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Mooncakes, a beloved traditional treat during the mid-autumn festival, have seen a noticeable rise in price this year. The increase, ranging from 3 to 20 percent, is attributed to heightened costs for ingredients, labor, and packaging. As a result, consumers…
Japan demonstrated its aim to be a prominent platform for global fintech growth at the Singapore FinTech Festival 2025. The country’s aspirations are bolstered by regulatory transparency, digital-asset amendments, and an increasing interest from investors.…
Switzerland is set to be a focal point at the Singapore Fintech Festival 2025, which will mark the country’s ninth consecutive year of participation. The Swiss Pavilion is a testament to how Swiss innovation, trust, and cooperation continue to significantly…
The Singapore FinTech Festival (SFF) 2025, the country’s premier annual financial technology event, is set to begin this week. The highly anticipated conference will feature over 800 speakers covering a myriad of topics within the industry. Looking Ahead to a…
During an interview at the Cannes Lion advertising festival, the CEO of Netflix Ted Sarandos gave the most direct indication that it will launch a cheaper, ad-supported subscription tier to the embattled streaming service. In essence, Mr. Sarandos said that…
Food and beverage establishments are working through Tet or abbreviating their holidays to make up for a year of poor business due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Crab restaurant chain Vua Cua is delivering through the holidays, and some of its outlets closed for…
The first Philippine Shopping Festival, a nationwide sale promotion aimed at getting people into malls, has been postponed due to the rise of coronavirus disease worldwide. The Department of Tourism (DOT) announced the postponement of the month-long event…
For the first time in Singapore, come drink and be merry as you learn from some of the best natural winemakers at the Vivent Les Vins Libre (VLVL) Festival 2019. Meaning “Live Free Wine”, the Les Vivent les Vins Libres is a collective of natural winemakers…
The Korea Sale Festa beginning Sept. 28 will fail to fulfill its aim of boosting consumption and helping small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), as a growing number of retailers and consumers have turned away from the government-initiated discount event.…
Luxury brands are increasingly leveraging music festivals to turn young and affluent attendees into customers, with some going as far as to run their own events and concerts. Luxury brands would have once distanced themselves as far as possible from the mud…
The Camões Portuguese Cultural Centre in Bangkok and the Embassy of Portugal in Thailand, in partnership with Arte Institute in New York and Siam Piwat present the “NY Portuguese Short Film Festival ’17” in Thailand for the second year between September…
About 20,000 coffee fiends got their fix and more at the second edition of the Singapore Coffee Festival, which ended yesterday. The four-day event featured more than 90 exhibitors including coffee purveyors, equipment distributors and cafes, as well as…
Festivals take place throughout the year in different localities, but they are not organized in a professional way to achieve international stature. Meanwhile, tourism sites do not pay appropriate attention to festival tourism, though they can see the number…
Through its Wonderful Indonesia brand, Indonesia will promote its vast tourism potential at the annual International Yoga Festival, due to be held in the Indian city of Rishikesh on March 1-7, 2017. To this end, the Indonesian Tourism Ministrys Deputy for…
This second edition of Taste of Hong Kong is set to be even bigger and better with more restaurants, dishes, artisan producers and culinary experiences to savor. “It was no question for us that Hong Kong should be the home of Taste Festival’s first Asian…
Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti hopes that the Indonesian Pearl Festival (IPF) 2016 will introduce Indonesias original pearls to the world. “I hope the Indonesian South Sea Pearl (ISSP) would be introduced to pearl stakeholders and…
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