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Lazada’s 11.11 and 12.12 shopping extravaganzas smash records with 1.3 billion visits

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Southeast Asia’s leading eCommerce firm Lazada continues its record-breaking streak, drawing a whopping 1.3 billion visits to its platforms during its 11.11 and 12.12 shopping festivals. The buying frenzy, which started from the Lazada 11.11 (November 11) one-day sale, continued into December. After crushing the region’s 11.11 online sales records, all six countries, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, outperformed expectations. During 12.12, the countries rung up sales tallies that were more than 30x more than their normal-day Gross Merchandise Value (GMV). For the first time ever, Lazada’s last-mile delivery fleet across Southeast Asia was able to deliver more than 1 million parcels in a day. To deal with the biggest-ever spike in demand this year, Lazada’s 100+ logistics partners, including third-party shipment providers, boosted their delivery services to get purchases in customers’ hands quickly. Lazada also chartered three planes to de...

DuitNow. A New Way to Pay. Open to the Public.

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DuitNow , the service that allows bank customers to transfer money instantly and securely using the recipient’s mobile phone number, is now available to the public at the Internet and/or mobile banking channels of the following banks: 1.            Ambank (M) Berhad 2.            Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad 3.            Bank of China (Malaysia) Berhad 4.            BNP Paribas Malaysia Berhad 5.            CIMB Bank Berhad 6.            Citibank Berhad 7.            Hong Leong Bank Berhad 8.            HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad 9.       ...

Carousell Brings Community Groups Together for Orphans of Ti-Ratana Welfare Society

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Over 3,000 Items Listed  on Carousell for Orphans Carousell, one of the world’s largest and fastest growing classifieds marketplaces, brought Star Wars Malaysia Fan Club (SWMFC), Easy Parcel, Pgeon Delivery and various influencers together to Ti-Ratana Welfare Society (Ti-Ratana) in Salak South today as part of their ongoing #PrelovedwithLove donation drive to treat the orphans to an array of fun activities. The drive was launched recently by Carousell for selected charities across its seven markets and over 40 orphans from Ti-Ratana were treated with a day of fun-filled activities such as Light Sabre Training by SWMFC along with caricature and Sand Art. “We are delighted to receive tremendous support from the public and the various fan clubs for this drive. Our platform can do more than just assist Malaysians to buy and sell, but also gather the power of the community for worthy causes. Community is at the heart of everything that is Carousell and w e hope that mor...

Charity homes treated to their best school holiday ever at Sunway Lagoon

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JOLLY GOOD FELLOWS FULFILL CHILDREN’S WISHES Schools may be on break for the month, but that does not stop the fun and learning process, as 200 children from Sri Pandian Home, Rumah Kebajikan Darul Ehsan, Rumah Amal Al Firdaus, Agathians Shelter, and Rumah Kanak-Kanak Angels were welcomed to Sunway Lagoon. This was yet another year end festive Social Responsibility programme organised by Sunway Lagoon in collaboration with the Sunway Group. The Best Day Ever kicked off with a Wacky Christmas Boogie welcome dance, followed by a group photo with Sunway Lagoon’s celebrity couple – Captain Quack and Lady Quack. The momentum of the day continued to build up with a walk on the wild side where the children went on an educational Wildlife Encounter tour of the Wildlife Park, getting up close and personal with over 150 species of animals and the much awaited, Multi Animal Show at the Wildlife Theatre. Magendaran Marimuthu, Assistant General Manager of Sunway Lagoon said, “With eve...

Puteri Harbour Attractions Welcomes Families and Children for a Family Fun Weekend!

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Annual Family Entertainment Event - Fun Escapade by Astro - Takes its Show on the Road for the First Time to Puteri Harbour, Johor School holidays are here and another 2 weeks plus, it will comes to an end. Children will be excited to enter the new term of their school. Don't miss out this holiday and pack your bags now and head over to Puteri Harbour Attractions, who plays host to Astro’s first-ever Fun Escapade event outside of the Klang Valley!  The much-anticipated annual family event features two whole days of jam-packed concerts and meet-and-greet sessions with our children beloved and favourite characters such as Didi & Friends, Omar & Hana and Cam & Leon among others, as well as games for the whole family on this Saturday and Sunday, 15 and 16 December 2018 at S ANRIO HELLO KITTY TOWN and THOMAS TOWN ! Purchase the special Family Fun weekend packages ( Play4Fun Family Package at RM418 or Fun2Play Twin Package at RM269 ) from www.kidxy.com/...

17 special round-trip flights and millions of tickets priced from MYR0 up for grabs!

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‘Love connection – Love is real touch’ In celebration of its biggest program of the year – “Love connection – Love is real touch”, Vietjet is running two golden day promotions on 13 and 14 December 2018, with three million promotional tickets priced only from MYR0 (*) up for grabs during the golden hours of 1.00pm to 3.00pm. The promotional tickets are applicable on all domestic and international routes to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia); Tokyo, Osaka (Japan); Seoul, Busan, Daegu (South Korea); Hong Kong; Kaohsiung, Taipei, Taichung, Tainan (Taiwan); Singapore; Bangkok, Phuket, Chiang Mai (Thailand); Yangon (Myanmar) and Siem Reap (Cambodia). The travel period for international flights is from 1 January to 30 November 2019, while the travel period for domestic flights is from 1 January to 30 March 2019. As part of the “Love connection – Love is real touch” program, Vietjet also invites travellers to share their stories of a brilliant future, love for people, cuisine, culture, ...

Domino’s Pizza & Pepsi Black Unveil Winners of The Everyone’s A Winner Contest

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Grand Prize Winner Drives Home A Brand New Honda City! Inspired by a shared vision of rewarding customers, Domino’s Pizza teamed up with its long-standing beverage partner, Etika to offer customers with the opportunity to win outstanding prizes worth more than RM130,000! At the prize giving ceremony of the Everyone’s A Winner Contest, Mr Chee Hin Kiat was announced the Grand Prize winner and took home a brand new Honda City worth up to RM80,000. Linda Hassan, Senior Vice President, Marketing, Domino’s Pizza Malaysia & Singapore and Santharuban T. Sundaram, Vice President of Marketing at Etika Sdn Bhd presented the keys to Mr Chee’s new car as well as other attractive prizes to winners. Ecstatic to have won the car, Chee Hin Kiat said, “Today, my wife is going to receive a new ride, can’t say how excited I am to have won this brand new Honda City! When I entered this competition, I certainly did not expect to win. As the holiday season is fast approaching and during t...