Dubai 'major hub for SE Asian digital firms'Dubai is increasingly becoming the hub for Southeast Asian innovators expanding into emerging markets in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region, according to experts ahead of Gitex Technology Week. Gitex, which opens next week in More… |
AirAsia plans expansion in southeast AsiaWith low oil prices reducing its operating costs, AirAsia chief executive Tony Fernandes said the budget carrier was ready to start expanding again in southeast Asia and was eyeing Vietnam and the Philippines. Fernandes, speaking More… |
Best Western unveils first Vīb hotel in Southeast AsiaBest Western Hotels and Resorts has unveiled plans to launch its new lifestyle boutique brand, Vīb, in Southeast Asia. The company has signed an agreement for a new-build Vīb hotel in Vientiane, the capital of More… |
Mobile gaming market to top $7bn in SE AsiaThe mobile game industry in Southeast Asia is the fastest growing region globally, a report said, noting that the market surpassed $1 billion in 2014, and is on track to top $7 billion by 2019 growing at a CAGR of 48 per cent. Rev More… |
Mobile gaming market to top $7bn in SE AsiaThe mobile game industry in Southeast Asia is the fastest growing region globally, a report said, noting that the market surpassed $1 billion in 2014, and is on track to top $7 billion by 2019 growing at a CAGR of 48 per cent. Rev More… |
GEMS Education eyes SE Asian markets in 2015GEMS Education, a big Dubai-based schools operator, is looking at opportunities to expand in 2015 in new markets including Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines and China, the company's executive director said on Monday. The exp More… |
LuLu enters SE Asia with $500m expansion planUAE-based LuLu Group, one of the fastest growing retail chains in the world, has set its eyes on Southeast Asia, with plans to open hypermarkets in Malaysia and Indonesia as part of a $500 million expansion strategy in Asia, a report said. More… |
Singapore firm buys into Drydocks SEA unitSingapore-based Pacific Carriers said it has entered into an agreement with Dubai's ship building unit Drydocks World to acquire a 67 per cent stake in its Southeast Asian venture, Drydocks World-Southeast Asia (DDW-SEA). Dryd More… |
Appetite growing for SE Asia food stocksSoutheast Asian food makers are reporting a sharp rise in demand on the back of a recovering global economy and rising incomes, suggesting the region's food-related shares may have more room to climb. From wealthy Singapore to the rapi More… |
Drydocks SE Asia eyes $800m in 2010 revenueShip and rig builder Drydocks World is aiming to generate $800 million worth of sales from Southeast Asia this year, steady from 2009 as the offshore marine industry stabilises after the financial crisis, said a top executive. Denis Welch, More… |