LIMASSOL, Cyprus, July 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The European Central Bank (ECB) Sintra forum recently took place between 29 June and 1 July, and welcomed several key central banking officials who each steered clear of previewing where interest rates are headed.
Federal Reserve (Fed) Chairman Kevin Warsh, ECB President Christine Lagarde, Bank of England (BoE) Governor Andrew Bailey, and Bank of Canada (BoC) Governor Tiff Macklem presented a united front against forward guidance, calling for a coordinated rethink of how they engage with markets.
Warsh – a longtime advocate of Fed reform – explicitly declined to offer guidance at his first press conference as Chairman on 17 June and further buried that idea at the ECB forum. He noted that pre committing to a particular path leaves the central bank in a difficult position when conditions shift – a view shared by many of his global peers.
ECB’s Lagarde expressed similar reservations, saying she had felt ‘bound and compelled’ by guidance in the past. BoE’s Bailey echoed Lagarde’s concern, stating that ‘forward guidance becomes quite problematic over time’, and added that it is ‘much easier to put in place than it is to take away’. BoC’s Macklem joined his peers, shifting towards the view that giving markets a highly prescriptive runway is no longer viable.
Although there was consensus, Lagarde stated that the ECB’s shift would offer greater transparency on how the central bank interprets incoming data, rather than an outright shift away from guidance – a practice she referred to as ‘framework guidance’.
FP Markets Chief Market Analyst Aaron Hill commented: ‘The move away from explicit forward guidance that I – and many investors – have become accustomed to over the years means that we have effectively reverted from a Bernanke transparency framework to a Greenspan era. With policymakers adopting this new way of communicating, market participants will be left with a situation in which the focus shifts to raw data. Naturally, in the absence of guidance, we will have to guess how a central bank may react to incoming data, which will increase volatility around tier-1 event risk’.
FP Markets’ regulatory presence includes the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC), the Financial Services Authority (FSA) in Seychelles, the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) of South Africa, and the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) of Kenya.
Recognition in the Supply Chain Excellence category affirms TraceLink’s role in helping life sciences and healthcare companies improve productivity, resilience, and business performance
Summary TraceLink earned its fourth consecutive Merit Award, receiving 2026 recognition in the Supply Chain Excellence category for advancing the Agentic Supply Chain Operating Model. The award underscores TraceLink’s continued leadership in helping life sciences and healthcare companies improve productivity, resilience, and business performance.
BOSTON, July 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — TraceLink, the world’s largest Agentic Business Network for the life sciences and healthcare supply chain, today announced that it has earned its fourth consecutive Merit Award—and its first Merit Award for Business—receiving 2026 recognition in the Supply Chain Excellence category. The award recognizes TraceLink’s leadership in powering the transformation to the Agentic Supply Chain Operating Model. The model unlocks a human-agent workforce where human teams and governed OPUS Agents perform specialized operational work to improve business performance and patient outcomes.
The Merit Awards honor organizations that contribute to the continued growth and advancement of the industries and markets they serve. TraceLink was recognized for advancing an operating model purpose-built for the realities of life sciences, where regulated products, complex partner ecosystems, supply assurance, and patient outcomes depend on reliable coordination across the supply network.
“Earning a Merit Award for the fourth year reflects both the pace of innovation at TraceLink and our customers’ commitment to transforming how supply chain work is performed,” said Shabbir Dahod, President and CEO of TraceLink. “As the industry moves beyond digitalizing transactions toward governed human-agent collaboration, the Agentic Supply Chain Operating Model provides the trusted foundation organizations need to improve productivity, resilience, and business performance.”
Driving Supply Chain Performance with Governed OPUS Agents At the center of the Agentic Supply Chain Operating Model are OPUS Agents, TraceLink’s no-code, enterprise vertical AI agents for the life sciences and healthcare supply chain.
OPUS Agents operate as permissioned participants within multienterprise supply chain processes. Organizations define their objectives, permissions, decision boundaries, and governance policies while maintaining human oversight and full auditability.
