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While Pep Guardiola’s Cityzens cruised their way to a third Premier League title in four years, their season ended on a bitter note as their Holy Grail, the Champions League trophy, fell from their grasp at the very last hurdle. This season, the Sky Blues venture once again into the unknown, hoping to finally bring home the Big Ears this time round. Here are City’s official Partners going into the 2021-22 season.
Following are the companies and organisations that serve as sponsors and brand partners to Manchester City and enjoy a strong branding presence across their physical and digital assets.
Manchester City’s Global Partners / Sponsors
Man City’s decade-long deal with Etihad Airways went into its final year ahead of the 2020-21 season. Reportedly worth £67.5m per year, the deal has brought about a new outlook to the way sports sponsorship deals are made and scrutinised.
Back in 2011, Etihad became the principal sponsor of Man City, acquiring not only the front space of the club’s kits but also the right for the name of their stadium; what was then called the City of Manchester Stadium came to eponymously be called the Etihad.
The Etihad deal has undoubtedly been fundamental in the turn of fortunes City have had over the last decade. When the deal came into being, City were just being touted as the next big prospect. Ten years later, they have five Premier League titles, six League Cups, and two FA Cups, looking forever upwards. The City footballing campus has also been revamped – from the area surrounding the stadium to the new training complex.
The finances of the deal have always been under major scrutiny. Most recently, the City owners faced the infamous legal battle against UEFA who accused them of illegally putting money into the club’s coffers, with their fingers pointed to the Etihad sponsorship. While City manage to swat away the allegation, it doesn’t change the fact that the Etihad deal remains shrouded in controversy.
Man City ended a six-year association with Nike and signed German sportswear giant Puma as their official kit supplier in February 2019, with the deal kicking off with the 2019-20 season.
The deal is reportedly worth £650m over ten years and also covers Man City’s sister clubs in Australia (Melbourne City FC), Spain (Girona FC), Uruguay (Montevideo City Torque) and China (Sichuan Jiuniu FC).
Etisalat, an Abu Dhabi-headquartered telecom company, has been City’s telecommunications partner since November 2009 for the countries Etisalat operates in.
Back in 2009, Etisalat was City’s third global sponsorship appointment after Etihad and Umbro, aimed by the City owners to expand their reach worldwide. Regardless to say, both parties have enjoyed a successful run.
In February 2020, Etisalat also became the official sleeve sponsor for the club’s esports team.
The Yokohama-headquartered Japanese automobile manufacturer has been City’s Official Automotive Sponsor since July 2014. The deal has granted Nissan in-ground branding at the Eithad and exclusive fan engagement opportunities.
The two parties extended their deal in July 2019 to also include City Football Group’s (CFG) other clubs in the US (New York City FC) and Australia (Melbourne City FC).
The two again renewed their deal in November 2021 to also include two other CFG football clubs from Spain (Girona FC) and China (Sichuan Jiuniu FC) apart from the aforementioned three. Pep Guardiola, the Man City men’s manager, was also signed up on to continue as an official ambassador for Nissan, a role he first took up in 2019.
Visit Abu Dhabi
Man City struck a sponsorship deal with the Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority back in May 2010 as their official destination partner.
The deal was put in place by the club’s Emirati owners with an aim to market the UAE as a prime tourism and business destination.
Partners since 2015, Nexen Tire and Manchester City made history in March 2017 when the Yangsan-based Korean tyre manufacturer became the first-ever sleeve sponsor of a Premier League club. Over the course of the partnership, the two have engaged in digital content collaborations while promoting football on a grassroots level.
The deal was renewed ahead of the start of 2020-21 season to include the club’s women’s and esports teams as well. The last renewal between the club and Nexen was announced in August 2021, covering the 2021-22 season.
Marathonbet initially signed on as City’s official global betting partner in June 2018.
The deal was later expanded in December 2019, making the betting company the club’s first ever training kit partner, rendering their logo emblazoned across the training kits of Man City’s senior men’s and women’s teams.
EA Sports has been a long-time Official Gaming Partner of Man City. Since September 2019, it has served as the Official Gaming Partner to all CFG clubs that feature in its annual release of football simulation game, FIFA.
The deal sees EA Sports produce exclusive content for the clubs’ social media channels as well as exclusive club-themed FIFA packages. EA’s deal with the Premier League sees the company hold exclusive rights to feature City’s licensing, which includes real-life likeness of players, kits and stadium, in its annual FIFA release.
Manchester City and Cisco have been partners since 2013. Their deal was revamped in October 2019 when the CFG expanded Cisco’s association with City’s other sister clubs – New York City, Melbourne City, Yokohama F. Marinos and Sichuan Jiuniu as their Official Technology Partner.
As per the deal, Cisco strives to enhance connectivity between the clubs, players and fans by the virtue of technology, and use sport for global positive reinforcement through CFG’s global youth empowerment initiative, Cityzens Giving.
The Tel Aviv-based Israeli web development platform is the Official Website Design & Hosting Partner for three of CFG’s clubs – Manchester City, Melbourne City and New York City FC – since February 2016.
Apart from branding rights, the deal also sees the two parties work on several co-branded campaigns, with Wix getting access to City’s roster of superstar personalities for promotional purposes.
The Hong Kong-based multi-level marketing company has been Man City’s Official Direct Selling Partner since 2014. The two last renewed their deal in August 2019 in a five-year agreement, which sees QNET continue to provide City-led soccer clinics to communities around the world and engage with consumers and distributors through various club channels.
City signed a multi-year deal with cryptocurrency-based fan engagement platform Socios, which is powered by Gzira, Malta-based blockchain fintech provider Chiliz, in March 2021 to launch their own Fan Token.
Via Socios, City offer their fans a chance to obtain Fan Tokens ($CITY) that allow them to participate in several club-oriented activities. These Fan Tokens are limited in number and can be bought, sold or won in an augmented reality in-game.
Expo 2020 Dubai
The delayed World Expo became City’s Official Exhibition Partner in June 2021 in a deal that covers the club’s men’s, women’s and esports teams, as well as their sister clubs – New York City FC, Melbourne City, Yokohama F. Marinos and Mumbai City.
The deal will be dedicated to promoting the World Expo, which is currently scheduled to be held from October 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022.
The Shenzhen-based Chinese mobile company has been City’s Official Global Tablet and Handset Partner since 2016, a deal the two parties last renewed in July 2019.
As per the deal, the two parties collaborate over fan engagement activities, producing fan-led content as well as matchday ticket opportunities.
The Walldorf-based German software corporation is the Official Cloud Software Provider and technology advisor to Man City and their sister clubs New York City FC, Melbourne City and Yokohama F. Marinos.
The deal sees SAP provide cloud-based software solutions, stats analytics and fan engagement improvement to CFG’s clubs. In turn, the company gains exposure through CFG’s social media channels and access to its clubs’ rosters for promotional adverts.
Man City signed a multi-year global sponsorship with Unliver-owned anti-perspirant brand Rexona in August 2018.
As per the deal, Unilever benefits from the partnership by getting to promote Sure (Rexona’s UK trade name) in the British market with City-themed packaging. Its products are also available for sale at the Etihad.
Unilever’s deal with Man City extends to their American sister club New York City FC, which Unilever leverages to promote Degree (Rexona’s US trade name) in the US market with NYCFC-themed packaging.
The Abu Dhabi-headquartered real estate company was announced as City’s Official Real Estate Partner in January 2022. The deal entails Aldar leveraging the club’s global audience base to promote select projects, with the two parties also collaborating on “development projects within the region in the realms of real estate, retail and football education”. Additionally, the two parties also collaborate over “exclusive events and campaigns”.
The Sydney-headquartered online trading company became City’s Official Online Trading Partner in September 2020 on a multi-year deal.
The deal is focused on creating brand awareness for Axi, who has rebranded from “AxiTrader”, via branding across City’s assets, digital co-branded content on the City website, and offerings to fans in the form of exclusive experience opportunities.
Chinese liquor manufacturer JNC has been City’s official baijiu partner since May 2019. Apart from branding rights, the deal also sees the two collaborating over several consumer and marketing campaigns.
Xylem, a Rye Brook, New York-based American water tech provider, is Man City’s official water technology partner since July 2018, a deal extended to the club’s women’s team and sister club New York City FC.
Through the partnership, Xylem aims to raise awareness about the global water challenges and work with the club improve access to clean water in global communities.
The London-based recruitment and human resources services provider is the Official Recruitment Partner of Man City since 2013, a partnership the two renewed in April 2019 which also made Hays an official sponsor of the team’s overseas tours.
As per the deal, Hays works with the club to produce digital content for the club’s audiences globally. The current deal between the two parties is set to run until 2023.
Gatorade is Man City’s Official Sports Nutrition Partner since November 2017, a deal the two extended in March 2019 to include the club’s women’s team as well.
As per the deal, Gatorade gets in-ground branding at the Etihad as well as bespoke dugout branding for the women’s team’s WSL matches at the Academy Stadium. City’s players and staff are also provided Gatorade’s products and “cutting-edge science” through the Gatorade Sports Science Institute (GSSI).
The Beijiao-based Chinese home appliance giant first signed a global partnership with Man City in January 2020. This was expanded in January 2021 to also include City’s women’s team and sister club, New York City FC.
Apart from branding rights, the deal sees Midea develop digital campaigns with the club across their social media channels.
The Shenzhen-based Chinese robot manufacturer has been City’s Official Robot Partner since 2016, a deal that was renewed in August 2018.
As per the deal, the two parties engage in enhancing the club’s fan experience and work on entertainment initiatives.
Payment solutions company Wega is City’s Oﬃcial Acoustic Contactless Secured Card Payment Partner since 2015. The two last renewed their partnership in May 2019.
As per the deal, the two parties work on providing club-themed fan opportunities to Wega’s prepaid card users. Wega also launched a bespoke app for the club, the City Wega app, that offers the City fans opportunities for exclusive, unique experiences.
The Shenzhen-headquartered Chinese sports-oriented LED display solutions provider was announced as City’s Official LED Display Partner in January 2021.
Apart from branding rights, the deal sees Unilumin’s range of LEDs installed along the pitchside at the Etihad.
Italian clothing brand Dsquared2 has been a part of City’s sponsorship portfolio since October 2016.
As per the deal, Dsquared2 is tasked with dressing City players and staff for their Champions League outings, as well as producing club-themed merchandise.
The Schaffhausen-based Swiss cloud software company has been the Official Data Backup and Storage Partner of City since November 2018.
As per the deal, Acronis assists City in managing and safeguarding their data, as well as providing metrics ranging from player performances to business operations.
Health and wellness brand Vejo has been City’s Official Smart Blending Device Partner since October 2019.
Apart from making club-themed blenders and kits, the deal allows Vejo’s doctors, dieticians and researchers to work with City’s nutritionists to help develop personalised diet plans and specialised pod-based blended food for the players.
The Los Angeles, California-headquartered tech-based natural wellness solutions provider signed a deal with the CFG to become the Official Recovery Partner of Manchester City, Melbourne City, Sichuan Jiuniu FC and Mumbai City in February 2021.
Apart from branding rights, the deal sees Therabody’s products made available across the aforementioned clubs’ training facilities to help the players with training optimisation, reducing injury risks and accelerated recovery.
SCM (Salento Creazioni Moda)
The Italian women’s high-end fashion brand has been the Official Formalwear Partner of City’s women’s team since January 2021, providing bespoke formalwear to the first-team players.
The New York-headquartered coworking spaces provider signed a deal with City Football Group in September 2021, becoming the Official Workplace Partner of Manchester City and an Official Partner of their sister club, New York City FC.
Apart from branding rights, the deal entails WeWork providing Man City employees in the UK and Singapore with “inspiring and collaborative workspace, whenever they need it”, with employees around the world also provided “additional flexible space at WeWork locations across the world”.
As for NYCFC, their employees are provided WeWork All Access passes as part of the deal, allowing them to work from any WeWork location across the world.
Co-headquartered across Seattle, Washington, and Provo, Utah, experience management (XM) company Qualtrics was announced as the club’s Official Experience Management Software Partner in October 2021.
Apart from branding rights, the deal sees City employ Qualtrics’ XM software to listen to fan feedback, so as to be able to enhance the experience for their fanbase both locally and globally. The deal also entails co-branded activations “across wider areas” of the club.
The Minato, Tokyo-headquartered Japanese conglomerate was announced as the club’s official virtual fan engagement partner in November 2021. Via a proof of concept (PoC), the deal entails collaboration between the two parties to develop cutting-edge digital fan engagement solutions for the club.
As part of the deal, the two are set to create a global online community—a metaverse—which will contain a virtual recreation of the club’s Etihad Stadium where the fans could interact with the club and with each other.
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The Abu Dhabi-based luxury hotel was announced as City’s Official Luxury Hotel Partner in January 2022. In the past, Emirates Palace has hosted Man City’s first team for warm-weather training sessions, with City Football Schools currently using the hotel’s facilities for “educational and community sessions”.
As part of branding rights, the Emirates Palace branding features most prominently on City’s men’s team’s training kits, with their manager Pep Guardiola also brought in to create co-branded promotional content.
Masdar is owned by UAE state-owned holding company Mubadala Investment Company, whose chief executive and managing director is Khaldoon Al Mubarak, the CFG chairman, with his sister Razan Al Mubarak sitting on the Masdar board.
The Valletta-Malta headquartered crypto spot and derivatives trading exchange was announced as the club’s Official Cryptocurrency Exchange Partner in March 2022 in a deal covering the club’s men’s, women’s and esports sides.
While the finer details of the partnership have not yet been made public, an official statement on the club’s website states that the two parties “will look to explore future innovation projects together”.
Manchester City’s Regional Partners / Sponsors
New York-based financial company Citi is the official banking partner of Man City since May 2015.
Apart from the usual marketing rights, Citi also provides support for City Football Schools, the club’s football participation programme for kids.
In October 2019, Man City and Nestlé signed a multi-year deal which saw the Vevey-based Swiss multinational food and drink processing conglomerate become the Official Coffee, Vegan and Vegetarian Partner of the club – a first for an English topflight club.
The deal sees Nestlé provide matchday opportunities for its customers and City fans, and also sees its plant-based products sold at the Etihad and the club’s academy stadia.
The Phnom Penh-based Combodian brewery is the club’s official beer partner in south-east Asia since October 2017. The brewery also serves as City’s official water, soft drinks and energy drink partner in Cambodia.
Dutch brewery Heineken renewed its 20-year-old partnership with Man City in December 2016. It continues to serve as the Official UK Beer Partner of the club.
Apart from branding rights, the deal also gives Heineken pouring rights at the Etihad for its beer and cider brands, which include Foster’s, Heineken, Strongbow, Bulmers, Amstel and John Smith’s.
City signed Austrian energy drink brand Power Horse as their Official Energy Drink Partner in December 2018, covering the territories in Africa and the Middle East, including Turkey.
The deal sees Power Horse promote the City brand with exclusive City-themed drinks.
Nigerian beer brand Star Beer has been City’s Official Beer Partner in Nigeria since September 2016.
The deal sees Star promote the City brand across the country and offer City fans in Nigeria exclusive prizes such as matchday experiences.
Abu Dhabi-based hospital Healthpoint serves as the club’s regional healthcare partner since November 2014.
As per the deal, the City medical staff hosts seminars on best training practices in sports medicine and offer internship opportunities to Healthpoint sports medicine professionals.
The two parties last signed an extension in August 2021. The deal currently runs until the end of the 2022-23 season.
The Manchester-based British manufacturer of personal healthcare products and consumer goods has its soap brand, Premier Cool, serve as City’s Official Personal Care Partner in Nigeria since 2015. The two parties last extended their partnership in August 2019.
As part of the deal, City aim to increase their brand value among the Nigeria fanbase, with Premier Cool providing on-pack promotion and club-themed personal care products, as well as hosting football training sessions across the country with the help of City’s coaches.
First Abu Dhabi Bank
UAE-based First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) is the club’s Official Affinity Credit Card Bank Partner. As part of the deal, the bank has also launched first-ever Manchester City Credit Card in the UAE, which offers its customers several club-specific benefits.
Man City signed a multi-year deal with Intel Sports in 2019. This deal was then extended in June 2020.
As part of the deal, City employs Intel’s True View technology to offer an immersive highlights package to their fans, offering multi-angle camera replays, player-eye views, and a personalised way to explore the game, with the help of the Intel cameras installed at the Etihad that map every move in 3D.
In August 2020, Man City signed a multi-year deal with Mondelēz that saw its confectionary brand, Cadbury, become the club’s Official Snacking Partner in the UK, Republic of Ireland, China, United States, India, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Brazil and the UAE.
The initial focus of the collaboration was on celebrating the people and organisations who contributed immensely during the COVID-19 pandemic. Apart from this, Cadbury has also been offering exclusive fan opportunities to its customers in the aforementioned regions.
In August 2020, Man City signed New Zealand-based payment platform Laybuy as their Official Buy Now, Pay Later Partner in the UK, Australia and New Zealand.
The deal sees the Laybuy service model becoming a payment option in City’s retail offerings, which enables consumers to spread transaction costs into six, interest-free weekly repayments.
The deal also offers Laybuy’s customers exclusive opportunities to meet City legends.
Chinese mobile game developer Capstone Games became City’s Official Casual Mobile Game Partner in Asia Pacific, North America and the UK in July 2020.
Apart from branding rights, the deal entails the Beijing-based company releasing a football manager-style mobile game with licensed City players, kits and stadium.
The Hong Kong-based blockchain gaming brand signed a deal with the CFG in December 2020 that made the company the Official NFT & Fan Tokens Partner of Manchester City’s men’s and women’s teams as well as their sister club, Melbourne City.
The deal sees Animoca publish a series of digital assets, collectibles, mini-games and unique gaming experiences based on the two CFG clubs.
Zurich International Life
Headquartered in the Isle of Man, the life insurance company signed a regional partnership deal with the CFG, becoming Man City’s Official Insurance Partner in the UAE, in January 2021.
Apart from branding rights, the deal entails digital and esports activations.
Based in Dubai, Noon.com is a digital marketplace dedicated to local businesses in the Middle East. The platform was announced as Man City’s Official Online Marketplace Partner in the Middle East in April 2021.
Apart from branding rights, the partnership is aimed at increasing City’s fan engagement in the Middle East.
The Tokyo-based management consulting firm was announced as Man City’s Official Management Consulting Services Partner in Japan in August 2021.
The deal entails the two parties working together to increase City’s customer base across Japan and the southeast Pacific market.
The Mumbai-headquartered Indian sports travel and experiences packages provider was announced as City’s Official Football Hospitality Experiences Partner in India in November 2021. Apart from branding rights, the deal sees DreamSetGo offer Indian City fans bespoke packages for City games and soccer camps.
Ahead of the 2022 Major League Soccer season, Chicago-headquartered American men’s hygiene brand Dude Wipes was announced as a Regional Partner of Man City and the official matchday-shirt sleeve sponsor of their sister club, New York City FC.
Apart from its logo featuring on the NYCFC matchday shirts, Dude Wipes also runs promotions across the US to engage with the American City fanbase.


