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Luxury goods firms fight fakes with blockchain
Anna Irrera, Bloomberg News, Published on 30/08/2023
» LONDON: For almost a decade, I’ve been listening to digital prophets predict a future where banks save billions of dollars, customers can trace their mangoes back to the organic farm where they were grown, and financial intermediaries are a thing of the past, all thanks to the blockchain. I’ve been waiting for that future to arrive, but I’ve never come across it in my daily life.
Walmart, Verizon in Talks to Test 5G Services in Some Stores
Business, Sarah Krouse, Sarah Nassauer & Anna Wilde Mathews, Published on 03/03/2020
» Walmart Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. are in discussions to outfit the retailer's stores with antennas and other equipment to create 5G wireless service, a high-profile test of the next-generation networks.
Disability Inclusive Employment Policies: an opportunity not a handicap for employers
Anna Gambles, Steps with Theera, Published on 15/07/2019
» Theres probably never been so much focus on the topics of diversity and inclusion in the workplace as there is today.
Hospitality industry training in the digital age: Quality the watchword
Roman Fix with the assistance of Dr. Scott Roach, Kingsmen Hospitality Services, Published on 11/12/2018
» There are plenty of reasons why people pick a hospitality venue, its location, cuisine: décor or any of a dozen other factors. However, there is one main reason why people choose to come back again and again: quality. You may have all of the other factors going in your favour, but if the quality is not there, the customers won't be there either. This week's topic is data, and how data can lead to better quality.
Governor: External buffers render interest rate hike unnecessary
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang with Bloomberg report, Published on 30/08/2018
» The central bank is under no immediate pressure to raise interest rates in line with emerging-market peers, given the nation's solid buffers and relatively strong currency, says governor Veerathai Santiprabhob.
Jeweller Pandora announces cutbacks, Thailand job losses
Online reporters with Reuters, Published on 08/08/2018
» COPENHAGEN/BANGKOK: Shares in Danish jewellery maker Pandora plunged by a fifth to their lowest level in more than four years on Tuesday after the company issued a profit warning and announced plans to cut almost 400 jobs.
Bribes forgotten as THAI becomes Rolls-Royce maintenance hub
Online reporters with Suchat Sritama, Reuters, Published on 08/06/2018
» Thai Airways International Pcl (THAI) will undertake maintenance and repair of Rolls-Royce Trent engines and expects additional revenue of up to 5 billion baht in 2020 from the business, the carrier said on Thursday.
Kingsmen to the Rescue: Fine-Turning Hospitality Training
Roman Fix in dialogue with Christopher F. Bruton, Published on 14/05/2018
» Thailand's hospitality industry is growing by leaps and bounds, already approaching 40 million annual arrivals, becoming one of the leading sectors of the economy. The main risk to continued growth is ability to train and mobilise sufficient qualified human resources to cater for the burgeoning tourist numbers. Top management can readily be sourced from overseas sources. Thailand is a highly-prized and preferred location for skilled managers. However, the middle and lower ranks of hotel, restaurant and general tourism personnel are not so easy to develop. Raw recruits are always keen to join the hospitality industries but it takes more than donning a uniform or an apron to make a service-ready hospitality professional.