This governance enables human teams and OPUS Agents to perform operational work together with greater speed, consistency, and control, driving measurable improvements in productivity, inventory, working capital, service, compliance, and resilience.
Built on the Integrate-Once™ Agentic Business Network Built on the Integrate-Once™ Agentic Business Network, the Agentic Supply Chain Operating Model gives organizations trusted operational context across trading partners, transactions, inventory, production, logistics, and commercial operations.
This context enables humans and OPUS Agents to coordinate specialized work across company boundaries, helping organizations improve responsiveness, reduce manual effort, strengthen supply assurance, and operate with greater resilience.
The recognition reflects a broader industry shift. Life sciences and healthcare companies are moving from digitalizing transactions to digitalizing how supply chain work is performed through governed human-agent collaboration.
Learn more about how TraceLink enables the transformation to the Agentic Supply Chain Operating Model.
About TraceLink TraceLink powers the transformation to an Agentic Supply Chain Operating Model for life sciences and healthcare by combining human expertise with agentic work across the end-to-end supply network.
Through Agentic Business Processes, Agentic Control Towers, the Integrate-Once™ Agentic Business Network, and governed OPUS Agents, TraceLink helps companies improve productivity, service, inventory, working capital, cost, compliance, quality, resilience, and revenue performance.
Powered by the OPUS Platform and the world’s largest Agentic Business Network, which links more than 315,000 authenticated business entities and hundreds of billions of annual supply chain transactions, TraceLink enables companies to digitalize business transactions, create trusted operational context, and perform work across multienterprise supply chain processes with greater speed, intelligence, control, and accountability.
About the Merit Awards The Merit Awards are dedicated to recognizing global excellence across industries and markets. With a focus on innovation, leadership, and measurable results, the Merit Awards honor organizations and individuals that drive meaningful impact in their respective fields. For more information about the Merit Awards and to view the full list of winners, visit www.merit-awards.com.
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COLOMBO, SRI LANKA- Media OutReach Newswire – 9 July 2026 – On July 4, 2026, the cultural exchange event Encounter & Insight: Dialogue Between Ningbo, China and Colombo, Sri Lanka took place in Colombo.
On July 4, 2026, the cultural exchange event Encounter & Insight: Dialogue Between Ningbo, China and Colombo, Sri Lanka took place in Colombo.
Separated by thousands of miles, the two millennia-old port cities reconnected, leveraging their ports as a bond and cultural exchanges as a cohesive force to hold in-depth talks on integrated port-city development and bilateral economic and trade connectivity.
This cross-Indian Ocean dialogue echoes the ancient Maritime Silk Road while charting a brand-new outbound development path. As a pivotal starting port of the ancient Maritime Silk Road, Ningbo is building a new global trade landscape powered by smart manufacturing.
A thousand years ago, merchant vessels from Mingzhou Port set sail southward loaded with Yue Kiln celadon porcelain, passing through Ceylon to deliver Oriental crafts across the Indian Ocean coasts. Precious gemstones and spices traveled the same sea route back to regions south of the Yangtze River, laying the groundwork for the earliest cultural exchange between the two ports through trade. Today, the cargo carried by giant cargo ships has undergone a dramatic transformation. Beyond traditional daily necessities, intelligent equipment, digital home appliances and industrial robots now dominate shipments.
Official statistics show that Ningbo’s exports of intelligent equipment, including mechanical arms and industrial robots, hit 440 million yuan in 2025, surging more than 40% year-on-year. From January to May this year, Ningbo’s exports of mechanical and electrical products maintained steady growth, reaching 247 billion yuan, a 4.1% year-on-year increase and accounting for 58.0% of the city’s total export volume. The new energy foreign trade sector saw explosive growth, with exports of new energy vehicles, lithium batteries, and photovoltaic products jumping 138.4% year-on-year, with electric vehicle exports skyrocketing 215.9%. Smart manufactured goods are continuously expanding the scope of Ningbo’s foreign trade.
Complementing the Colombo forum, an exhibition highlights Ningbo’s outstanding going-global enterprises and their products, vividly illustrating the profound shift in Ningbo’s trade structure.