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Delta Air Lines for the third consecutive year maintained
its position as the leading U.S. airline as rated by corporate travel buyers in
the BTN Annual Airline Survey. In
continuing an impressive streak, it topped competitors in nine of 10 categories
and held a significant lead in overall average score. The carrier not only has
won more corporate business—as evidenced by double-digit percentage corporate
revenue growth—but also the adulation from corporate travel buyers.
The competitive set, however, hardly is standing still. As
the established leader in the U.S. corporate market, the target is on Delta's
tail. This year, every ranked airline other than Delta improved its score from
the prior year's survey. Placing second for the second consecutive year,
American has narrowed Delta's lead. United, meanwhile, recovered to place third
following a fifth-place finish last year, while Southwest and US Airways,
respectively, ranked fourth and fifth.
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download a pdf of BTN's 2013 Airline
Survey, featuring all charts and rankings.]
Corporate travel buyers in general are more satisfied with
airlines this year, with overall average ratings in every category rising from
last year. Among 429 corporate travel buyer respondents, 31 percent indicated
that overall airline customer service for their organizations in the past 12
months improved, compared with the 20 percent who reported service
Not only are Delta's survey results once again
industry-leading, but many write-in responses read like love letters. "Delta
exceeds expectations in all areas," wrote one respondent. The airline "goes
above and beyond," gushed another. There are dozens of such comments
collected from respondents, with nary a negative word in the bunch.
One respondent spotlighted an "excellent level of
service and communication." Several singled out their account managers,
including the "amazing" rep who was "available to us whenever we
need," according to one. Buyers also heaped praise on Delta's flexibility
in structuring corporate agreements, the reporting it provides to corporate
accounts and its handling of service disruptions.
Delta's 3.93 overall rating on an ascending scale of one to
five (delivered by 285 qualified respondents from organizations with at least
$500,000 in 2012 U.S.-booked air volume) fell a modest two-hundredths of a
point from last year's finish, when it swept all categories. Delta this year
ceded control of only one, as Southwest led in overall price value.
Regarding product and service attributes that touch business
and leisure travelers alike, Delta this year brought product investments, new
airport facilities and leading operational performance (Delta has led major
U.S. airlines in on-time performance in recent months, according to
The carrier this year also undertook many initiatives
squarely aimed at the corporate market: It expanded corporate reporting to
include international point-of-sale data, made available for sale via
Travelport's systems its Economy Comfort seating product and began piloting a
corporate recognition program that greets client travelers at check-in.
Additional personalization is to come, executives said.
Delta scored particularly well for its network, partnerships
and frequencies and on the value of relationships with account managers. On the
latter, vice president of global sales Bob Somers stressed that "consultative"
relationships fostered with corporate clients have "got to be bigger than
To that end, Delta has "invested in the resources and
the tools" to make relationships better, said Somers. That includes
technology, round-the-clock sales support and customer relationship management
"Our goal, as we've committed to our customers, is to
be easy to do business with," said Somers. "In a complex world, that's
sometimes difficult, so we're constantly listening to our customers and
constantly evaluating how we do business."
Senior vice president of global sales Steve Sear has used
the phrase "continuous improvement" in discussing goals for the
It seems to have resonated.
"When it comes to their reporting, their services,
everything they're doing, they just keep going leaps and bounds ahead of the
other carriers," said Sapient global travel and client experience lead
Michelle De Costa.
But where Delta goes, the competition tends to follow. The
airline in 2008 went first in the ongoing wave of mega-mergers, combining with
Northwest to gain the scale and network that United-Continental and now
American-US Airways strive to match. Competitors also have mimicked Delta's
pioneering corporate reporting, and the airline is at the forefront of
developing personalized client recognition programs and advancing CRM sales
American this year continued to restructure under Chapter 11
bankruptcy protection and, after an unexpected but now resolved antitrust suit
filed by the U.S. Department of Justice, is preparing to merge with US Airways.
AA appears to have overcome those distractions as it improved its score from
last year in every BTN survey
category. The carrier maintained a second-place ranking among the largest
domestic airlines and narrowed the gap to market leader Delta.
Vice president of sales Derek DeCross sees "a lot of great
momentum" for the airline. Merger aside, AA during its turn in Chapter 11
has refreshed its fleet—an "average of one new plane per week,"
DeCross said—upgraded inflight products (including Wi-Fi and new premium
seating) and improved terminal facilities (at the Dallas/Fort Worth hub, for
example, with changes to others coming).
Regarding the corporate market, AA in the past year
restructured its sales force, enhanced customer relationship management tools
and began providing new client reports. Like Delta's, they highlight
client-specific metrics on baggage handling, on-time performance, purchasing
behaviors, traveler status profiles and ancillary purchases and/or waivers.
"We've been improving that report as often as we can,
as we get new data streams," said DeCross. "It's great because it
helps the corporate travel manager talk about the value that they're providing,
and it helps us talk about the value we're providing to the corporation as
Regarding the sales force restructuring, DeCross said it was
"first implemented toward the end of last year, and we're just hitting our
stride." The move included shifting sales personnel from headquarters "and
placing them closer to our customers" and establishing "a service
team" to support account reps as they service agencies and buyers. "Within
these teams, we have representatives based in Los Angeles and New York City
that are dedicated to meeting the unique needs of the banking and entertainment
industries," said DeCross.
Citing enhancements to customer relationship management
tools, DeCross expects to further segment clients to better tailor fares and
"There are many different factors that go into
segmenting customers and figuring out not only what is the right discount, but
also what markets they most value, what type of products they most value, and
whether there is any creativity we can employ to come up with something that's
a bundle of goods that better services them versus some of our competitors,"
Meanwhile, amid all the uncertainty about its merger and
ongoing bankruptcy restructuring, DeCross said client communication during the
past year was key. To that end, AA formed "a team around B-to-B
communications," a new initiative still being developed, he explained.
Following a recent meeting AA held with agency partners,
Executive Travel CEO Steve Glenn said he was optimistic.
"I really think the future is bright for AA, as what
they shared with me indicates their whole focus in the future is on their
customer and how they are committed to make the travel experience easier and
much more personalized," Glenn said.
Buyer respondents to BTN's
survey generally had kind words for AA. "I have found American Airlines'
quality of service to be among the best domestically that I have experienced,"
according to one. "We have great account support from American Airlines,"
Meanwhile, at least one buyer sounded encouraged as the
airline begins merging with US Airways, writing, "Assuming some of AA's
business practices are adopted, it will improve the overall relationship."
A turbulent merger integration with Continental Airlines
contributed to United's last-place finish in BTN's 2012 survey, but the carrier this year climbed to number
three and earned an improved score in every category.
"We certainly were disappointed with the results in
2012," said United senior vice president of sales Dave Hilfman. "We
knew we had a lot of things to improve upon—and we have."
United last year was hit hard by a troubled transition to a
single passenger services system, followed by a period of declining operational
performance. The airline's top brass last year acknowledged that business
travelers were taking a "detour" to competitors, and last year's
survey showed deteriorated corporate buyer sentiments.
If 2012 brought strife, this year has brought
stabilization—starting with systems and operations, and extending to the sales
"If you look across any of the statistics, certainly on
the operational side, whether it's on-time performance, baggage handling,
reduced customer complaints and what we'd say is a dramatically improved
product, we feel like we made enormous headway," said Hilfman.
Beyond the carrier's core operations and product, he called
out several initiatives meant to improve United's standing in the corporate
The airline this year pioneered a new simplified contracting
format that has garnered positive responses. "We're always asked, 'How can
[United] provide more responsive, simpler contracts?' " Hilfman conveyed. "We've
taken that to heart and have done a lot to simplify our contracts."
The result is United's Master Corporate Travel Agreement,
which gives clients the option to maintain terms, conditions and boilerplate
legalese from one agreement to the next, and focus on commercial terms at
regular intervals. It has been welcomed by some corporate travel buyers, even
if there are some skeptical procurement hardliners.
Christopherson Business Travel's Sam Bond in a blog post spotlighted
the initiative. "During a recent meeting with United Airlines and one of
our corporate customers, I was pleasantly surprised with the options presented
for their contract renewal," he wrote.
Beyond simpler formats, Hilfman has placed an emphasis on
contract flexibility by "giving our sales managers and corporate teams
more authority to make adjustments."
United received good marks for quality of communications,
another focus for the sales organization.
"Both Delta and United have made some efforts to
communicate their programs more clearly," wrote one buyer respondent. "In
general, I don't receive a lot of customer service from any of the carriers."
This year, Hilfman said United relaunched a quarterly client
newsletter and has continued to hold frequent advisory board meetings with
corporate clients and travel management companies. "We've done far better
in providing advance notification to our key accounts, in terms of policy
changes or product or schedule updates," he said. "People never want
to be surprised."
Meanwhile, regarding enhanced corporate reporting, "there
was a slight lapse in 2012, when we were switching over our IT systems,"
said Hilfman. But, United late last year again began providing "enhanced
customized corporate reporting," showing on a per-client basis "the
value of a corporation's interactions with United." That includes the "baseline
economics relative to discount agreements," as well as "all the
components that make up a corporate agreement," including the value of
bag-fee waivers for status holders, upgrades and client-specific operational
Remarks shared by travel buyer respondents were a mix of
good and bad, indicative of United's middle-of-the-pack position in the survey.
One respondent opined that "United still hasn't figured it all out with
Continental." Another said that "United is showing signs of
improvement, but cannot seem to get over the hump and turn the corner."
Hilfman said his ears are open to the good and the bad, with
the goal of constantly improving the airline's standing. "Something we've
always aspired to is being an airline that's easy to do business with," he
Value Best At
Even though Southwest Airlines' overall score rose to 3.25
from 3.08 last year, the carrier slipped a spot in the rankings. Southwest,
however, maintained an industry-best rating in the overall price value
category—the carrier in 2012 tied Delta in the category—and picked up good
marks for quality of customer service, traditional strong suits for the carrier
in BTN's survey.
CFO Tammy Romo during Southwest's most recent quarterly
financial results call said that corporate sales increased "rather
dramatically" year over year, and Southwest director of corporate sales
and distribution Rob Brown pointed to such growth contributors as new markets
the carrier is serving, greater spending from existing customers and new
Though airfare auditing firm Topaz this year published a
report suggesting that "competing airlines were lower than Southwest
Airlines over 60 percent of the time" in 100 domestic city pairs, buyers
continue to see tremendous value in the airline. "We're very competitive
with our everyday low-fare strategy, and we become even more competitive with
the discounting that we do," said Brown. "But when you consider the
total cost of travel, take into account change fees in particular, that's
something business travelers do on a frequent basis." Southwest stands out
for not charging change fees and remains the only major U.S. airline allowing
two free checked bags.
Among enhancements for corporate travel buyers, Southwest in
the past year expanded what Brown called a "preferred customer service
help desk," which provides assistance to most customers with contracts.
Southwest's score in flexibility in negotiating transient pricing this year
rose to 3.12 from 2.72 last year, with buyers rating the carrier as more
flexible than United and US Airways.
"Southwest has been extremely flexible in pricing and
contract terms while we work to get our program in order," according to
one respondent. Another wrote that "Southwest has increased its
flexibility," with yet another pointing to securing "an upfront
discount" with the carrier.
The airline's score in the distribution channels category
rose to 3.05 this year from 2.75 last year. Brown said Southwest's corporate
booking portal Swabiz "continues to be an integral part of what we're
doing," as some "major customers book through Swabiz and only through
Though the its global distribution system presence doesn't
match that of its largest competitors, Southwest has made a concerted effort to
expand booking channels. Brown noted that Orbitz For Business and nuTravel this
year joined Concur, Egencia, Sabre's GetThere and Rearden Commerce's Deem as
systems offering Southwest's content.
Deals with corporate booking tools "have enabled us to
work with customers that we've not been able to work with before," Brown
explained. "It's opened up new doors to us and created some new
partnerships with key corporate customers."
US Airways Up But
US Airways this year fell one spot from last year's
fourth-place ranking, but not for lack of improvement: The airline this year
lifted its overall score to 3.19 from 3.07 last year and posted better ratings
in nine of 10 categories.
The carrier for years has found itself on a different
competitive footing than its larger network competitors: its hubs are in
smaller business markets, its position in the managed travel market is less
entrenched, its network is not as expansive and its sales force is more
Though its merger with AA will help address those hindrances
in the corporate market, the airline has had some success in recent years as a
After downplaying the corporate market in the mid-2000s, the
airline in recent years has rebuilt and reinforced sales efforts in the United
States and abroad. For the most recently
completed quarter, C-level executives touted strong year-over-year corporate revenue growth, particularly in
US Airways' corporate business has "continued to pick
up," said managing director of passenger sales Michael Schmeltzer. "We've
been in the high single digits in terms of corporate growth [this year], and in
the third quarter we've gone up into the double digits. We're seeing it
continue to build."
Following a ramp-up in recent years in sales personnel,
additions to sales staff have "leveled off," but the carrier is "continuing
to build and continuing to win accounts" even if that's "at a more
moderate pace" than in previous years when it was just re-engaging
Schmeltzer said the airline's focus this year has been to be
more creative, flexible and responsive with clients. "Something we've been
talking about more and more—and [CEO] Doug Parker has been saying—is
relationships matter," he said. "We continue to drive that globally
as a sales team."
Alluding to enhancements for corporate reporting during
summer 2012, Schmeltzer said US Airways clients now are receiving metrics on upgrades
that their travelers receive.
As for features for corporate travelers, Schmeltzer said
that Wi-Fi availability on mainline domestic flights this year hit 90 percent,
and he noted US Airways' first mobile app and a bag-tracking feature.
Like with American, this year has not been without
distractions. The merger "has required us to really be on our game with
communications," Schmeltzer said. "Everyone has questions, of course.
Sometimes we can answer them and sometimes we can't, but we've been working
really close with the corporate communications team and the marketing team—we've
dedicated support with marketing—to get as much information out to our clients
Overall responses from clients were mixed, with one citing "awesome
feedback and information" from the carrier during a roundtable this year
for corporate clients. Another called US Airways "our primary carrier,"
explaining that the company's account representative was "amazing in
communication—especially during this merger time period." Another gave a
shout-out to US Airways corporate reports.
That was the good, but one respondent voiced the bad and
ugly, claiming the carrier is "the most difficult airline to work with in
Meanwhile, for networks, airline partnerships and
frequencies, US Airways ranked above only Southwest, a primarily domestic
operator with no meaningful alliances.
Indeed, the US Airways merger with American is predicated
partly on giving those carriers the scale and network to match Delta and
"Our network is what it is—we don't have a global
network like Delta or United," according to Schmeltzer. "We know
that; the clients know that, but we want to make sure they know what network we
do have." While the carrier traditionally has been "thought of as a domestic player," he said,
growth has continued in Brazil and Mexico—as well as Europe, where "we
cover more than people realize, particularly out of Philly but also out of
Charlotte." So have sales efforts for those markets. "International
points have been growing faster than overall corporate," said Schmeltzer. "That's
because we've been globalizing our relationships."
The 16th annual Business
Travel News Airline Survey uniquely measures corporate travel buyer
perceptions of airline performance in negotiating and maintaining preferred
programs, delivering service and providing value. Survey categories were
developed through a series of exchanges with travel buyers, corporate travel
agency managers and airline sales executives to reflect the way in which
corporate air travel buyers perceive each airline. Asked to grade only those
airlines with which they "either negotiated a contract or booked a
meaningful amount of business" in the past year, respondents ranked
domestic U.S. carriers in 10 categories on a scale of one (poor) to five
(excellent). BTN averaged scores in
each category to create an overall score for each carrier. All categories were
Not every respondent rated every airline in every category.
Those participants who offered no response for a particular category or airline
were not included in that average rating.
BTN from mid-July
to early September collected responses from travel manager and buyer members of
the BTN Research Council and a randomly
selected subset of qualified subscribers of The BTN Group's Business Travel News and Travel Procurement publications. A total
of 491 qualified respondents completed the online questionnaire, 285 of whom
represented organizations that in 2012 spent at least $500,000 on airline
In an effort to restrict the survey to perceptions of those
involved in managed travel programs, respondents whose organizations spent less
than $500,000 in 2012 U.S.-booked air volume were excluded.
Of the 285 respondents in the final sample, 19 percent
represented organizations with U.S.-booked air volumes between $500,000 and
$1.9 million; 43 percent represented those spending between $2 million and
$11.9 million; and the remaining 38 percent represented those spending more
than $12 million.
The survey listed the largest domestic airlines as
identified by the U.S. Department of Transportation, excluding regional
affiliates of major carriers. Alaska Airlines, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue
Airways and Virgin America elicited responses from less than 40 percent of the
final survey sample and therefore were excluded from this report.
Equation Research hosted the survey and tabulated results.
negotiating transient pricing: The airline's demonstrated ability to
customize business travel program discounts and other negotiated pricing
negotiating meetings pricing: The airline's demonstrated ability to
customize meetings travel discounts and other associated negotiated pricing
negotiating services and amenities: The airline's demonstrated ability to
negotiate additional offerings for individual business travelers, including
soft-dollar benefits and special treatment in-flight and at the airport
The airline's demonstrated ability to provide comprehensive published and
private airfare content through preferred booking methods
resolution: The airline's demonstrated ability to respond quickly and
effectively to business travel buyer and corporate traveler concerns
Quality of client
communications: Demonstrated performance in informing business travel
buyers about changes in airline management, products, programs, sales and
Value of relationships
with account managers and sales reps: Demonstrated performance in the
productivity and frequency of meetings with local, regional, national and other
airline representatives as well as representatives' power to negotiate
agreements, offer options and make decisions regarding price and service
Quality of customer
service: Overall perception of airline based on timeliness, reliability and
cleanliness of service, support from airline personnel and communication to
and frequencies: The airline's ability to provide the necessary service to
the destinations organizations require
Overall price value:
The perceived worth of an airline's service levels relative to fares, fees and
originally appeared in the Nov. 25, 2013, edition of Business Travel News.

