BEIJING, Jan. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday stressed efforts to ensure a joyful and peaceful Lunar New Year when he held virtual talks with the general public from across the country ahead of the Spring Festival.   Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, spoke with medical workers in a hospital, senior citizens at a... Read More

PARIS, Jan. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --  Accor, a world leading hospitality group, today announced an exciting new addition to the Group's unparalleled network of brands: Handwritten Collection, a global portfolio of charming bespoke hotels that offer an intimate and stylish hospitality experience. Accor already has over 110 Handwritten leads globally totaling more than 11,500 rooms, including 12 secured signings, with five properties expected to... Read More

SINGAPORE, Jan. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Marriott Bonvoy, Marriott International's award-winning global travel programme and extraordinary portfolio of 30 hotel brands, presents a year-long line-up of incredible experiences to celebrate diversity, equity and inclusion across APAC. From championing Women in Sports at the Australian Open, to celebrating pride at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras and Gay Games Hong Kong, Marriott Bonvoy... Read More

BEIJING, Jan. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The signing ceremony of the PV module supply agreement of the Qatar 875MW PV power plant project, which is Qatar's largest photovoltaics (PV) power plant, was recently held at the Samsung C headquarters in Seoul, South Korea. Under this supply agreement, JA Solar will provide more than 1.6 million DeepBlue 3.0 modules for the Qatar 875MW PV power plant project. The project will be built in the Mesaieed... Read More

HONG KONG, Jan. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Neopets Metaverse is pleased to announce the successful closing of its latest investment round, where it raised $4M in funding. This round saw participation from industry leaders in the gaming and blockchain sectors, including Polygon Ventures, Blizzard Avalanche Ecosystem Fund, Hashkey Capital, IDG Capital, and gaming giant, NetDragon Websoft. Read More

SINGAPORE, Jan. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Novo Tellus, a leading private equity fund focused on building industrial and technology companies, has completed an investment in SP Manufacturing ("SP" or the "Company"). Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Singapore with global operations, SP is a growing leader in producing mission-critical electronics for industrial and medical customers.  The Company prides itself on building close, strategic... Read More

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Forrester (Nasdaq: FORR) today announces its Customer Obsession Awards for Customer-Obsessed Enterprise. This award will recognise organisations who put customers at the centre of everything they do to accelerate business growth, retain customers, and enable greater employee engagement. The qualifications for Forrester's Customer Obsession Awards are as follows: Customer-Obsessed... Read More

BOSTON, Jan. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Qritive (www.qritive.com), a leading healthcare AI startup has announced that they have raised $7.5M in a funding round led by MassMutual Ventures, supported by SEEDS Capital, the investment arm of Enterprise Singapore, and Exfinity Venture Partners. Qritive will use this new capital to drive geographical expansion, expand product portfolio and support regulatory clearances. Founded in 2017 by Dr. Aneesh... Read More

BRISBANE, Australia, Jan. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Principal Asset ManagementSM has partnered with Jacobi Inc., a global investment technology provider, to scale its fintech-enabled model portfolio offering powered by multi-asset risk analytics and market leading client engagement technology. With a strong focus on digital transformation, Principal® is empowering advisors with analytics and tools enabling them to ultimately better serve... Read More

NEW YORK, Jan. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Native today announced the launch of its project-owned DEX layer for crypto. Native created this technology because the crypto ecosystem has become too reliant on exchanges and market makers. Exchanges stand between users and projects, extracting fees and adding friction. Market makers operate in the shadows and few understand how they work. This needs to change. Crypto needs to become user-centric to... Read More

LONDON, Jan. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Buildmedia, the Auckland-based creative studio widely considered to be the world leader in off-the-plan interactive real estate sales and marketing solutions, city-scale digital twins and interactive eCommerce VR experiences, has merged with London and New York based pioneering visualisation studio The Boundary. Founded 20 years ago, Buildmedia are global leaders of interactive real-time solutions across... Read More

TORONTO and SAN JOSE, Calif, Jan. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Alphawave Semi (LSX: AWE), a global leader in high-speed connectivity for the world's technology infrastructure, today announced the company has been certified as a Great Place to Work®. Over 80% of Alphawave employees in both Canada and the United States reported a positive work experience and company culture, which is higher compared to the average of 57% in a typical U.S.-based... Read More

BEIJING, Jan. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- SANY Group, ("SANY"), a globally leading enterprise of the high-end equipment manufacturing industry, has announced record high overseas operating performance figures for 2022. In the first three quarters of the year, SANY Heavy Industry, a subsidiary of the group, headquartered in Changsha, Hunan, saw international sales revenue of 25.88 billion yuan, a year-on-year (YoY) growth of 43.7%. 12 overseas... Read More

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Enterprise Holdings, through the Enterprise Holdings Foundation, today announced a strategic partnership with Ford Motor Company Fund to support the growth of the industry-leading Collision Engineering Program (CEP). The new industry partnership will expand the CEP to a new college that will become the seventh school to offer the two-year apprenticeship model, founded by Enterprise Holdings Foundation... Read More

PLANTATION, Fla., Jan. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading customer service company Everise announced today the launch of its new brand repositioning, which includes a refreshed visual identity and the new brand tagline, "Champions of Customer Happiness". As of January 2023, Everise is evolving its brand as it increases the solutions and services it provides in the healthcare sector, which is its largest client industry segment, alongside the... Read More

OTTAWA, ON, Jan. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Solace, the leading enabler of event-driven architecture (EDA) for real-time enterprises, today affirmed its ongoing Event Horizon commitment to advancing the state of EDA, punctuated by several new strategic partnerships, community education program achievements and product enhancements, including the launch of a new distributed tracing capability. Read More

DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- At the World Economic Forum, the Valuable 500 launches white paper entitled 'ESG and disability data: a call for inclusive reporting'. Their work on inclusive reporting has been co-funded and developed with 2 of the Iconic members of the Valuable 500, Allianz, and London Stock Exchange Group, in partnership with Tortoise Media. Read More

HONG KONG, Jan. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The inaugural Web3 Festival, co-hosted by Wanxiang Blockchain Labs and HashKey Group and organized by W3ME, will take place on April 12-15 at 5/F, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center (HKCEC). This four-day event, hosted on five center stages across an area of about 9,000㎡, will see over 10,000 attendees, 300 distinguished industry speakers, about 100 Web3 projects, community partners and media... Read More

NEW YORK, Jan. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- As 2023 kicks off, predictions abound on the technology innovations expected in the year ahead. In its new whitepaper, 74 Technology Trends That Will—and Will Not—Shape 2023, analysts from global technology intelligence firm ABI Research identify 41 trends that will shape the technology market and 33 others that, although attracting vast amounts of speculation and commentary, are less likely to move the... Read More

ISTANBUL, Jan. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Koç Holding CEO Levent Çakıroğlu is taking part in the Davos Summit hosted by the World Economic Forum (WEF) on January 16-20, 2023. The summit , which will be the WEF's 53rd annual meeting of its kind, will see 2,700 leaders from 130 countries gather under the theme of 'Cooperation in a Fragmented World' and will focus on solutions and public-private cooperation to tackle the world's most pressing... Read More