's Chief Scientific Officer, will present at the 2nd Annual VISTA Symposium on September 23, 2022. "VISTA is a promising therapeutic target we believe has not been adequately... Read More
Best-in-Class Companies focused on Sustainability and Growth Excellence Earn Enlightened Growth Leadership Recognition from Frost and Sullivan Institute
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Frost Sullivan Institute is dedicated to utilizing business practices to address key global challenges by 'innovating to zero'. Businesses around the world face an obsolete pressure of striking a balance between business growth and global priorities, but the Frost Sullivan Institute has identified around 1% of global Companies that address global priorities and "innovate to zero"... Read More
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