Alongside time-honored Maritime Silk Road staples such as celadon porcelain and silk, Ningbo’s smart manufactured products—including AI translation glasses, intelligent outdoor gear and digital small home appliances—occupy prominent display spaces across the venue. In Sri Lanka, Ningbo smart water meters are widely adopted nationwide, while handheld cooling fans and intelligent kitchen appliances have entered ordinary households.
Leveraging Colombo Port’s transshipment advantages, massive volumes of Ningbo smart manufactured goods are distributed onward to Europe, the Middle East and beyond. What Ningbo exports today is no longer mere commodities, but a complete outbound solution integrating technology, brand value and after-sales services.
Faced with mounting challenges including homogeneous global market competition and rising trade barriers, Ningbo’s manufacturing sector has abandoned the old model of low-cost OEM production, relying on intelligent transformation to consolidate its competitive edge in overseas markets.
Over more than a decade of digital transformation efforts, Ningbo has achieved full digital upgrading of all industrial enterprises above designated size. A large number of local factories have built unmanned black-light workshops and flexible production lines, escaping vicious price competition through continuous technological iteration. Represented by five specialized, sophisticated, distinctive and innovative enterprises dubbed Ningbo’s “Five Little Tigers”—famous for their core proprietary technologies, including highly sophisticated visual inspection equipment, heat-resistant materials, sun-proof coatings, puncture-proof materials and self-drilling fasteners—these niche manufacturers have developed differentiated technical routes and full-spectrum production capacity, cementing irreplaceable competitiveness for Ningbo smart manufacturing on global markets.
Beyond trade expansion, Ningbo has built a supporting cultural communication system to ensure “products go global, accompanied by local culture”.
The launch of Sri Lanka’s first “One-Meter Cultural Space” cultural station during the Colombo event marks a tangible milestone of Ningbo’s go-global initiative. Built on enterprises’ overseas outlets, these miniature cultural exhibition halls integrate intangible cultural heritage crafts, urban stories and smart products, enabling overseas clients to experience cutting-edge manufacturing while gaining insight into Ningbo’s profound cultural heritage.
During the twin-city story-sharing session, Ningbo entrepreneurs based in Sri Lanka and local designers blending Chinese and Sri Lankan aesthetics shared stories of bilateral exchanges. Economic and trade ties have evolved into a bond for people-to-people communication, bridging divides in cross-cultural trade.
From Tang-dynasty celadon porcelain sailing across the Indian Ocean to intelligent equipment shipping to every corner of the globe, Ningbo, the ancient Maritime Silk Road port, has preserved its enduring gene of openness. Where exchanges once relied purely on commodity trade, today smart manufacturing underpins a stable, diversified and high-value-added global trade network.
The Ningbo-Colombo dialogue stands as a vivid microcosm of this transformation: the port still links lands and seas, yet the core of its trade has undergone a full intelligent upgrade.
Rooted in its historical legacy as a key Maritime Silk Road hub, Ningbo has consolidated its industrial foundation through a decade of digital development, expanded global market reach via worldwide port networks, and softened trade cooperation through cultural exchanges. This brand-new outbound shipping route forged by smart manufacturing has not only reshaped the city’s foreign trade landscape, but also delivered a replicable port-city development model for Chinese manufacturing to go global.
COLOMBO, SRI LANKA- Media OutReach Newswire – 9 July 2026 – On July 4, 2026, the cultural exchange event Encounter & Insight: Dialogue Between Ningbo, China and Colombo, Sri Lanka took place in Colombo.
On July 4, 2026, the cultural exchange event Encounter & Insight: Dialogue Between Ningbo, China and Colombo, Sri Lanka took place in Colombo.
Separated by thousands of miles, the two millennia-old port cities reconnected, leveraging their ports as a bond and cultural exchanges as a cohesive force to hold in-depth talks on integrated port-city development and bilateral economic and trade connectivity.
This cross-Indian Ocean dialogue echoes the ancient Maritime Silk Road while charting a brand-new outbound development path. As a pivotal starting port of the ancient Maritime Silk Road, Ningbo is building a new global trade landscape powered by smart manufacturing.
