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Alipay partners with Trip.com to launch selected China tour packages and travel guide for international tourists
HANGZHOU, China, Dec. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Alipay, the leading digital payment and lifestyle service platform, has partnered with top online travel agencies, including Trip.com, a global one-stop travel service provider and Tuniu, an integrated leisure travel service provider in China, to launch selected tour packages and travel guide on the Alipay app for international tourists travelling to China. The first batch of the launch includes a total of 20 packages aimed at helping international tourists navigate their travels in China.
The packages include tours with an English-speaking guide at famous tourist attractions such as the Palace Museum and Badaling Great Wall in Beijing, Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding and Jiuzhaigou National Park (Jiuzhai Valley) in Sichuan Province, Shaolin Temple in Henan Province, and Shanghai Disney Resort and the Bund in Shanghai. Some of the attractions offer discount up to 20%.
Alipay and Trip.com also launched a China Travel Guide in the app with comprehensive travel advice in the country. The guide provides detailed information on topics such as pre-travel checklists, visa applications, attractions, hotels, mobile payment, communication, transport, booking services and more.
Cross-border travel, including inbound travel to China, is witnessing a continuous surge globally given the increase in flights and favourable policies. According to Trip.com data, from January to October this year, inbound tour orders increased 125% year-on-year compared to 2022.
Starting from 1 December 2023 to 30 November 2024, travellers holding ordinary passports from France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Malaysia can enjoy visa-free entry to China. They can also stay for up to 15 days for business, tourism, family visits and transit purposes.
“With its leading global travel services, Trip.com seeks to collaborate with industry partners like Alipay to continue enhancing the experience of inbound tourists and draw more international travellers to China. Trip.com aims to increase the number of inbound tourists served in 2024 by more than 150% compared with 2019,” said Jiqiang Wang, vice general manager of digital marketing at Trip.com.
“We are delighted to work with partners across the industry to enhance international tourists’ payment and travel experience in China. As the leading digital wallet in China, Alipay will continue to optimise products and services to better serve international visitors,” said Yaoyao Jin in charge of international travellers’ usage of Alipay. “We also encourage more merchants and service providers operating digitally on Alipay platform to enhance their services for international travellers.”
Together with Trip.com, Alipay also launched the “New Year, New Exploration” campaign on social media, inviting international tourists interested in exploring China to travel like a local using their mobile phone.
Alipay has been continually improving its products and services for international travellers. After downloading the Alipay app, overseas tourists now can sign up and link their international credit or debit card from Visa, Mastercard, JCB, Discover®, and Diners Club International® to pay at tens of millions of Alipay partner merchants across China, including restaurants, cafes, tourist attractions, shopping malls, street stalls and public transport. It also integrates frequently-used travel services, including hotel booking, air tickets booking, car-hailing, exchange rate checking, and translation.
In addition to using Alipay to pay like a local in China, international tourists from 7 countries and regions including Malaysia and Singapore can also use their home e-wallet while travelling around China. These home e-wallets include AlipayHK (Hong Kong SAR, China), mPay (Macao SAR, China), Touch ‘n Go eWallet (Malaysia), Kakao Pay (South Korea), Hipay (Mongolia), Changi Pay (Singapore), OCBC (Singapore), Naver Pay (South Korea), Toss Pay (South Korea) and TrueMoney (Thailand).
About Alipay
In the digital era, Alipay has evolved from a trusted payment tool to an open platform that connects businesses, institutions, service providers, and other partners with consumers. Alipay enables partners from various industries to offer safe and convenient payment options. It also enables partners to communicate and deliver different digital services to their customers in China through Alipay mini programs, lifestyle accounts and other tools. The Alipay platform has connected over 80 million businesses with more than one billion consumers.
About Trip.com
Trip.com is an international one-stop travel service provider, available in 24 languages across 39 countries and regions in 35 local currencies. Trip.com has an extensive hotel and flight network consisting of more than 1.2 million hotels and flights from over 510 airlines covering 3,400 airports in 220 countries and regions around the globe. Trip.com’s world-class 24/7 multilingual customer service, as well as additional centres in Edinburgh, Tokyo and Seoul, help to ‘create the best travel experience’ for its millions of customers worldwide. To book your next trip, visit trip.com.
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BTY Welcomes Jack McInerney to Ownership Group
DUBLIN, Oct. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — BTY is proud to announce that Jack McInerney, Managing Director responsible for Infrastructure Advisory globally and BTY’s Europe expansion, has joined the firm’s ownership group. This recognition highlights his exceptional leadership in driving BTY’s growth across North America and Europe over the past decade.
Under McInerney’s leadership, BTY has continued to evolve as one of the top-ranked advisory firms, delivering an extensive portfolio of over $100 billion in project investments across more than 200 deals in various sectors, including social infrastructure, renewables and clean energy, transportation, aviation, mobility, environment, and data and digital connectivity.