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The LiftMaster Garage Band program launched last year as a battle of the bands contest in the USA and Canada. It was designed to magnify LiftMaster’s brand through a unique music partnership that leverages the NASCAR sponsorship. Through developing this program, LiftMaster has been able to enhance customer awareness and build on the emotional connection musicians have with creating a band in their garages. Last year’s winner, Nashville Crush, was awarded the opportunity to perform on the main stage at Charlotte Motor Speedway as the opening act for ZZ Top leading into one of the largest races of the year, the Coca-Cola 600.
After a successful first year, the program was expanded from an 8-week contest to a 4-month long campaign. Narrowing it down from over 1700 bands to 16 finalists, the three online voting periods culminated in one winning act. Hillbilly Vegas, from Oklahoma! They were on-site at Charlotte Motor Speedway for their first performance since the new title; opening for pre-race entertainment, Lee Brice.
The consumers who voted for their favorite Garage Band were automatically entered for a chance to win an amazing prize pack: A trip to the NASCAR race at Charlotte Motor Speedway to watch the winning band’s performance.
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Outwrite PR recently featured in one of Wales’ top business publications, Wales Business Insider, where it discussed how to hit target audiences effectively.
The piece by Jenny Hulme, titled ‘Sell it like it is’, explored the effectiveness of PR and marketing to increase sales.
Outwrite’s digital director Anthony Bullick explored ways to reach a single target audience using multiple communications platforms, as well as as how a company can be its own publisher in the digital age.
He explained how recycling content across social media platforms including Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook can enhance reputations and build trust in a brand.
Anthony said: “At Outwrite we love to help businesses of all sizes when it comes to PR and marketing.
“The world of PR is constantly changing and it can be difficult for companies to keep up with the latest best techniques.
“Careful planning and application of PR and marketing really helps to achieve business objectives, whether they be to sell more or to raise awareness of a topic or issue.”
Expert advice from the Outwrite team had also appeared in a ‘marketing messages’ feature in the magazine in December 2015.
Anthony is a regular commentator on all things digital PR, writing a monthly column in the Daily Post business section. He also delivers talks about life at a PR agency in Chester and Manchester. On Monday 27 March he will be addressing guests at a North Wales and Cheshire Law Society event.
The full Wales Business Insider feature can be read in the current edition, datelined March 2017, on pages 15 and 16.