A thousand years ago, merchant vessels from Mingzhou Port set sail southward loaded with Yue Kiln celadon porcelain, passing through Ceylon to deliver Oriental crafts across the Indian Ocean coasts. Precious gemstones and spices traveled the same sea route back to regions south of the Yangtze River, laying the groundwork for the earliest cultural exchange between the two ports through trade. Today, the cargo carried by giant cargo ships has undergone a dramatic transformation. Beyond traditional daily necessities, intelligent equipment, digital home appliances and industrial robots now dominate shipments.
Official statistics show that Ningbo’s exports of intelligent equipment, including mechanical arms and industrial robots, hit 440 million yuan in 2025, surging more than 40% year-on-year. From January to May this year, Ningbo’s exports of mechanical and electrical products maintained steady growth, reaching 247 billion yuan, a 4.1% year-on-year increase and accounting for 58.0% of the city’s total export volume. The new energy foreign trade sector saw explosive growth, with exports of new energy vehicles, lithium batteries, and photovoltaic products jumping 138.4% year-on-year, with electric vehicle exports skyrocketing 215.9%. Smart manufactured goods are continuously expanding the scope of Ningbo’s foreign trade.
Complementing the Colombo forum, an exhibition highlights Ningbo’s outstanding going-global enterprises and their products, vividly illustrating the profound shift in Ningbo’s trade structure.
Alongside time-honored Maritime Silk Road staples such as celadon porcelain and silk, Ningbo’s smart manufactured products—including AI translation glasses, intelligent outdoor gear and digital small home appliances—occupy prominent display spaces across the venue. In Sri Lanka, Ningbo smart water meters are widely adopted nationwide, while handheld cooling fans and intelligent kitchen appliances have entered ordinary households.
Leveraging Colombo Port’s transshipment advantages, massive volumes of Ningbo smart manufactured goods are distributed onward to Europe, the Middle East and beyond. What Ningbo exports today is no longer mere commodities, but a complete outbound solution integrating technology, brand value and after-sales services.
Faced with mounting challenges including homogeneous global market competition and rising trade barriers, Ningbo’s manufacturing sector has abandoned the old model of low-cost OEM production, relying on intelligent transformation to consolidate its competitive edge in overseas markets.
Over more than a decade of digital transformation efforts, Ningbo has achieved full digital upgrading of all industrial enterprises above designated size. A large number of local factories have built unmanned black-light workshops and flexible production lines, escaping vicious price competition through continuous technological iteration. Represented by five specialized, sophisticated, distinctive and innovative enterprises dubbed Ningbo’s “Five Little Tigers”—famous for their core proprietary technologies, including highly sophisticated visual inspection equipment, heat-resistant materials, sun-proof coatings, puncture-proof materials and self-drilling fasteners—these niche manufacturers have developed differentiated technical routes and full-spectrum production capacity, cementing irreplaceable competitiveness for Ningbo smart manufacturing on global markets.
Beyond trade expansion, Ningbo has built a supporting cultural communication system to ensure “products go global, accompanied by local culture”.
The launch of Sri Lanka’s first “One-Meter Cultural Space” cultural station during the Colombo event marks a tangible milestone of Ningbo’s go-global initiative. Built on enterprises’ overseas outlets, these miniature cultural exhibition halls integrate intangible cultural heritage crafts, urban stories and smart products, enabling overseas clients to experience cutting-edge manufacturing while gaining insight into Ningbo’s profound cultural heritage.
During the twin-city story-sharing session, Ningbo entrepreneurs based in Sri Lanka and local designers blending Chinese and Sri Lankan aesthetics shared stories of bilateral exchanges. Economic and trade ties have evolved into a bond for people-to-people communication, bridging divides in cross-cultural trade.
From Tang-dynasty celadon porcelain sailing across the Indian Ocean to intelligent equipment shipping to every corner of the globe, Ningbo, the ancient Maritime Silk Road port, has preserved its enduring gene of openness. Where exchanges once relied purely on commodity trade, today smart manufacturing underpins a stable, diversified and high-value-added global trade network.
