The following keynote speech given by former finance minister and Gua Musang parliamentarian Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah at the 4th...
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Erik Santos finally tries his hand in acting
Seven years after he first got an offer to try out acting, Prince of Pop Erik Santos has finally taken the plunge via an episode on “Maalaala Mo Kaya” to air Saturday, July 24. “Ako kasi ‘yung tao na ayaw na napre-pressure. Before, I didn’t feel I was cut out for this aspect of...
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Westin Tokyo brings out the Best
Acclaimed Australian chef Mark Best will bring a taste of his world-class restaurant Marque — one of the top eateries in the world and winner of the Breakthrough Award in this year’s San Pellegrino World’s Best Restaurants survey — to The Westin Tokyo from Aug. 1-7. Best will showcase his culinary skills at the...
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HK sets up task force to study regulation of travel industry
Hong Kong Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Rita Lau Thursday said a special task force has been set up to look into problems deriving from “zero fee” tours after incidents regarding mainland tourists being forced to shop happened in Hong Kong.
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Erik Santos stars in ‘Maalala Mo Kaya’
Prince of Pop Erik Santos will showcase his acting mettle in a special episode of “Maalaala Mo Kaya (MMK)” on July 24, Saturday. He will play an OFW who applied as a singer but became a housekeeper at Venetian Hotel in Macau. The episode is directed by Mae Cruz and also stars Kristel Moreno,...
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Rant tourists `spent $400,000′
A businessman who filmed the video of mainland tourists being insulted and ordered to shop by a Hong Kong tour guide known as Ah Zhen claimed his group spent HK$400,000 during their two-day tour, but the guide was still dissatisfied.
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Hong Kong’s tourism blunders a bonus for Taiwan
It’s the sort of publicity any city could best do well without. While Hong Kong’s tourism chiefs have been working overtime to attract tourists from mainland China — traditionally the city’s main source of visitors — on the street level, tourism operators seem hell-bent on turning them off ever coming to town.
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Shui On May Sell Properties Outside Shanghai to Boost Cash Flow, Lee Says
Shui On Land Ltd. , a Shanghai-based developer controlled by Hong Kong billionaire Vincent Lo , plans to sell some of the group’s retail and office properties outside the company’s home city to help maintain cash flow.
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Bally Technologies and Galaxy Entertainment Group’s StarWorld Reshape the Player Experience in Macau
LAS VEGAS—-Bally Technologies, Inc. , a leader in global gaming technology solutions, is dramatically changing the slot players’ experience with its iVIEW Display Manager™ point-of-play communications technology at Galaxy Entertainment Group ’s StarWorld Casino in Macau.
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En route to HK listing
Hong Kong-based Far East Consortium International Ltd (FEC) plans to include all five Malaysian hotels in a planned listing of its unit on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, sources say.
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DO’s and DON’Ts of Hotel Technology… | By Terence Ronson
It is almost five years since we first issued the popular DO’s and DON’Ts of Hotel Technology. A lot has changed since then – both in Hotels and Technology, and so it’s time for an update. Here is our 2010 version which we hope you will find useful as a check- list and to...
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