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The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting how many people think about how they work, connect, and transact. Recent crowdfunding campaigns have offered a peek at products that take on those staples of digital life. As always, exercise caution when backing a crowdfunding campaign and don't pledge what you can't afford to lose. HashWallet As the global health crisis has shaken some people's faith in the stability of the current world order and that has resulted in greater interest in cryptocurrency. But crypto has its own challenges, including vulnerability to hacking both at the exchange and client level.
Netgear is focused on the future of connectivity at CES 2019 with new products it believes can keep you online at home and on the go. The California-based networking company is showing off two new additions to its Orbi mesh router family designed to bring internet to the regions of your home that have been dead zones and the Nighthawk 5G Mobile Hotspot that to provide high-speed connections while you're away from the house. Netgear is getting into the 5G game with the Nighthawk mobile hotspot. The Nighthawk uses a Qualcomm Snapdragon X50 5G modem, and Netgear claims its the commercially available 5G modem to feature standards-based millimeter-wave spectrum -- a higher frequency spectrum that can carry larger amounts of data at higher speeds. The 5G mobile hotspot will available exclusively on AT&T's mobile 5G network, which the company has started launching in major cities across the US.
Intel will be the exclusive supplier of wireless modem chips for the next generation iPhone X (far left) and iPhone X Plus (middle) that will debut this fall.Atherton Research In Qualcomm's earnings call today, CFO George Davis finally admitted what was considered a sure thing by most industry observers, including ourselves: Apple will scrap Qualcomm's wireless modem chips from all of its new iPhone models (X, X Plus...) that will debut this fall. "We believe Apple intends to solely use our competitors' modems rather than our modems in its next iPhone release. We will continue to provide modems for Apple legacy devices," said Davis after Apple most likely didn't renew its contract with the chipmaker last month. Qualcomm was Apple's exclusive supplier of wireless modems until 2 years ago, with the launch of the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, when Intel began supplying chips for some iPhones that were not compatible with Verizon and Sprint CDMA networks. We believe that Qualcomm currently holds about 50% of the global standalone wireless modem chip market, followed by MediaTek (25%) and Intel (6%), with Samsung, Huawei, and Spreadtrum taking the remainder.
Rob Pegoraro walks a reader through the process of choosing between Comcast and Verizon fios for high-speed Internet service. I can use Verizon Fios or Comcast for my home Internet. Which one should I go with if I'm going to stream all the TV I watch? A. This reader in a Philadelphia suburb is blessed with a choice of high-speed Internet providers. Most Americans don't have that such flexibility: Only 46% can pick from two or more providers offering downloads of 25 million bits per second (Mbps), according to a Dec. 2014 report from the Department of Commerce. The two obvious factors to consider are speed and price, but what should be a simple comparison often gets complicated by contract terms and expiring promotional discounts.
PCs with integrated wireless connectivity still represent a small sliver of the market, and Wi-Fi is still poised to deliver the advantages of Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E, so getting online often requires alternatives. Historically, this has been a greater need in scenarios such as being in some sparse area where there is no Wi-Fi. But in the age of prevalent working from where your presentation upload may be competing with a round of Fortnite, the proposition of a dedicated wireless connection has changed more to one of control if not an outright speed advantage. As tech extends to personal finance, CNET's experts share news, advice and recommendations for making the best financial decisions. Nowadays, the de facto way laptop users access cellular data is via their phone's personal hotspot, a function that subsumed dedicated personal hotspots such as Novatel Wireless' pioneering Mi-Fi device; similar devices are still sold by carriers.


