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Malaysia is the second largest market in Southeast Asia for Chinese tourists spending over the Chinese New Year holiday season, as recorded by Alipay, the digital payment and lifestyle platform offered by Ant Financial, an affiliate company of Alibaba Group.…
To give back to the Hong Kong community in celebration of the Lunar New Year, Deliveroo collaborated with St. James’ Settlement and restaurant partner LAO ER by Crystal Jade to host a special afternoon event yesterday for elderly people living alone. There…
Vietnam recorded the fourth highest mobile in-app ad revenues (eCPM) in the Asia-Pacific region during Tet 2018. It ranked behind China, Singapore and the Philippines, according to a report recently released by Vietnamese digital advertising service company…
China’s retailer and catering enterprises earned over 1 trillion yuan ($148.3 billion) during the Lunar New Year holiday, defying an economic slump to rise 8.5% from last year, the country’s commerce ministry said late on Sunday. The increase was down to the…
DFS Group, the world’s leading luxury travel retailer, is celebrating Lunar New Year 2019, ‘The Year of the Pig’ with a series of exciting promotions, exclusive offers, personalization services and interactive activities at DFS, Singapore Changi Airport.…
Next week it Chinese New Year. It officially begins on February 5th, 2019, and ends on February 19th. This year will be the year of the Pig. It is the most important festival for Chinese people, so the city is fully decorated with festive installations. The…
Despite lacklustre consumer sentiment, businesses are gearing up for brisk sales as consumers do their Chinese New Year (CNY) shopping for the much celebrated festival next week, with many businesses citing CNY as an important sales contributing season. LG…
Banks have hiked deposit interest rates by 0.1-0.5 percentage points as the country’s spending demand surges prior to Tet. Private lender Asia Commercial Bank last Friday introduced a new interest schedule with an increase of 0.2-0.3 percentage points in…
British luxury fashion house Burberry has unveiled its first Chinese New Year campaign, celebrating family traditions and togetherness. The commercials, shot and directed by photographer Ethan James Green, star Chinese actresses and Burberry brand ambassadors…
Average New Year bonus given by HCMC firms to an employee is VND3.4 million ($146), 30 percent higher than in 2018. For the 2019 Roman Calendar New Year, bonuses have been significantly higher than in 2018, Le Minh Tan, director of the HCMC Department of…
Siam Piwat Co., Ltd., owner and operator of Siam Paragon, Siam Center, and Siam Discovery, unites the three shopping centers under the banner of “One Siam” to host “Siam Delightful Chinese New Year” with a generous budget of 50 million Baht. On the theme of…
Many supermarkets are launching attractive promotion programmes in the days ahead of Tết (Lunar New Year) to attract customers. Tết falls on February 16 this year. In addition to cutting prices on more than 5,000 essential items from January 11 to February…
Coca-Cola China has once again revived its festive ‘Clay Doll’ figures to help promote Chinese New Year festivities. The commercial from McCann Shanghai features “evolved and refreshed” versions of the animated dolls, which first appeared in Coca-Cola festive…
DFS Group, the world’s leading luxury travel retailer, will celebrate Lunar New Year 2018 ‘The Year of the Dog’ with a series of fabulous promotions, exclusive offers and fun interactive activities at selected T Galleria and DFS stores worldwide throughout…
The early timing of Lunar New Year has given Singapore retail sales a boost. Including or excluding motor vehicles, total Singapore retail sales rose 2 per cent in January. However, month-on-month they declined 1.3 per cent on December (excluding cars),…
Nineteen inbound China duty-free shops have opened to serve domestic travellers returning home. The state’s Ministry of Finance announced the stores have been built in 13 airports including Guangzhou Baiyun, Hangzhou Xiaoshan and Qingdao Liuting, as well as…
