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DHL Global Forwarding, the leading international provider of air, sea and road freight services, has appointed Skerry Palanga as Country Manager, Papua New Guinea. With the appointment, Palanga will lead and manage the country’s operations and be responsible…
Indonesia AirAsia added two new Singapore (SIN) services from Medan (KNO) and Padang (PDG) on 9 February. The 621-kilometre Medan link and the 472-kilometre Padang connection will both be served with daily flights operated by A320s. The LCC faces incumbent…
Iruna eLogistics, a logistics startup company, plans to open two new fulfillment centers in Surabaya and Medan by the end of this year as part of its rapid expansion to provide back-end logistics services to Indonesia’s small and medium-sized enterprises.…
Bank Indonesia is currently preparing a roadmap of regulations for financial technology, or fintech, products in an effort to support the rapid change of the global financial system in the digital era, the central bank’s official said on Thursday (08/02).…
AirAsia Indonesia, a budget carrier based in Tangerang, Banten, announced on Friday (09/02) it has opened three new routes, two international and one domestic, to tap into the increasing demand for air travels. The carrier, an affiliate of Southeast Asian…
French cosmetics giant L’Oreal reports “spectacular” growth for last year, particularly in Asia. It had growth acceleration of 5.5 per cent in the fourth quarter with sales exceeding €10 billion (US$12.2 billion) in the ‘new markets’, which include Asia…
Asia’s pre-owned luxury fashion market is continuing to grow, with shoes and t-shirts gaining ground, according to multichannel retailer Reebonz. Although bags continued to dominate, with an average of 77 per cent of total transactions in 2016 and 2017, both…
Buyers of Indonesian coal are holding back orders of the fuel after the government issued new shipping rules for coal and crude palm oil that would restrict exports to Indonesian vessels, an industry association said today. Jakarta issued rules in October…
Quick Serve Indonesia, the new franchisee for US quick-service chicken chain Texas Chicken, has launched its first two stores. The first is in Surabaya, East Java, in the Tunjungan Plaza 3 (TP3), with a second a signature stand-alone restaurant in Kertajaya,…
Bangladesh signed an agreement with Indonesia on Sunday (29/01) to open talks on imports of liquefied natural gas, as the South Asian country turns to the supercooled fuel to fill a shortfall of domestic natural gas. A letter of intent was signed between two…
National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia eyes $2.4 billion in transactions from the 2018 Singapore Airshow, which takes place at the Changi Exhibition Center on Feb. 6-11, the company said in a statement on Monday (05/02). The airshow, the biggest of its kind…
Indonesia’s full-year gross domestic product growth last year accelerated at the fasted pace in four years, as robust exports and investment growth compensate for weak household consumption, the Central Statistics Agency, or BPS, revealed on Monday (05/02).…
Eight companies are currently preparing for initial public offerings in the first quarter this year, Samsul Hidayat, a director at Indonesia Stock Exchange said Monday (06/02). So far this year, only one company has completed an IPO at the exchange, which is…
Asian online fashion destination Zalora and J.Crew have announced they are forming a partnership to expand the US brand’s reach. From next month, a curated range of J.Crew’s women’s ready-to-wear and shoes as well as men’s apparel and accessories will be…
Việt Nam’s rice export volume in 2018 is expected to increase by 400,000 tonnes from 2017 to reach 6 million tonnes, due to increased demand from Southeast Asia, especially from the Philippines, with China expected to be the country’s largest rice market. The…
Indonesia’s Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi confirmed on Thursday (25/01) the government will start implementing its newly-revised regulation for app-based ride-hailing services in February. The new ministerial regulation for services like Uber and…
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