Marriott International Signs Agreement with IOI Properties Group to Add Palm Garden Hotel to Tribute Portfolio in Malaysia
Marriott International announced it has signed an agreement with IOI Properties Group, Malaysia’s leading integrated lifestyle real-estate group, to add the Palm Garden Hotel to the company’s Tribute Portfolio. Tribute Portfolio is Marriott International’s growing global family of characterful, independent hotels drawn together by their passion for captivating design and their drive to create vibrant social scenes for guests and locals alike. Under the agreement, the current 151-room Palm Garden Hotel is expected to rebrand to become part of Marriott International’s Tribute Portfolio following a strategic conversion. “We are excited to build on our relationship with IOI Properties Group and further expand our portfolio in Malaysia,” said Paul Foskey, Chief Development Officer, Asia Pacific, Marriott…
A Life Devoted to Tea & Kindness: Sri Lanka’s ‘Mr. Dilmah’ Celebrates 71 Years of Brewing Cups of Kindness
The unmistakable face of the Sri Lankan family tea company Dilmah is Merrill J. Fernando and his invitation to customers: “Do try it!” The first tea grower to offer his tea to the world – picked, perfected, packed at source – and kindness was his cup of tea. The family tea business he formed around an uncompromising commitment to Taste, Goodness & ethical Purpose offers a playbook for business in a post-pandemic era. Faith, determination, dedication to taste, goodness, and ethical purpose characterize the Ceylon tea maker’s story as he turns 91, and celebrates 71 years in tea. Milestones are important. They chart one’s progress, whether success or failure. Merrill J. Fernando, the…
The French May Arts Festival Pays Tribute To An Abstract Master At Chu Teh-Chun’s Symphony & Film Premier
2020 marks the centenary birth of a celebrated Chinese-French abstract master Chu Teh-Chun (1920-2014). To pay tribute to this talented artist, the French May Arts Festival (French May) is working together with Alisan Fine Arts and Fondation CHU Teh-Chun to co-present Chu Teh-Chun’s Symphony & Film Premier. Chu studied watercolour and oil painting at the National Academy of Art under Lin Feng Mian. There he met two other important artists Zao Wou-Ki and Wu Guanzhong, the three nicknamed “Three Musketeers” of Chinese Modern Art. Chu moved to Paris in 1955 where his signature abstract style came to be in 1956, after he attended a major exhibition of works by French…
Hong Kong Airlines To Promote Travel Recovery With Trial Run of ‘Travel Pass’ App
Hong Kong Airlines has announced their plans to run a trial of a digital health passport app dubbed ‘Travel Pass’ that enables passengers to link their COVID-19 test results to a digital version of their passport as part of the carrier’s ongoing contributions towards the safe reopening of borders and international travel. Developed by International Air Transport Association (IATA), Travel Pass looks to provide travellers with easy access to COVID-19 entry requirements for their destination and accredited testing centres at their point of departure. Under this trial, Hong Kong Airlines will work in close relation IATA to test its Lab App, a key module in Travel Pass. Passengers on a selected route…
KENANGA INVESTMENT BANK COLLABORATES WITH DIALOGUE INCLUDES ALL BY SUPPORTING THEIR PROJECT, CAFÉ INCLUDES
Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad has always been actively working on and helping out in various forms of CSR activities and initiatives. In a recent interview with Chuah Sze Phing, Head of Group Marketing & Communications, Kenanga is responding to increased social and community needs especially in the COVID-19 environment, the Bank today launched The HumanKIND Project to empower Malaysian social enterprises working with marginalised communities, particularly the disabled and differently abled. The Project will commence with enhanced support for the Bank’s long-standing social enterprise partner, Dialogue Includes All, which runs Café Includes, an independent café in Petaling Jaya operated by a team of people with disabilities including those with low…