“Our success is rooted in fostering high-performing, integrated teams built on empowered and growth-oriented succession and mentorship,” said Jack McInerney. “We ensure clients benefit from the depth and breadth of BTY’s industry relationships, and the wealth of expertise across project, finance, and construction disciplines that we consistently deliver.”
McInerney has been instrumental in opening new sectors for BTY, establishing the firm’s reputation as a trusted advisor on complex, first-of-their-kind projects. These include landmark deals such as the Ontario Line RSSOM and Southern Civil Stations and Tunnel projects in Canada, LaGuardia Airport Terminal B and the I-4 Ultimate in the U.S., and the Higher Education Bundle 1 and Project Opus in Europe—one of the region’s largest transactions, involving the Dublin Convention Centre, and major telecom and healthcare assets across Ireland.
Toby Mallinder, BTY’s Managing Director, recognized McInerney’s accomplishments saying, “Jack exemplifies how we cultivate talent and maximize the value our approach delivers to clients in capital markets and asset management. His efforts have significantly propelled BTY’s growth by assembling a top-tier team with a unique, client-focused approach that spans every sector and delivery model in the global infrastructure landscape.”
Having joined BTY in 2011 and originally based in Vancouver, McInerney was appointed to spearhead the firm’s entry into linear infrastructure, with a particular focus on transportation assets and transit systems. McInerney and the team used this approach to rapidly expand BTY’s infrastructure client base across North America, and more recently, in Europe, where Dublin has become the firm’s launchpad for expansion in the region.
“This is an exciting new chapter for BTY,” added McInerney. “We look forward to sharing our new strategic direction with clients and industry partners, particularly our rapidly growing capabilities in the U.S., as well as renewables and energy, decarbonization, connectivity, operational services, and more.”
About BTY
BTY is an award-winning professional consultancy offering complete project solutions in real estate and infrastructure asset planning, development, operations, and transactions. Founded in Western Canada in 1978, the firm now has offices across Canada, the United States, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and Turkey, with a diverse global portfolio. BTY’s core services encompass Cost Management, Project Monitoring & Lender Services, Infrastructure Advisory, and Project Management. To learn more, visit BTY.COM.
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Miami International Holdings Participates in the 2024 Ring the Bell for Financial Literacy Initiative during World Investor Week
PRINCETON, N.J., Oct. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Miami International Holdings, Inc. (MIH), a technology-driven leader in building and operating regulated financial markets across multiple asset classes, today ceremoniously rang the opening bell at its Princeton, N.J. headquarters in honor of the World Federation of Exchanges’ (WFE) Ring the Bell for Financial Literacy initiative.
“The importance of financial literacy to support an equitable future for all global investors cannot be overstated and we are pleased to once again participate in this year’s Ring the Bell for Financial Literacy initiative,” said Thomas P. Gallagher, Chairman and CEO of MIH. “MIH enthusiastically supports educational initiatives that help pave the way for future investors and we actively partner with schools in our community to empower students with knowledge to help maximize their future financial success.”
The Ring the Bell for Financial Literacy ceremony supports the International Organization of Securities Commissions’ (IOSCO) World Investor Week (WIW) 2024, a global campaign to raise awareness about the importance of investor education and protection. This marks the fifth consecutive year that IOSCO and the WFE are working in partnership on the Ring the Bell for Financial Literacy initiative.
Mr. Gallagher added, “In furthering our financial literacy efforts, MIH proudly sponsors the John Lothian News Futures Discovery video series that provides a unique, peer-led learning experience for young investors to learn about futures markets from students at Roosevelt University in Chicago.”
Additional details and information on the IOSCO WIW 2024 campaign is available at https://www.worldinvestorweek.org. Information on the WFE’s Ring the Bell for Financial Literacy 2024 campaign is available at https://www.world-exchanges.org/ring-bell-financial-literacy-2024.
About MIAX
MIAX’s parent holding company, Miami International Holdings, Inc., owns Miami International Securities Exchange, LLC (MIAX®), MIAX PEARL, LLC (MIAX Pearl®), MIAX Emerald, LLC (MIAX Emerald®), MIAX Sapphire LLC (MIAX SapphireTM), MIAX Futures Exchange, LLC (MIAX FuturesTM), LedgerX LLC d/b/a MIAX Derivatives Exchange (MIAXdxTM), The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) and Dorman Trading, LLC (Dorman Trading).
MIAX, MIAX Pearl, MIAX Emerald and MIAX Sapphire are national securities exchanges registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission that are enabled by MIAX’s in-house built, proprietary technology. MIAX offers trading of options on all four exchanges as well as cash equities through MIAX Pearl Equities™. The MIAX trading platform was built to meet the high-performance quoting demands of the U.S. options trading industry and is differentiated by throughput, latency, reliability and wire-order determinism. MIAX also serves as the exclusive exchange venue for cash-settled options on the SPIKES® Volatility Index (Ticker: SPIKE), a measure of the expected 30-day volatility in the SPDR® S&P 500® ETF (SPY).
