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Nine retail shops and a café have opened in the recently-inaugurated 105,000-square-metre Midfield Concourse of Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA). In addition to the new shops, there are also outposts and a money-exchange kiosk. “The Midfield Concourse…
Wildcraft has launched operations in Middle-East and South East Asia as the brand sets out to grow its presence in International markets. The company has tied-up with partners for its foray in the UAE, Oman and Muscat markets and online partnerships for…
Thousands of Chinese have flocked to Bali to cerebrate Chinese new year using chartered flights of a number of airlines including Garuda Indonesia Tourism Minister Arief Yahya said here on Monday at least 65 chartered flights carrying 23,000 Chinese from 11…
Home-furnishing retailer Index Living Mall has announced its 2020 vision to continue its push beyond Thailand into other ASEAN countries. With franchised stores already trading in Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, the company believes the region’s urbanisation…
Ever wondered what would happen if you combined Chinese New Year with Game of Thrones? The EM Disctrict did, and the result is the world’s first 40 meter long flying dragon hovering over EmQuartier. Come gasp at its 10 meter tall head. Go gape at its…
Continuing its robust expansion in South East Asia, Wyndham Hotel Group today announced the opening of its first Days Inn® hotel in Indonesia, the 119-room Days Hotel & Suites Jakarta Airport. Located in the capital of Jakarta at the site of the former…
The Singapore Airshow will once again feature spectacular flying displays, and also one of the widest range of business, commercial, and military aircraft at the static aircraft display area that will captivate and thrill visitors at the Changi Exhibition…
The furniture market in South Korea has seen a surge in sales since IKEA entered the retail sector last year, stimulating consumer tastes for trendy home furnishings and competing with local retailers, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported on Monday.“The…
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is looking to turn its hundreds of millions of users into sportsmen as it seeks to cash in on the country’s growing sporting market, an executive said. The comments by Zhang Dazhong, chief executive of its Alisports unit, come…
A British businessman is shipping something insanely unique to China and making fortune out of it. It might sound insane for some but not for Leo De Watts, who is believed to have made thousands of pounds by exporting fresh British air to China. Report…
Fewer people are planning to eat out on the eve of the Lunar New Year, a restaurateur said. The bill per table is expected to be about HK$4,800 on the eve of the holiday down from HK$5,300 last year Hong Kong Federation of Restaurants and Related Trades…
China Jo-Jo Drugstores has launched the first Internet-based Remote Hospital Network platform in Zhejiang Province, China. The virtual physician platform will be offered onsite at its retail pharmacy locations. This would allow the company to partner with…
For 15 years, Ms Lim Sock Leng, who has intellectual disabilities, has been travelling from her home in Woodlands to a car wash in the southern part of Singapore for work. The trip takes her more than an hour, but she looks forward to seeing her friends at…
Innovative Japanese lifestyle store Tokyu Hands is testing the Malaysian market through a pop-up store in Kuala Lumpur. Open for two weeks until February 3, the pop-up store at Tokyo Street in the Pavilion shopping centre in downtown Kuala Lumpur is…
French fine crystal manufacturer Baccarat has opened its first Chinese flagship store, in Beijing’s China Central Place complex. A stainless-steel mirror at its storefront draws attention to the two-storey boutique outlet, designed byGilles & Boissier of…
Balis entrepreneurs and craftsmen are ready to offer some unique and affordable souvenirs to foreign tourists who plan on celebrating the upcoming Chinese New Year in the Island of God. “Various typical Chinese New Year souvenirs are especially being offered…
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