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“As the AX-570 android referred to as “Barron” appeared to grow in its capacity to feel, perceive, and experience subjectivity, the android’s aggression toward president Trump grew exponentially.”
“The geriatric cyborgs have two convenient USB ports allowing customers to charge their phones,” Walmart CEO Doug McMillon stated.
(Photo by Gage Skidmore. No endorsement implied) Former Presidential hopeful Rick Perry, who stumbled and fell short in his last run for President of the United States has announced that he is running again. However, […]


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LANSING, MI (WILX) - Exciting news for Michigan, especially those Yoopers in the U.P.
This is one of the limited edition U.P. Mountain Dew bottles.
Sunday, the residents of the Upper Peninsula finally got their own Mountain Dew Upper Peninsula bottle.
This all came about after the Yoopers challenged Mountain Dew.
It seems the soft drink bottler made the mistake of misplacing the U.P. on the "Dewnited States" map.
That map was a recent promotion by the soft drink company.
On Sunday, dozens stood in line for hours to get their hands on the limited edition bottles.
The company's apology doesn't stop there.
From Monday through Wednesday, Yoopers will be able to dunk Mountain Dew employees in a dunk tank at the U.P. State Fair.
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Customers in these four cities will get unlimited 5G data at speeds of 1 Gbps+.
Beta test services for other cities will be announced gradually as cities prepare, the company said.
Users will continue to benefit from the Beta test “until the city’s network coverage is substantially completed to ensure the best coverage and user experience for every customer.”
According to the company, the invited ‘Jio Welcome Offer’ users will be automatically upgraded to Jio True 5G service without changing their existing Jio SIM or 5G handsets.
Akash M. Ambani, chairman of Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd, called on the prime minister to accelerate 5G across India to realize the full potential of Digital India.
“In response, Jio has prepared an ambitious and fastest 5G rollout plan for a country of our scale,” Ambani said.
Jio also said that it is working with all phone brands to ensure that 5G phones work seamlessly with Jio True 5G services, so that customers can choose from a wider range of 5G devices.