MIAX Futures is a registered exchange with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and offers trading in a variety of products including Hard Red Spring Wheat Futures. MIAX Futures is a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO) under the CFTC, providing DCM and DCO services in an array of asset classes.
MIAXdx is a CFTC regulated exchange and clearinghouse and is registered as a Designated Contract Market (DCM), Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), and Swap Execution Facility (SEF) with the CFTC.
BSX is a fully electronic, vertically integrated international securities market headquartered in Bermuda and organized in 1971. BSX specializes in the listing and trading of capital market instruments such as equities, debt issues, funds, hedge funds, derivative warrants, and insurance linked securities.
Dorman Trading is a full-service Futures Commission Merchant registered with the CFTC.
MIAX’s executive offices and National Operations Center are located in Princeton, N.J., with additional U.S. offices located in Chicago, IL and Miami, FL. MIAX Futures offices are located in Minneapolis, MN. MIAXdx offices are located in Princeton, N.J. BSX offices are located in Hamilton, Bermuda. Dorman Trading offices are located in Chicago, IL.
To learn more about MIAX visit www.miaxglobal.com.
To learn more about MIAX Futures visit www.miaxglobal.com/miax-futures.
To learn more about MIAXdx visit www.miaxdx.com.
To learn more about BSX visit www.bsx.com.
To learn more about Dorman Trading visit www.dormantrading.com.
Disclaimer and Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
The press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to purchase any securities of Miami International Holdings, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, the Company), and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer; solicitation or sale would be unlawful. This press release may contain forward-looking statements, including forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements describe future expectations, plans, results, or strategies and are generally preceded by words such as “may,” “future,” “plan” or “planned,” “will” or “should,” “expected,” “anticipates,” “draft,” “eventually” or “projected.” You are cautioned that such statements are subject to a multitude of risks and uncertainties that could cause future circumstances, events, or results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements, including the risks that actual results may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements.
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Newmark Group’s Third Quarter 2024 Financial Results Announcement to be Issued Prior to Market Open on Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Conference call scheduled for the same day at 10:00 a.m. ET
NEW YORK, Oct. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Newmark Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NMRK) (“Newmark” or “the Company”), a leading commercial real estate advisor and service provider to large institutional investors, global corporations, and other owners and occupiers, today announced the details of its third quarter 2024 financial results press release and conference call. The Company plans to issue an advisory press release regarding the availability of its consolidated quarterly financial results at 8:00 a.m. ET on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Newmark’s advisory release will notify the public that a full-text financial results press release will be accessible at the following pages:
http://ir.nmrk.com (PDF version of the full press release, PDF of a quarterly results investor presentation, link to the webcast, and supplemental Excel financial tables)
https://www.nmrk.com/media (PDF version of the full press release only)
Newmark will host a conference call on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. ET to discuss its results.
WHO: Newmark Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NMRK)
WHAT: Third Quarter 2024 financial results conference call
WHEN: Tuesday, November 5, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. ET
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For those who are unable to join the webcast, the Company expects to post dial-in information before the day of the call on the event’s page at http://ir.nmrk.com.
Webcast Replay
Expected Available From – To: |
11/05/2024 at 1:00 p.m. ET – 11/05/2025 at 11:59 p.m. ET |
Replay Link: |
https://event.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1692463&tp_key=fa28476e56 |
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ABOUT NEWMARK
Newmark Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NMRK), together with its subsidiaries (“Newmark”), is a world leader in commercial real estate, seamlessly powering every phase of the property life cycle. Newmark’s comprehensive suite of services and products is uniquely tailored to each client, from owners to occupiers, investors to founders, and startups to blue-chip companies. Combining the platform’s global reach with market intelligence in both established and emerging property markets, Newmark provides superior service to clients across the industry spectrum. For the year ended December 31, 2023, Newmark generated revenues of approximately $2.5 billion. As of June 30, 2024, Newmark’s company-owned offices, together with its business partners, operate from approximately 170 offices with 7,800 professionals around the world. To learn more, visit nmrk.com or follow @newmark.
DISCUSSION OF FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS ABOUT NEWMARK
Statements in this document regarding Newmark that are not historical facts are “forward-looking statements” that involve risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. These include statements about the Company’s business, results, financial position, liquidity, and outlook, which may constitute forward-looking statements and are subject to the risk that the actual impact may differ, possibly materially, from what is currently expected. Except as required by law, Newmark undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements. For a discussion of additional risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see Newmark’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including, but not limited to, the risk factors and Special Note on Forward-Looking Information set forth in these filings and any updates to such risk factors and Special Note on Forward-Looking Information contained in subsequent reports on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q or Form 8-K.
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