The Ningbo-Colombo dialogue stands as a vivid microcosm of this transformation: the port still links lands and seas, yet the core of its trade has undergone a full intelligent upgrade.
Rooted in its historical legacy as a key Maritime Silk Road hub, Ningbo has consolidated its industrial foundation through a decade of digital development, expanded global market reach via worldwide port networks, and softened trade cooperation through cultural exchanges. This brand-new outbound shipping route forged by smart manufacturing has not only reshaped the city’s foreign trade landscape, but also delivered a replicable port-city development model for Chinese manufacturing to go global.
HONG KONG, July 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — At LEAP EAST in Hong Kong today, Kingsoft Office unveiled WPS 365, an enterprise productivity platform it calls an “Enterprise Brain Execution Layer.” The pitch: AI that doesn’t just chat — it works, embedded directly into the documents and systems companies already use.
Let’s be honest: most enterprise AI tools are glorified Q&A bots. They answer questions. They summarize emails. But ask them to do something — pull data from your CRM, match it against a 300-line procurement document, and generate a report — and they freeze.
Kingsoft Office thinks it has a better idea.
Qingzhou AI: Private AI on a single server
The headline feature is Qingzhou AI, a lightweight private-deployment architecture that runs on a single standard server. Traditional on-premise AI setups need racks of GPUs and a dedicated IT team. Qingzhou AI cuts infrastructure requirements by more than 95%, using CPU-friendly models and a monolithic architecture.
For companies in Asia Pacific — where data sovereignty regulations are tightening and IT budgets are often tight — this is a big deal. You get the security of on-premise AI without the sticker shock.
Real results, not just demos
Kingsoft Office shared a concrete example: one tech company applied Qingzhou AI to its legal review process, which involved 400+ review types and 20,000+ business rules. Document review time dropped from 140 minutes to 40 minutes per file. That’s a 3x improvement.
AI that lives in documents, not next to them
Here’s what’s actually interesting about WPS 365: it’s built on 38 years of document processing. The AI operates directly inside contracts, spreadsheets, and presentations — not in a separate chat window. Results stay in the file. Format stays intact. Versions stay trackable.
The platform supports 14 languages and has data centers in Germany, Singapore, and Japan, with GDPR and SOC2 compliance baked in.
The bottom line
WPS 365 is available now for Asia Pacific enterprises through Kingsoft Office’s regional channels. For companies tired of AI that talks a good game but can’t close a deal — or review a contract, or generate a report — this might be worth a look.
TL;DR: AI that actually does the work, runs on a single server, and lives inside your documents. Available now.
A vibrant new collection of aqua attractions at Grand Resort Deck transforms Galaxy Macau into the city’s largest children’s water wonderland, while Galaxy Promenade adds extra summer excitement with enticing retail redemptions
MACAU SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 9 July 2026 – Galaxy Macau sets the stage for an unforgettable summer as the ultimate leisure destination with the debut of “Aquatainment Island,” a vibrant new children’s zone at its award-winning Grand Resort Deck. Spanning nearly 3,000 square metres, this colourful outdoor oasis features three imaginative themed areas for toddlers to nine-year-olds. Together with Splash Cove and the popular Galaxy Kidz Edutainment Center, it marks a new chapter in family entertainment, while expanding Galaxy Macau into the city’s largest aquatic wonderland for children.
Equally refreshing, Galaxy Promenade at Galaxy Macau offers a stylish retreat from the summer heat with curated seasonal experiences. Transformed into a whimsical indoor garden, the luxury shopping destination delights guests with exclusive rewards, including cooling floral-infused beverages, charming plush bouquets, and luxury branded activities, adding a touch of elegance and indulgence to every summer visit. An exclusive “Glitz & Glam Dynamic Videos” experience located at Jade Lobby is available to guests meeting designated spending thresholds.
This season also sees the well-received Wave Pool Party returning to Grand Resort Deck in August, featuring popular regional stars and vibrant entertainment. To enjoy the most of Galaxy Macau’s world-class experiences, sign-up for the luxury resort’s WeChat membership to be on the forefront of captivating offers.
