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by Julia Pierrepont III, Gao Shan
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto ordered ride-hailing firms including GoTo Group and Grab Holdings Ltd. to give holidays bonuses to their drivers as the country nears its biggest annual holiday.
NEW YORK, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- About 160 Christmas decorating-related injuries occur each day during the holiday season in the United States, according to the latest data from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Nearly half of such incidents involve falls.
NEW YORK, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- After weeks of pushing early deals, U.S. retailers tried to seduce customers with promises of bigger discounts on Black Friday, the sales event that still reigns as the unofficial kickoff of the holiday shopping season, reported The Associated Press (AP) on Friday.
The Philippine capital's busiest highway turned into a river of black shirts on Tuesday (Feb 25), as thousands of Filipinos took to the streets to mark 39 years since the People Power Revolution. The near-bloodless uprising in 1986 ousted the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr, whose son now leads the nation.
(Reuters) - Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer has torn a calf muscle, the club said on Thursday, after celebrating a goal in the 3-0 Champions League last-16 first-leg win over Bayer Leverkusen.
The Vietnamese stock market is anticipated to show positive momentum following the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, according to statistics from VPBank Securities (VPBankS).
The post-pandemic holiday trends in 2022 will veer towards pet travel, contactless experiences, wellness trips, sustainable travel and “workcations”, among others.
Early data from Mastercard SpendingPulse shows that US holiday retail sales rose at a much slower pace than in 2022, as selective shoppers sought value and promotions throughout the season.
NEW YORK: US retailers will hire the lowest number of seasonal workers for this holiday season since 2008, due to increased labour costs and shaky consumer confidence.
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Upstart online retailers Temu.com and Shein are drawing millions of window-shoppers to their websites this holiday season, but they far lag market leader Amazon.com where it counts - turning those visits into actual sales.
Beijing: Travel in China flourished over the three-day New Year’s holiday, with 135 million domestic tourist trips, up 155% from last year, while domestic tourism revenue rose to 79.73 billion yuan (RM51.65bil), data showed.
For freelance facilitator Angie Woo, 56, low numbers of Covid-19 infections in some countries and Singapore's own vaccination drive are feeding hopes that international travel may be back on the cards next year.
Seoul’s chief of police has been charged with professional negligence over the deadly 2022 Halloween crush that killed nearly 160 people, prosecutors in the South Korean capital said.
MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network): President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Thursday (Aug 24) declared Sept 11 this year – his father’s birth anniversary – a holiday in Ilocos Norte.
THE public transport network operated by Prasarana Malaysia Bhd in the Klang Valley continues to go from strength to strength, with this year proving to be a bumper year for urban rail and bus ridership.
China reported a sharp drop in new Covid-19-related deaths during the week-long Chinese New Year holiday, even as a spike in travel increased the likelihood of more infections across the country.
(Reuters) -Thousands of Amazon.com workers will walk off the job on Thursday morning, in the crucial final days of the holiday season, after union officials said the retailer failed to come to the bargaining table to negotiate contracts.
CHICAGO, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Despite inflation, the average person in Chicago, the third largest city in the United States, is expected to spend 1,700 U.S. dollars on their holiday shopping plans this year, up 22 percent from last year, according to a holiday retail survey.
BEIJING: The passenger volume handled by China’s commercial transport network during the May Day holiday likely hit over 270 million trips, or a daily average of 54 million, up 163% from a year ago, according to the Transport Ministry.
