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[Interview] PSB Academy: Up-Skilling In A New Learning Economy

YoungUpstarts

This accentuates the need for talents in the hospitality industry to harness the power of digital marketing and artificial intelligence (AI) technology, in preparation for the Hospitality 4.0 Dr Liow: We had one recent graduate who decided to join forces with his dad to manage the family-owned backpackers chain in Yangon, Myanmar.

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[Review] The Rise Of The New East

YoungUpstarts

The key here is to transfer foreign management expertise and technologies to China while tapping on its huge domestic entertainment market. Beneficiaries include ASEAN mainland cities like Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. Fortunately, there is light at the end of the tunnel.

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4 startups facilitating a borderless world

The Startup Magazine

Danish-based startup Inpay was formed after founder Jacob Tackmann Thomsen realized money donated to help orphaned children in Myanmar after 2008’s Cyclone Nargis would lose 5% to fees and take days to arrive. Below are four examples of organizations doing just this, including household names and some more up-and-coming startups.