Play & Learn in a World that Blends Edutainment and Aquatainment
Able to welcome up to 230 guests at a time, the new Aquatainment Island combines a series of fun elements, while elevating the excitement in education. Young minds are invited to discover the wonders of water at Wavey’s Project Aqua, where the science of H₂O comes to life through more than 20 hands-on, interactive experiences. Inspired by Galaxy Macau’s iconic architecture and Wavey the Peacock, the exhibits are designed to strengthen curiosity, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills. Children step into the role of junior engineers, exploring water flow, mechanics, and energy conversion in a fun, immersive setting. This engaging environment encourages experiential learning while building foundational Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Mathematics (S.T.E.A.M.) knowledge.
At Wavey’s Project Aqua, young explorers dive into the wonders of water through interactive, hands-on exhibits inspired by Galaxy Macau’s iconic design—where curiosity flows seamlessly into discovery, creativity, and outdoor S.T.E.A.M. adventures at the vibrant WonderFun Pavilion.
The journey seamlessly continues at the adjacent WonderFun Pavilion, where young innovators can apply their ideas, test new concepts, and further expand their creativity. Wavey brings young guests to enjoy further hands-on experiments, nature exploration, and live performances. With a rotating line-up of workshops across seven daily sessions, each visit offers fresh opportunities to learn, discover, and grow through engaging, interactive play in an open-air setting.
Wavey the surfer spreads its wings to welcome young adventurers into Wavey’s Splash Command, where The Water Castle takes centre stage with exhilarating slides, playful water features, and endless splashing fun for unforgettable family moments.
Entertainment is as importantly as education in the new aqua zone at Grand Resort Deck, therefore a surfing Wavey welcomes young guests into a vibrant water wonderland designed for exhilarating family fun-Wavey’s Splash Command. At its heart, The Water Castle features four exciting slides and a signature tipping bucket, surrounded by over 20 dynamic aquatic elements, from geysers and soakers to interactive water cannons and cascading curtains. Ranging from 8.3 to 11.3 metres, the slides send junior thrill-seekers swooping down from 1.5 metres’ height, delivering splashing excitement, laughter, and unforgettable shared moments.
Shop to Take Home Fantastic Plush Bouquets
Galaxy Promenade presents a captivating seasonal transformation, inviting discerning guests into a dreamlike garden where artistry and imagination intertwine. Delicately arranged, fairy-like plush blooms bring a sense of whimsy and elegance, while a striking floral hot-air balloon appears to float effortlessly from the transparent ceiling—creating a poetic vision of blossoms suspended in mid-air. Bathed in natural light and framed by refined architectural design, the space offers a serene yet inspiring backdrop for an elevated shopping experience.
Shop, indulge, and be rewarded at Galaxy Promenade at Galaxy Macau—redeem elegant plush floral bouquets and curated summer beverages with same-day spending, and take memorable images with charming ambassadors holding oversized balloon flowers – elevate your shopping experience with exclusive seasonal gifts.
From now until August 31, guests are invited to indulge in exclusive redemption of exquisitely crafted plush floral bouquet when meeting designated spending at Galaxy Promenade. Enhancing the season’s offerings, a curated selection of summer refreshments—both coffee and tea creations—is thoughtfully co-presented by Galaxy Macau and Momokawa, available within the Floral Art & Coffee Boutique at the Italian shopping district.
Throughout the summer, charming ambassadors will be roaming Galaxy Promenade with oversized balloon flowers in hand, adding a touch of delight to the shopping experience. Guests are invited to stop by and capture memorable photo moments with them.
With a maximum of two same-day shopping receipt from Galaxy Promenade, guests who spend over MOP20,000 may choose between a bouquet of four plush flowers or a signature summer beverage. Those spending over MOP30,000 can enjoy either six plush flowers or two refreshing drinks. For guests with over MOP60,000 in spending, an indulgent reward awaits: eight plush flowers accompanied by two specially crafted summer beverages—an elegant pairing of keepsakes and seasonal indulgence.
