Although local tourists will be key to a tourism recovery, hoteliers should prepare for a change in foreign tourist behaviour, says Proud Group, a leisure and hospitality development firm. The group’s director, Proudputh Liptapanlop, said the tourism business in the second half will depend largely on domestic tourists because of outbound travel bans and the […]
Read MoreLuxshare ICT announced they are still hiring 300 workers per day from June 18 to 20 for production expansion in North Vietnam. Luxshare Precision Industry (Luxshare ICT), one of Apple’s contract manufacturers, is hiring thousands of workers in Vietnam to assemble AirPods. Over the last few days, the company’s fanpage has been posting job opening […]
Read MoreAsean countries need to prioritise digitalisation, platform creation, agility, resilience and sustainability as methods to steer them towards recovery mode in the wake of the pandemic, say leading economic and business figures. “Digitalisation in everything, through all levels of both the public and private sectors, is now the new normal. This is a must to […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR (BERNAMA) – Industry trade events organiser, Informa Markets has urged the Malaysian government to consider re-opening the borders for business travellers from countries which have managed to contain the COVID-19 spread. Its ASEAN Business group managing director M Gandhi said the implementation of “travel bubble” for international business travellers will help to stimulate the Malaysian economy. He […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The value of electronic money transactions in the Philippines surged by 36.2 percent to P1.48 trillion in 2019 from P1.09 trillion in 2018 and the amount is expected to rise further as the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) promotes digitalization amid the coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19 pandemic. Vicente de Villa, managing […]
Read MoreThe Revenue Department has set its sights on drawing temples nationwide to participate in an electronic donation system amid rising charitable donation receipt forgery for tax claims. The department has increasingly been hearing about false donation receipts, said director-general Ekniti Nitithanprapas. Some have used the receipts for sales, while others asked monks to bump up […]
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