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There’s nothing like Australia and this month, get ready to experience Australia’s winter wonderland, immerse yourself in the cultural history of an ancient coral cay, and taste your way around exciting food festivals, including the much-awaited black winter truffle hunt. Below is a monthly roundup of upcoming events as well as the latest tourism experiences, restaurant openings, and exciting new stays. Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you’d like more information on these or other uniquely Australian experiences! Upcoming Festivals & Events Truffle is on the menu at Canberra’s Truffle Festival. Photo Credit: VisitCanberra The Truffle Festival (Canberra, Australian Capital Territory) : From mid-June to mid-August, Canberra and the surrounding region comes alive with gourmet events and activities to celebrate the arrival of the much-awaited black winter truffle. Experience hunting with truffle dogs, cooking demonstrations, growing and storing workshops, signature lunches and d...

Offering full-time students an opportunity to work with Malaysia’s No.1 eWallet company and a chance to win RM10,000 eWallet credit Touch ‘n Go eWallet is seeking young fresh minds in Malaysia to provide their most innovative ideas in the Touch ‘n Go eWallet Young Entrepreneurship Challenge 2022. The Young Entrepreneurship Challenge 2022 provides students with a platform to experience, innovate and foster their entrepreneurial skills within the eWallet industry. Running until 23 July 2022, full-time students aged 25 years old and below are encouraged to participate. The challenge is to submit a pitch deck on their most innovative ideas on how Touch ‘n Go eWallet can continue to increase enjoyment while encouraging continuous usage of the eWallet among Malaysians. “Sometimes, great and innovative ideas come from outside. We believe there are many young fresh minds in Malaysia who have great innovative ideas that the eWallet can leverage on. The Young Entrepreneurship Challenge 2022 aims...

Samsung is globally known for pioneering TV technology, each year aiming to improve the picture quality with the latest Neo QLED 8K. Whether its backlight control and contrast levels or calibration and depth enhancing, all of Samsung’s features work collectively to present pristine image quality. This year’s Neo QLED 8K lineup includes features that produce the most “real life” images yet, taking its picture quality to another level. Between the updated Neural Quantum Processor 8K, the new AI upscaling feature and the new calibration app, the consumers’ on-screen experience becomes a true reality, allowing them to easily manage their on-screen experience in a much more personal manner. To fully grasp the technologies and features behind the 2022 Neo QLED 8K, Samsung Newsroom is showcasing them in a dynamic graphic format for easy comprehension. 14-bit Contrast Mapping The 2022 Neo QLED 8K panels are built to provide extreme details in all types of scenes with the newly added 14-bit...

Malaysia has entered the endemicity phase of COVID-19, and most of us are back to working at offices but the family still needs dinner after your long day at work. There’s always takeout but food prices are rising globally. What can you do? Break out those amazing cooking skills you hones during the WFH-era, choosing meals that are quick, easy and that can please the entire family’s tastebuds. Where can you start? With pasta of course! Pasta is a favorite among urban Malaysians because it looks and tastes like local noodles, blends well with many cuisines, can be modified to suit every skill level and palate, and is nutritious and healthy. For busy parents, pasta meals can be prepared quickly and easily, with fewer pots and pans to wash up after. Cooked pasta refrigerates and reheats very well making it ideal for pre-prepped meals, and as leftovers for lunch boxes. Alce Nero, a leader in organic food including, pasta, pasta sauces, honey, jams, olive oil and apple cider vinegar and mu...

Sales open for one-bedroom Kayma and two- and three-bedroom Inspiral villas at this award-winning five-star resort, which will transform Torok Bay on Lombok’s stunning south coast Invest Islands, Lombok’s leading real estate investment company, is inviting local and international investors to discover a luxurious new lifestyle at Gran Meliá Lombok, the new five-star villa resort on the island’s south coast. Designed by Bali-based Inspiral Architecture & Design Studios, with interiors by PTI Architects and professionally managed by Meliá Hotels International, Gran Meliá Lombok is a masterpiece of high- style, low-impact design. Nestled on a breath-taking expanse of beachfront and hillside land at Torok Bay, overlooking the Indian Ocean and framed by emerald headlands and rippling rice fields, this stunning resort showcases a collection of beautiful hillside duplexes and one-, two- and three- bedroom residences, all fully equipped with state-of-the-art technology, high-spec interiors...