Step into the spotlight at the exclusive “Glitz & Glam Dynamic Videos” installation at Jade Lobby, where a state-of-the-art robotic camera captures cinematic, dynamic moments in motion—transforming playful creativity and self-expression into stylish, shareable memories.
To sprinkle energetically high-tech fun to the experience, eligible guests are invited to step into the spotlight at the exclusive “Glitz & Glam Dynamic Videos” installation located at Jade Lobby. Here, a state-of-the-art high-speed robotic camera captures dynamic, cinematic footage as it glides seamlessly before each guest. This immersive encounter encourages playful creativity and self-expression, transforming every moment into a stylish, shareable memory. All guests spending MOP3,000 across Galaxy Macau are automatically eligible for the experience.
To uplift the elegant vibes, guests are invited to embark on an elevated journey of artistry, craftsmanship and discovery at Galaxy Promenade. From now until August 31, savour The Ritz-Carlton, Macau’s exclusive “L’Art du Goût” Afternoon Tea, created in collaboration with Delvaux, where refined gastronomy meets Belgian heritage and exceptional savoir-faire. After the afternoon tea indulgence, guests are invited to create unique gold-plated artwork at the Delvaux boutique at Galaxy Promenade.
The artistic experience is further enriched by Vacheron Constantin’s “Explore All Ways Possible” Exhibition at Pearl Lobby, presented from now until July 19, an inspiring celebration of watchmaking excellence, cultural exploration and creative innovation through immersive and interactive encounters. Subsequently, from July 22 until August 23, the IWC Schaffhausen “Next Space Age Exhibition” will make an exclusive appearance at Pearl Lobby. Blending heritage with innovation, the showcase offers a captivating exploration of the brand’s unique vision of time, precision engineering and enduring craftsmanship. Galaxy Atelier continues to collaborate with the world’s most prestigious watch and jewellery maisons, curating exclusive experiences at Galaxy Promenade that showcase the finest in craftsmanship, timeless sophistication and luxury living.
Energy Persists at East Square
At East Square, Galaxy Macau continues to energise the summer season with the immersive “Coca-Cola” Football Fever Playground—an interactive experience where sport meets innovation. Guests are invited to showcase their football prowess through cutting-edge, high-tech gameplay, elevated by the spectacle of football-shaped drones soaring above, amplifying the excitement and competitive spirit.
Further extending the vibrant sporting atmosphere, East Square will soon host an engaging “Volleyball Experience” from July 22 to 26 in celebration of the Women’s Volleyball Nations League – Finals Macao 2026 Presented by Galaxy Entertainment Group, jointly organized by GEG in collaboration with the Sports Bureau of the Macao SAR Government and the Volleyball Association of Macao, China. Guests will be able to revisit the history of the sport at a dedicated exhibition, while enjoying interactive games to immerse themselves in the atmosphere of a world-class sporting event. Athletes will also appear at the autograph session on July 24 for up-close experiences with fans.
Among the highlights is the exhilarating “Racing Legend: F4 Simulators” – arriving at East Square near the end of July – where guests can step into the driver’s seat of a Formula 4 race car. Set against an iconic circuit in the world, this sophisticated digital simulation delivers a thrilling and immersive racing encounter. Combining speed, precision, and realism, the experience offers both motorsport enthusiasts and casual participants an opportunity to engage with legendary racing heritage in a contemporary, interactive format.
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About Galaxy Macau Integrated Resort
Galaxy Macau, The World-class Luxury Integrated Resort delivers the “Most Spectacular Entertainment and Leisure Destination in the World”. Developed at an investment of HK$43 billion, the property covers 1.1 million-square-meter of unique entertainment and leisure attractions that are unlike anything else in Macau. Nine award-winning world-class luxury hotels provide close to 5,000 rooms, suites and villas. They include Banyan Tree Macau, Galaxy Hotel™, Hotel Okura Macau, JW Marriott Hotel Macau, The Ritz-Carlton, Macau, Broadway Hotel, Raffles at Galaxy Macau, Andaz Macau and Capella at Galaxy Macau. Unique to Galaxy Macau, the 75,000-square-meter Grand Resort Deck features the world’s longest Skytop Adventure Rapids at 575-meters, the largest Skytop Wave Pool with waves up to 1.5-meters high and 150-meters pristine white sand beach. Two five-star spas from Banyan Tree Spa Macau and The Ritz-Carlton Spa, Macau help guests relax and rejuvenate.