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Chris and Leen are thankfull for what Maarten Teetaert achieved in the past years at Studio L+A. Since Chris and Leen took over the company in September 2020 they already gave it their personal touch.
The website and logo were given a new look.
Nele Vertessen joined Sabine Staelens in February as a representative
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A flashing “See Agent” message at the BART gates is the last thing an already rushed commuter wants to see at 8 a.m, because it probably means a longer delay is in store to replace or exchange a demagnetized, now unusable ticket.
But as more and more people carry cell phones and rely on portable media players like iPods to keep themselves entertained on the train, it’s a scene that appears to be becoming more common. BART officials say it’s imperative that riders keep their vulnerable tickets away from these devices.
Portable media devices and cell phones of all kinds will demagnetize a ticket at close contact, meaning they will distort or remove the information — including the remaining available fare — encoded on the ticket’s magnetic strip.
Despite what BART described as a relatively small percentage of returned tickets, commuters on Internet forums like bartrage.com, have expressed frustration with the seemingly frail tickets.
“I usually just buy a new ticket and go on with my life,” one BART rider, identified only as BARTAngel, wrote on the online forum in April. “But this ticket had over $8 on it. More money than I wanted to donate to BART.”
A BART engineering study completed Oct. 11 found that the way riders handle and store tickets is the main cause of demagnetization, be it from a magnetic purse clasp, cell phone or other electronic device, BART spokesman Jim Allison said.
“BART sells approximately 2.7 million tickets a month so it’s no surprise thousands of tickets are turned in as demagnetized,” Allison said.
If a ticket becomes demagnetized, BART will make refunds or exchanges, Allison said. The process, however, may be more hassle than some riders are willing to go through. Tickets purchased with credit cards must be mailed back to the BART offices in Oakland. Tickets purchased with debit cards or cash may also be mailed back or exchanged at certain stations during specified hours of the day.
Several years ago, BART had tickets that were weaker and even more susceptible to small magnets, BART spokesman Linton Johnson said. The agency ushered in a new, tougher series of tickets, but as more people tote portable electronic equipment, the number of demagnetized tickets has increased roughly back to where it was before, he said. BARTofficials do not consider the problem to be serious, however, and are not considering any changes to ticketing technology as a result of it at this time, he said.
Skyline College physics professor Paul Goodman said that it’s easy to manipulate the information magnetically encoded on the small ticket — evidenced in the ease with which ticket gates add or subtract the remaining fare. But that ease in recoding the information also contributes to its vulnerability to everyday items, Goodman said.


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Internet, outdoor and television advertising saw the greatest increases in spend throughout the first three quarters of 2013, while TV rose just 4%, according to new global figures.
The study, from Nielsen’s quarterly Global AdView Pulse report,, indicates that display Internet ads, although measured in a smaller subset of countries, grew by more than 32 percent in the first three quarters of 2013 compared to the same time period for the year before.
Internet ads are playing a crucial role in growing multi-screen advertising campaigns, which are expected to grow to 50 percent of ad budgets in the next three years. If the medium’s rapid growth is any indication, marketers projections are on the money.
Outdoor advertising was the next fastest grower, up 5.1% year-on-year.
YoY % change in spend during first three quarters of 2013 by media type
Despite the rapid growth of display Internet’s ad budgets, TV continues to reign supreme with a 57.6 percent share of all ad spending and advertisers investing 4.3 percent more into the medium year-on-year. Even in Europe, where total ad spending has been trending negatively for several consecutive quarters, TV advertising spending remained flat (0.0%) during the first three quarters of the year.
European advertisers, however, cut 6.5 percent of their ad spending on radio during the first three quarters of 2013. On the other hand, Latin American advertisers invested 12.4 percent more on this media type. Globally, radio advertising spending has decreased by 0.7 percent over the first three quarters of 2013 compared to the same period a year ago. Also trending negatively, ad spend has dropped in newspapers, magazines and cinema (2.2%, 1.1% and 1.3% respectively), as advertisers increasingly move their ad budgets to both television and display Internet.
“While it comes as no surprise that Internet is the most rapidly growing media type for advertisers, television is still the leading medium by spend by a long shot,” says Randall Beard, Global Head of Advertiser Solutions, Nielsen. “But the really exciting development is how the two can work together. We are consistently seeing advertisers turn to integrated campaigns to connect with consumers on multiple screens, reinforcing their messages strategically to maximize impact.”
Nielsen Global AdView Pulse measures ad spending for TV, newspapers, magazines, radio, outdoor, cinema and Internet display advertising. Some markets may exclude select media due to data availability.


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Kotak Institutional Equities retains add on JK Lakshmi Cement, revised fair value to Rs 350
Add JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd. at a price target of Rs 350.0 .
For the quarter ended 30-09-2019, the company has reported consolidated sales of Rs 1012.36 crore, down -10.91% from last quarter sales of Rs 1136.32 crore and up 5.61% from last year same quarter sales of Rs 958.60 crore. The company has reported net profit after tax of Rs 49.73 crore in the latest quarter.
The company's EBITDA in the second quarter was above estimate with higher realizations led by a favourable regional mix, said KIE. Asset sweating should help deleverage in FY20-21 but growth capital expenditure is expected to resume from H2 of FY21 with announcement of brownfield expansion in FY21, said Kotak.


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Sharp has announced a new camera module for smartphones, and according to Sharp this new module is the world’s thinnest camera module with optical image stabilization.
Sharp’s new camera module features a 12.1 megapixel, 1/3.2-inch CMOS sensor with optical image stabilization, and it measures just 5.4mm thick, and sharp will start shipping samples of the device to manufacturers from the 2nd of December.
The new module’s thin profile has been developed in response to the demand for portable mobile devices with ever more slender designs. The module also addresses the need for embedded cameras in these devices to deliver superior image quality and camera functionality, including connectivity to AV equipment and personal computers.
Sharp is expecting to put this new camera module intor production in January 2012, so we should start seeing it appearing in new smartphones next year.
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Popular market vitamin d segment to witness highest growth worldwide by 2020
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Popular Market : Vitamin D Segment to Witness
Highest Growth Worldwide by 2020
The global vitamin supplements market was worth US$37.4 billion in 2013 and will reach a total market value
of US$59.6 billion by 2020. A CAGR of 6.8% will be demonstrated by the global vitamin supplements market
during the forecast period.
The global vitamin supplements market benefits from the ever-growing healthcare industry. Rising healthcare
costs are influencing consumers to shift to dietary supplements products such as vitamin supplements. Apart
from the pharmaceutical sector, the global vitamin supplements market finds its application in food and
beverage, personal care, and other industries.
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Product-wise, the global vitamin supplements market is segmented into multivitamins, vitamin D, vitamin
C,vitamin B, and others. Since, elderly people suffer from vitamin D deficiency due to low sunlight exposure.
The demand for vitamin D supplements is growing, particularly in Asia due to its large base of geriatric
population. Currently, Asia Pacific is home to over half of the world’s elderly population (source: United
Asia-Pacific leads the global vitamin supplements market and will demonstrate a 6.0% CAGR during the
forecast period. The North American vitamin supplements market benefits from the growing awareness about
health and well-being along with the elevated healthcare costs. On the other hand, the European vitamin
supplements market’s growth will be fueled by the high incidence of chronic diseases.
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The new security flaw affects all Intel chips released after 2011
Security researchers have just discovered a series of new security flaws present in Intel processors. Last year, two of them, called Meltdown and Specter, were discovered inside the Intel processor chips. These errors exploited a flaw in the speculative execution of the processors to filter confidential data. Speculative execution is a technique that processors use to predict what a particular program or software will request from the processor. Doing it in advance saves valuable time, which makes speculative execution a crucial feature in modern processors.
Now the researchers are back with another completely new data leak error.
This recently discovered vulnerability called ZombieLoad takes its name from “zombie load”, a quantity of data that the processor can not understand or process, so it asks for help from the microcode of the processor to avoid a failure.
Applications are generally restricted to their own data sets, but the ZombieLoad error allows this data to leak if it is currently loaded into the processor core.
Hackers can easily exploit this flaw to gain access to your personal information, such as your login credentials, account tokens or even look at your online activity in real time.
This vulnerability affects almost all computers with Intel processor chips that date back to 2011. Users with AMD or ARM (smart phone) chips are not vulnerable to these defects.
There is no need to panic. Security researchers say that these flaws are not easy to exploit, as they require a specific set of skills and effort to use in an attack. Computer manufacturers such as Apple and Microsoft have also released patches to correct these vulnerabilities, so it is best to keep your PC / laptop up to date with the latest patches.


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The cloud and retail giant is preparing to expand its voice-activated assistant's capabilities with the launch of a beta software development kit to help outsiders to build apps.
Ahead of the Christmas break, Google has rolled out a slew of Drive updates that improve file format support, file sharing and document search.
The new app WeChat Phonebook can make phone calls completely free of charge under Wi-Fi, and uses little data while using mobile internet.
Google is improving upon an app popular for personal and business use cases alike.
Amazon's move is likely to attach more audio books along with eBook sales.
Work Phone is an advanced Voice App designed to work with CORONA (COrporate ROaming Network Access), Norwood Systems' revolutionary...
Telstra is giving its customers and third party developers the opportunity to create apps for its voice and video cloud, Telstra IP Telephony solution.
Oracle will utilize Nuance Cloud Services to give speech recognition and synthesis to a range of Oracle enterprise mobile apps.
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More of Google's voice actions from its networked Glass devices are making their way to Search for Android.
The Moto X is a fantastic device thanks in large part to the software enhancements provided by Motorola. Motorola Assist is one of the most useful and now it has even more functionality.
SmartFoundry, an application programming interface platform, will allow software developers to leverage the telco's voice calling and SMS capabilities to make it easier to create apps and services. Other network functions to come next.
Businesses can leverage missed calls, voice, e-mail, apps, and SMS-based products to offer, at zero cost to users, services such as alerts, notifications, voting, product sampling, surveys, and feedback submission.
Are voice commands coming to Facebook's mobile apps? A new acquisition lends to the idea.
Smartphone makers are looking to voice control and personal assistants to make their hardware stand-out. But are all voice control systems created equally?
Growing popularity of apps such as WeChat and Weibo, which enable users to send out greetings during the Chinese New Year, have substantially encroached revenue from voice call and SMS--the main income of traditional telecom players in China.
Chrome finds its voice with a new API from Google lets developers add speech recognition to web apps.
The FTC has issued a report about apps targeted towards kids in the Google Play and Apple App stores -- and there's plenty of room for concern.
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Many companies view SMS as legacy technology, and are bypassing it in favor of apps and new, non-carrier communication services like WhatsApp. The death of SMS is nowhere near, though.
ShoreTel is expanding is mobile and cloud strategies by bringing its unified communications platform to smartphones.
Microsoft and startup Twilio are offering developers a way to incorporate voice and text messaging into their Windows Azure-hosted apps.


