Weekly Snapshots
BEST TRAVEL MERCHANT: AirAsia BIG Loyalty Head of Branding and Creative Cheng Ling Wei (right) accepting the Best eCommerce Merchant ( Travel/Hospitality) award from panel judge Anny Huang, who is NTUC Income Head of eCommerce. AirAsia BIG Loyalty has been named Best eCommerce Merchant ( Travel/Hospitality) at the 2018 Asia eCommerce Awards, its first ever e-commerce award held in Sepang on Monday. The award recognises travel and hospitality companies with the best online storefront and those that successfully establish an e-commerce platform or a presence on third-party e-commerce platforms.
FOCUS ON VIETNAM: CIMB Bank ( Vietnam) Ltd (CIMB Vietnam) unveiled its first Digital Lounge in Ho Chi Minh City and launched its OCTO by CIMB (OCTO) mobile banking app for consumers. Officiating the first CIMB digital lounge in Ho Chi Minh City were CIMB Group chairman Datuk Mohd Nasir Ahmad (fourth right), CIMB Group chief executive officer Zafrul Aziz (fourth left), CIMB Vietnam chairman Datuk Wira Zainal Abidin (third right), CIMB Group chief executive officer of group consumer banking Samir (second right) and CIMB Vietnam chief executive officer Fam Siew Kat (third left), accompanied by (from left) CIMB Vietnam head of corporate banking Nguyen Minh Anh, State Bank of Vietnam deputy director of Ho Chi Minh City Nguyen Thi Thanh Hang, Consul General of Malaysia in Ho Chi Minh City Sofian Akmal Abdul Karim and CIMB Vietnam head of consumer banking Tran Thi Thuy Ha.
FIRST TO LAND: AirAsia, the world’s best low-cost airline has touched down at Melbourne Avalon Airport on Wednesday, launching the first international services to and from Victoria’s second airport in Melbourne’s Southwest. (From left) Australian High Commissioner to Malaysia Andrew Goledzinowski AM, AirAsia X Group chief executive officer Nadda Buranasiri, AirAsia X Malaysia chief executive officer Benyamin Ismail, Linfox Airports executive chairman David Fox and Avalon Airport chief executive officer Justin Giddings pose for a group photo while flanked by AirAsia cabin crew.
OFFICIAL LISTING: Techbond Group Bhd ( Techbond), a developer and manufacturer of industrial adhesives and sealants, as well as a provider of supporting products and services, hopes to further expand its operations in Malaysia and Vietnam. This comes after its successful listing on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Bhd (Bursa Securities) on Wednesday, officiated by Techbond managing director Lee Seng Thye (right) and his team.
STRONG SUPPORT: Sarawak Business Federation president Datuk Abang Abdul Karim Tun Datuk Abang Openg (second right) looks on as DPI Holdings Bhd (DPI) chairman and managing director Peter Chai (second left) hands over a token of appreciation to Affin Hwang Capital group managing director Datuk Maimoonah Hussain, (right). Nearly 300 of Kuching’s prominent businessmen and government representatives showed their ardent support for the investor roadshow of DPI on Tuesday in conjunction with DPI Holdings’ IPO on the ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Bhd (Bursa Malaysia).