As the dining destination in Asia, Galaxy Macau offers a wide variety of gastronomic delights, exquisite experiences and ingredients of the finest quality with over 120 dining options from Michelin dining to authentic delicacies; Galaxy Promenade is the hottest shopping destination featuring the latest in fashion and curated experiences in Macau. Spanning over 100,000-square-meter, luxury flagship stores, lifestyle boutiques and our selection of labels are among the more than 200 world-renowned brands for a world-class shopping journey; Galaxy Cinemas, immersive thrills and luxurious comfort go hand in hand at Galaxy Cinemas. All 10 theatres are equipped with the latest audio-visual technology; CHINA ROUGE, one-of-a-kind deluxe lounge that evokes the glitz and glamor of Shanghai’s golden era with entertainment in luxury and style; and Foot Hub presents the traditional art of reflexology to make you feel more relaxed and revitalized. For Authentic Macau Flavours & Vibrant Asian Experiences, Broadway Macau – just a 90-second walk via a bridge from Galaxy Macau, has over 35 Authentic Macau & Asian Flavours at its Broadway Food Street. The 2,500-seat Broadway Theatre plays host to world-class entertainers and a diverse array of cultural events. Meeting, incentive and banquet groups are also well looked after with a portfolio of unique venues in Galaxy Macau and a professional service staff.
Galaxy International Convention Center (GICC) is the latest addition to the Group’s ever-expanding integrated resort precinct and will usher in a new era for the MICE industry in Macau. GICC is a world-class event venue featuring 40,000-square-meter of total flexible MICE, and a 16,000-seat Galaxy Arena – the largest indoor arena in Macau.
DUBAI, UAE, July 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, is excited to announce Bybit Combo Bot Hub, a centralized platform for portfolio-based automated trading strategies supporting traders for both digital assets and traditional financial markets.
The Combo Bot Hub allows users to browse, deploy, and manage multi-asset strategies from a single interface, consolidating two portfolio-level trading products:
Futures Combo automates rebalancing across diversified crypto asset portfolios
TradFi Combo provides automated portfolio exposure to CFD trading of traditional financial assets including stocks, indices, gold, and forex.
The platform includes a curated selection of pre-built strategy portfolios that can be deployed with a single click, with no manual configuration needed. Users select a strategy aligned with their investment approach, and the underlying bot manages allocation and rebalancing automatically.
Averaging about $3.5 million in daily trading volume, Bybit’s popular Combo Bots support a broad spectrum of strategies. Once set up, traders can go long or short across sectors, choosing from diverse strategies including Semiconductor Supply Chain, Mega 7 Core Tech, AI Downstream Applications, Top 10 Cryptocurrencies, and Solana Ecosystem, among others.
The hub also centralizes information on Combo Bot-related trading events, challenges, and reward programs, helping users take advantage of the best features and rewards Bybit has to offer.
Bybit’s Futures Combo and TradFi Combo products translate complex trading strategies into executable, deployable features. The automation tools help traders diversify across multiple assets, reduce the influence of emotional decision-making in trading, and maintain target portfolio allocations through automated rebalancing.
Bybit Launches Combo Bot Hub, Expanding Automated Portfolio Trading Across Crypto and TradFi Markets
The Combo Bot Hub is available now to eligible Bybit users. For a limited time only, eligible users can access boosted APRs when they follow curated strategies in the Combo Bot Hub.
We believe every person should have access to every financial opportunity on earth. That’s why we’re building the first intelligent platform that connects anyone, anywhere to the world’s finance.
Trusted by more than 80 million users worldwide, Bybit brings together investing, trading, payments, and wealth-building in a single secure and intelligent ecosystem. Through the combination of AI-powered technology, deep global liquidity, robust security, and transparent operations, Bybit makes global finance more accessible, efficient, and empowering for everyone.
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