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- Verified suppliers ensures guaranteed quality and delivery
- Event will also have two day long conferences covering e-Commerce, and, manufacturing and franchising
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 12, 2018: Covering nine focused sectors and over 100,000 products, China Homelife Exhibition is the largest sourcing platform for Chinese products in the Middle East and North Africa. Inaugurated by H.E. Butti Saeed Al Ghandi, Second Vice Chairman of the Dubai World Trade Centre, the exhibition is open to importers, traders and buyers to source high quality products directly from manufacturers. Taking place at the Dubai Exhibition and Convention Centre from Dec 11 – 13, the opening also saw H.E Sun Biqing, Director of Hangzhou Commerce Committee present on the occasion.
Given the rising interest in trade opportunities, the organizers, MEOrient Foreign Trade have strategically included businesses that would interest visitors looking for opportunities in Agriculture and Food, Building Materials, Consumer Electronics, Furniture, Home Appliances, Textiles and Garments, Home Products, Gifts as well as Lights and Lamps featuring leading manufacturers and suppliers.
The exhibition is designed to develop business relations directly with top representatives of companies. Visitors will also get the opportunity to see the latest products and innovations that are being developed specially for the MENA markets. The face to face interactions also sets the platform for more valuable deals and negotiations with Chinese suppliers. Following the previous year’s trend, the exhibition is expected to have visitors from across the GCC, and North Africa.
“The growing ties between the UAE and China is paving the way for higher trade opportunities between the two countries. The yearly China Homelife Exhibition is a popular meeting ground to build and strengthen business opportunities and we remain focused on providing high service levels for our exhibitors as well as visitors. In fact, the range of quality products that are exhibited has been one of the key reasons for the growth of the exhibition over the years. Also, this year’s day long conferences on e-Commerce and Manufacturing and Franchise will help visitors get a better understanding on these areas of interest,” said Binu Pillai, Chief Operating Officer, MEOrient International Exhibition.
Supported by the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in Dubai, the exhibition is expected to have over 15,000 visitors.


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Organic Holdings’ claim to fame in the industry is distributing anti-aging products in the beauty-from-within category, including resveratrol supplements for Reserveage Nutrition. Since the deal closed on Friday, that brand’s founder Naomi Whittel moves into an executive vice president role with Twinlab Consolidation Corporation (a subsidiary of TCH).
The deal makes good business sense for Twinlab Consolidation Corporation: “Naomi and her team have built a truly remarkable company with a sales and marketing team that is second to none,” explainsTom Tolworthy, CEO of TCC, in a statement to the press.
“The combination of Reserveage Nutrition's award winning brands and loyal customer following with Twinlab's 47-year legacy of consumer trust and captive manufacturing capability is in lock step with our business plan to extend our reach into the consumer market as well as into the supply chain,” Tolworthy continues.
He’s confident that the acquired products will mean an increase in earnings for TCC and expand “category representation by almost 40%.”
And the investment means adding a new distribution channel to the mix as well. Reserveage Nutrition sells direct to the consumer in partnership with QVC, a strategy TCC wasn’t using. “By strengthening our product portfolio and extending our distribution reach, TCC will provide higher value offerings and service to customers in all channels of distribution, most particularly, to customers in the natural products channel,” says Tolworthy.
Whittel sees the deal as an opportunity for Reserveage Nutrition to grow. "At Reserveage, our past success and driving passion have been centered on a commitment to develop and sell the highest quality, scientifically-proven natural products in our industry, and partner with our customers to help provide best-in-class service and education,” she says in the press statement.
“This will not change, but with the latest transaction and support of the TCC team, we will be in a stronger position to even better service our consumers and customers.”


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(WASHINGTON) –Senators Steve Daines (R-MT) and Jon Tester (D-MT) issued a letter supported by 37 Senators urging President Trump to prioritize U.S. beef access to China. The letter comes in advance of President Trump's visit with Chinese President Xi Jinping later this week.
United States Cattlemen's Association (USCA) President Kenny Graner issued the following statement:
"USCA appreciates Senator Daines and Senator Tester for leading this effort and thanks each and every Senator for signing on this letter. Market access to China is crucial for U.S. cattle producers. Success in this arena will drive increased optimism in the cattle market and increase demand for U.S beef.”
“China currently consumes around 13% of the world’s beef and is expected to increase their imports of red meat by nearly 24% in 2016, as compared to previous years. USCA members are eager to capitalize on this growing demand for meat products."
Read the full letter HERE.


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DATA stolen in the cyber attack on TalkTalk does not allow criminals to plunder customers' bank accounts, the company has claimed.
TalkTalk said complete credit card details are not stored in its system and that account passwords were not accessed.
"We now expect the amount of financial information that may have been accessed to be materially lower than initially believed and would on its own not enable a criminal to take money from your account," a spokesman added.
TalkTalk chief executive Dido Harding insisted customer bank details have not been compromised.
"The financial information they have on its own is not enough for them to access your bank account," she told Sky News.
Baroness Harding warned customers never to give out financial details if they are contacted by phone or email by anyone asking for personal information.
"TalkTalk will never call you and ask you over the phone to give your personal financial information, we will never call you out of the blue and ask you to give us access to your computer.
"Those are criminals doing that and we all need to make sure that we don't let them win," she added.
All TalkTalk customers are being offered free credit monitoring as they could be at risk from fraudsters using stolen details to impersonate them.
Police are investigating a ransom demand sent to the telecoms giant following Wednesday's attack.
TalkTalk was contacted by someone claiming to be responsible and seeking payment, but was not sure if the message was genuine.
The latest breach is the third in a spate of cyber attacks affecting TalkTalk in the last eight months.
In August the company said its mobile sales site was hit by a "sophisticated and co-ordinated cyber attack" in which personal data was breached by criminals.
Customers were warned in February about scammers who managed to steal thousands of account numbers and names from the company's computers.
The company has reportedly been warned before by experts about its security.
A spokesman for the firm said: "Since the previous attacks, we are working with world leading cyber security experts and investing a lot in making sure our system is as secure as possible.
"Unfortunately no system is ever totally invincible - there was clearly more that should have been done in this case, and I am very sorry for the worry and frustration this attack has caused our customers."
Scotland Yard is investigating alongside the National Crime Agency (NCA) but no arrests have been made.
One theory for the motive behind the attack had been Islamic extremism, with one self-proclaimed Jihadi group putting what it said was personal details of TalkTalk customers on a website.
However, the accuracy of the information has not been verified and there was also speculation that blackmailers could be behind the attack.
The company said it is working with credit reporting service Noddle to offer 12 months of credit monitoring alerts for free.


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If you keep track of your national food holidays, you know that today is National Blueberry Muffin Day. But in Prairie Village, a different fruit is being honored. Today is also National Rainier Cherry Day, celebrating the cherries grown in America's Northwest.
To give the Rainier cherries — a large yellow cherry with a sassy red blush — an extra 15 minutes of fame on their "National Day," the regional cherry growers association, Northwest Cherries, has arranged for "one iconic restaurant in each of the 50 states" to create and serve at least one special dish featuring the fruit as part of a Tree to Table promotion. In the Kansas City metro, that "iconic" restaurant is the popular, but only one-year-old Tavern in the Village at 3901 Prairie Lane (across the parking lot from the late, formerly iconic Waid's diner). Before it had reached its current iconic status — who knew? — Tavern in the Village participated in last year's Rainier cherry promotion.
The new chef at Tavern in the Village, since last November anyway, is Zeb Humphrey (former executive chef Lon Froneberger moved to Florida last autumn). Tavern in the Village owner Kelly Manning says Humphrey will introduce two new specials, an entree and a dessert, that will be served tonight and probably through next week.
Humphrey's two culinary creations are a slow-roasted pork shoulder with spiced Rainier cherries and a Rainier cherry gastrique (served with whipped potatoes and creamed spinach for $18) and a featured dessert, a Rainier cherry panna cotta with a cherry-bourbon coulis, priced at $7.
"Last year, the specials were so popular that we ran them for two weeks," Manning says.
For more information or reservations, Tavern in the Village can be called at 913-529-2229.