In the two months leading up to KL Fashion Week 2022, HATTA DOLMAT and OCEAN HERO CONSERVATION are proud to have successfully organised the OCEAN’US BEACH CLEAN-UP for the second year in a row at Lexis Hibiscus, Port Dickson. Hatta Dolmat, Miss Universe Malaysia Organisation, Lexis Hibiscus Port Dickson, Kementerian Alam Sekitar dan Air (KASA), Malaysian Green Technology and Climate Change Corporation, Us For Ocean, KLOTH Cares, QR FALAH, La Liga Youth Tournament and Ocean Hero Advocates came together yesterday for the OCEAN'US Sustainable Ecotourism CSR Beach Cleanup with the support of Tourism Malaysia, at Lexis Hibiscus Port Dickson to collect plastic waste and convert them into fabric for the KL Fashion Week 2022. This year’s activity, which was held at Lexis Hibiscus, Port Dickson, aimed to spread awareness and educate Malaysians, especially fashion industry players, on the importance of recycling plastics into fabric, the devastating impact of plastic pollution espec...

Samsung Malaysia Electronics together with Senheng today announced the opening of its first ever Senheng x Samsung Premium Experience Store located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur at the Shoppes at Four Seasons Place. The management team of both Samsung and Senheng alongside distinguished guests were present at the grand launch of the store which retail Samsung’s latest collection of mobile devices and state-of-the-art consumer electronics and home appliances that includes flagship line-ups like the Galaxy S series, Galaxy Z series, Galaxy Hearables and Wearables, Neo QLED Smart TVs, BESPOKE appliances and more. “We are excited for this collaboration with Senheng that extends on our long-term partnership to enhance Samsung consumers’ experiences. At Samsung, people are at the centre of everything we do. Everything that we are doing today is being designed to enrich people’s lives in ways that matters the most and provide a healthier environment” said Edward Han, President of Samsung Malay...

Brands in Malaysia deliver a moderate customer experience (CX) below the APAC average Malaysians still prefer live human agent support via online live chat, social media, or over the phone As 89.6% of the total Malaysian population are internet users today, global cloud communications platform, Infobip today released a commissioned study prepared by Forrester Consulting to understand how human and automated engagement has evolved. The study seeks to highlight whether the dominance of digital transformation has given rise to self-service and automated support or are customers still expecting real-time personalized services and interactions from live human agents. Titled “Redefining Human and Automated Engagement – How APAC Consumers Have Impacted The CX Agenda”, the custom study involved 1,210 participants across mainland China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Forrester also examined customers’ preferred touchp...

Partnership to deliver comprehensive CPaaS, SaaS and data management solutions to help businesses deploy go-to-market solutions and accelerate their digital transformation journey Industry-first joint offering sets to digitally transform the financial services and insurance market in 2022 Global cloud communications company Infobip has inked a partnership with Data Cohorts, market leader in Customer Communications Management and Business Process Outsourcing, to offer the financial services and insurance industries a unified communications platform to enhance customer service experience through digital solutions. Infobip’s complete joint solutions comprising CPaaS and SaaS capabilities are now offered alongside Data Cohorts products that will further enable life insurance companies to efficiently deliver a personalised omnichannel customer engagement experience. This partnership comes in timely with ongoing trends in the sector, where 25% of the insurance industry will be automated in...

In celebration of Xiaomi Authorized Stores’ 6th Anniversary in Malaysia, Xiaomi CyberDog will be placed at selected stores across Malaysia for customers and Fans to interact with; From 18th to 30th June, get FREE gifts and win lucky draws at all Xiaomi Authorized stores in Malaysia. Global technology leader Xiaomi today announced the celebration of its Xiaomi Authorized Stores’ 6th Anniversary in Malaysia. In conjunction with the celebration, shoppers will get exclusive gifts and stand a chance to win a Xiaomi TV P1 43" with purchase of selected Xiaomi smartphones and smart AIoT products at Authorized Xiaomi stores across the nation. In addition, the Xiaomi CyberDog will also be touring the country at selected participating stores. Xiaomi Authorized Store 6th Anniversary Xiaomi celebrates its 6th Year in Malaysia, since opening its very first Xiaomi Store back in April 2017. Today Xiaomi has over 70 Authorized Xiaomi stores all across Malaysia, offering their wide range of smartph...

Lee’s Fandbee rebrands as Fandbee, investing RM100 mil to expand across southeast Asia including Malaysia Fanbee Managing Director Gareth Tan Third-generation food distributor Fandbee today announced its aggressive expansion plans to help Malaysians businesses and customers cope with the escalating food costs. The brand, previously known as Lee’s Fandbee, will be investing RM100 million to expand across Malaysia and southeast Asia by the end of 2022. Locally, the locations include Bukit Mertajam, Alor Setar, and Kuala Terengganu among others. According to Fandbee’s managing director Gareth Tan, the brand, previously synonymous with supplying affordably priced chef-quality ingredients to food operators now has a new mission – to strive toward food equality by offering high-quality products at the most affordable prices. “We are currently among the fastest growing and most innovative distributors in South East Asia with our operations centers in Malaysia, Cambodia and Vietnam. We are als...