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Beijing | China
The Nilson Report gives Wiseasy great recognition by featuring the Wiseasy P3QT on its February issue.
Overseas | Europe
Wiseasy took part in MPE2021 as a sponsor and speaker, bringing digital solutions and products.
Check out Wiseasy’s 1st virtual New Year party! 🎉
This week, Wiseasy has launched its latest concept film on digital banking.
Overseas | United States
Wiseasy awarded 2020 Top 10 Mobile Banking Solution Providers in APAC by Banking CIO Outlook.
Wiseasy firmly believes through continuously going beyond, it will have infinite possibilities.
Bangkok | Thailand
Connection, cashless and convenience are the keys to build the infrastructure of e-campus. In the future, Wiseasy will bring digital and smart solution to more schools around the world.
Wiseasy would like to help more banks to upgrade their banking system and get ready for the digital era with advanced digital banking solutions.
2020 is a challenging year for the payment industry. The huge demand for living and consumption, the severe situation of pandemic prevention and control, both accelerates the global mobile wallet and cashless payment process, which forces more and more countries and regions to consider how to adapt to the era of mobile wallet and prepare for it.
Wiseasy provides a complete solution with both hardware and software, including terminal management platform and cash register, which will also be introduced during the webinar.
Mobile wallets are on the rise around the world. What happens next?
Wiseasy has helped dozens of banks to deploy digital banking services such as First Abu Dhabi Bank and Lesotho Postbank.
Widespread improvements in the speed and geographic reach of mobile internet have led to the creation new digital banking services driven by cloud computing and intelligent terminal technology.
A number of emerging technologies will combine to redefine the bank-customer relationship forever. We cannot really predict how it will be but the only thing we are sure about it, is that mobile and IoT will be the one stop shop for banking.
Cape town | South Africa
Wiseasy CTO Riad LAQLACH will present at 11am 20th and share with you how Africa should seize the opportunity of the digital banking revolution to increase financial inclusion and move towards cashless.
Due to the global pandemic, this year the summit was held online. Mahaveer Shah, Wiseasy’s Chief Business Developer, was invited to the summit and shared Wiseasy’s A Whole New World: Banking’s Digital Future Report with the customers in Latin America.


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ST. LOUIS – This fall, Purina and Urban Chestnut Brewing Company (UCBC) are kicking off their sixth annual “Raise a Pint for Pets” campaign by debuting new packaging for one of UCBC’s best-selling beers – Urban Underdog American Lager.
For the first time in the brewery’s 11-year history, UCBC will offer Urban Underdog in 12-ounce “pup” cans that are now available in specially-marked 15-packs. For every 15-pack of Urban Underdog sold between November 1, 2022 and January 31, 2023, Purina will donate $5 to local IMPETUS Coalition Petfinder Shelters to help more animals find their forever homes.* The IMPETUS Coalition is a group of 20 area nonprofit organizations dedicated to making the St. Louis area more humane for pets and their caregivers, and includes:
- APA Adoption Center
- Mercy Hospice Pet Peace of Mind
- St. Louis Wildcat Awareness
- Rescue of the tenth life cats
- East Subway Humanitarian Society
- Partners for Pets Humane Society
- Subway Animal Resources Services
- Gateway Pet Guardians
- The purpose of pasta
- Operation Spot, Inc.
- Five-acre animal sanctuary
- Helping the Wanderers of Monroe County
- Pet’s Second Chance for Life Inc.
- Belleville Area Humane Society
- Animal House Cat Rescue and Adoption Center
- Equal chance
- St. Louis County
- Bond County Humane Society
- St. Charles County Department of Humanitarian Services
“At Purina, we’ve partnered with organizations in our hometown of St. Louis for more than 125 years,” said Kim Beardslee of Purina Community Affairs. “Our annual Raise a Pint for Pets campaign allows us to partner with our fellow pet lovers at Urban Chestnut while helping to raise awareness and funds for many amazing pet welfare organizations in our backyard. Helping local pets find their forever homes is as easy as enjoying a good beer from Urban Chestnut, and it doesn’t get any better than that!
This is the sixth consecutive year that Purina and Urban Chestnut have partnered for a philanthropic effort. Since its inception in 2017, the “Raise a Pint for Pets” campaign has raised over $250,000 for local animal shelters.
New to this year’s campaign, Purina and UCBC have created 30 premium Raise a Pint for Pets gift sets that will be raffled off at select St. Louis-area retail stores. Prize sets include: Purina picnic basket, YETI dog bowl, 12 oz YETI can insulator, 15 pack of specially marked new Urban Underdog American Lager, Purina dog leash and 6 oz bag of Purina Beggin’ Take Away Dog Treats. Each prize package is worth $125.
“We were looking for the right opportunity to introduce our first 12-ounce can and the Raise a Pint for Pets campaign was the perfect time to do it,” said David Wolfe, co-owner and co-founder of Urban Chestnut Brewing Company. . “Fans of our beers have always supported this campaign, and we’re thrilled to bring our first-ever 15-pack to help shelter pets in St. Louis.”
*From 11/01/2022 through 1/31/2023, Purina will donate $5 to IMPETUS: A Coalition for the Progress of Companion Animals for every specially-marked 15-pack of Urban Underdog American Beers sold at retailers in Missouri , up to $25,000. The promotion is only valid in MO. The total donation will support St. Louis area Petfinder shelters that are registered members of the IMPETUS Coalition and will not exceed a total of $25,000. For more information about the IMPETUS Coalition, visit www.IMPETUSCoalition.org and consider adopting a shelter pet at www.Petfinder.com.
Nestlé Purina PetCare creates richer lives for pets and the people who love them. Founded in 1894, Purina has helped dogs and cats live longer, healthier lives by providing science-backed nutritional innovations. Purina makes some of the most trusted and popular pet care products in the world, including Purina ONE, Pro Plan, Fancy Feast and Tidy Cats. Our more than 8,700 associates in the United States are proud of our trusted brands of pet food, treats and litter that feed 51 million dogs and 65 million cats each year. More than 500 Purina scientists, veterinarians and animal care experts guarantee our commitment to unparalleled quality and nutrition.
Purina promotes responsible pet care through our scientific research, products, and support for pet-related organizations. Over the past five years, Purina has donated more than $150 million to organizations that bring people and pets together and keep them together, as well as those that help our communities and environment thrive.
About Urban Chestnut Brewery
Urban Chestnut Brewing Company (UCBC) is an unconventional yet tradition-driven craft beer brewer. Founded in 2010 by Florian Kuplent – a German born and trained master brewer with extensive experience in both small breweries, worldwide and with the world’s largest, Anheuser-Busch, and David Wolfe – a member of the brewing industry for 20 years. Urban Chestnut operates two breweries in St. Louis, The Brewery & Biergarten at 3229 Washington Avenue in Midtown St. Louis and The Grove Brewery & Bierhall at 4465 Manchester in Forest Park Southeast St. Louis, where they brew batches of American craft beers and modern. (their Revolution series) and classically made European styles (their Reverence series). Urban Chestnut also operates a fourth brewery, Urban Chestnut Hallertauer Brauerei, in the Hallertau region of Bavaria, where they brew their Hallertauer Serie; small batches of locally sourced Bavarian beer.


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Wayne Farms’ Albertville Poultry Processing Facility Celebrates 50th Anniversary22 October 2013
US - The Wayne Farms’ Albertville fresh poultry processing facility, located at 700 McDonald Avenue, recently celebrated its 50th anniversary of business. To mark the important occasion, the company hosted a picnic for over 2000 employees, retirees and family members.
Established in 1963, the Albertville poultry plant was one of the original processing facilities to operate under the Wayne Farms name. Wayne Farms purchased the facility from the North Alabama Poultry Cooperative, Inc. to manufacture and sell fresh poultry products.
Today, the Albertville complex consists of the 42,000 square foot plant on McDonald Avenue; a feed mill in Guntersville, Alabama; and a 35,000 square foot hatchery. Approximately 1000 individuals are employed at the Albertville plant, hailing from Dekalb, Blount, Etowah, Jackson, and Marshall Counties in Alabama.
“We are very proud of the fact that we have been in business and part of the Albertville community for 50 years,” said Tim Holmes, Wayne Farms North Alabama Complex Manager. “We owe our success to the many wonderful employees who have shared in our challenges as well as our successes over the years. With such a hard working team and strong community support, we look forward to the next 50 years!”
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It’s almost the end of 2017 and for those of you who have started planing your 2018 holidays, here’s something you need to take note of. After announcing the suspension of AirAsia X flights to Europe and London earlier in June, AirAsia is said to be putting a pause to its Kalibo (Boracay) and Surat Thani flights in 2018.
Though yet to make an official announcement regarding the matter, we can confirm the cancellation of those routes as AirAsia has already started forwarding emails and SMS to customers who previously bought tickets for the affected flights.
Effective 26th March 2018, AirAsia will be suspending its flights from KLIA 2 to Boracay in Philippines, one of the preferred Asian island destinations by travellers in the recent years.
Prior to that, flights to Surat Thani, one of the main cities in Central Thailand will also be halted sometime during the end of February 2018. With Surat Thani being a gateway to other top vacation spots in Thailand like Chumphon, Ranong and Koh Samui, this means bad news for even more travellers.
For those who have already purchased flights following the suspension dates, it is advised to take your enquiries to AirAsia’s customer support. Passengers are eligible to change their flight dates to those before the suspension or request for credits redeemable within 180 days from issuance date as well as a full refund.
Alternatively, look up other dates for long holidays in 2018 so that you can swap with your previously planned dates and while we’re still not sure of the reasons behind the suspension of the flights, you can look up AirAsia’s Twitter and Facebook for the latest updates.