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Gyeonggi Tourism Organization Partners Southeast Asia’s Leading Travel Tech Platform, Traveloka, to Power Digital Discovery for Indonesian Travelers

SEOUL, South Korea, March 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The Gyeonggi Tourism Organization (GTO) and Traveloka, Southeast Asia’s leading travel platform, hosted a strategic tourism seminar aimed at unlocking the Indonesian market for Korean tourism operators. The event was attended by approximately 60 stakeholders, including representatives from Traveloka, local tourism industry leaders, and travel agencies specializing in Free Independent Travelers (FIT).

The seminar featured an introduction to Traveloka, presentations on platform marketing strategies for independent travelers, and a networking session. Key industry participants included Everland, Shinsegae Premium Outlets, Novotel Suwon, and Island Castle, alongside public entities such as Suwon City and the Hwaseong City Cultural & Tourism Foundation.

Participants obtained key information and insights on collaborating with Traveloka, leveraging its digital platform for FIT marketing, and analyzing the latest market trends to develop integrated tourism products.

This initiative specifically targets Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populous country (approx. 280 million). According to Korea Tourism Data Lab, approximately 360,000 Indonesians visited Korea in 2025, marking an 8.3% increase from the previous year. Furthermore, the ‘2025 National Image Survey Report’ by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism revealed that 86.6% of Indonesians hold a positive view of South Korea, ranking 10th globally in favorability.

Following the 11th National Tourism Strategy Meeting in February, a pilot program for visa-free entry for Indonesian groups of three or more was announced. Additionally, the scheduled visit of Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto to Korea on the 31st of this month signals a deepening partnership between the two nations.

Through this joint seminar, GTO and Traveloka will work with the local tourism industry to significantly expand the listing of Gyeonggi-based products on the platform. Traveloka plans to assign dedicated managers to support the seamless registration of Gyeonggi attractions and accommodations, fostering business growth within the province.

“The proportion of independent travelers visiting Korea continues to rise,” said an official from the Gyeonggi Tourism Organization. “To capture the Indonesian market — which boasts the world’s 4th largest population and the largest Muslim population — we will collaborate with Traveloka and our local industry partners to drive a substantial increase in tourism to Gyeonggi Province.”

Media Contact

MSL SG (for Traveloka)
Email: traveloka_pr_msl_team_sgp@groups.publicisgroupe.net 

Gyeonggi Tourism Organization Partners Southeast Asia’s Leading Travel Tech Platform, Traveloka, to Power Digital Discovery for Indonesian Travelers

SEOUL, South Korea, March 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The Gyeonggi Tourism Organization (GTO) and Traveloka, Southeast Asia’s leading travel platform, hosted a strategic tourism seminar aimed at unlocking the Indonesian market for Korean tourism operators. The event was attended by approximately 60 stakeholders, including representatives from Traveloka, local tourism industry leaders, and travel agencies specializing in Free Independent Travelers (FIT).

The seminar featured an introduction to Traveloka, presentations on platform marketing strategies for independent travelers, and a networking session. Key industry participants included Everland, Shinsegae Premium Outlets, Novotel Suwon, and Island Castle, alongside public entities such as Suwon City and the Hwaseong City Cultural & Tourism Foundation.

Participants obtained key information and insights on collaborating with Traveloka, leveraging its digital platform for FIT marketing, and analyzing the latest market trends to develop integrated tourism products.

This initiative specifically targets Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populous country (approx. 280 million). According to Korea Tourism Data Lab, approximately 360,000 Indonesians visited Korea in 2025, marking an 8.3% increase from the previous year. Furthermore, the ‘2025 National Image Survey Report’ by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism revealed that 86.6% of Indonesians hold a positive view of South Korea, ranking 10th globally in favorability.

Following the 11th National Tourism Strategy Meeting in February, a pilot program for visa-free entry for Indonesian groups of three or more was announced. Additionally, the scheduled visit of Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto to Korea on the 31st of this month signals a deepening partnership between the two nations.

Through this joint seminar, GTO and Traveloka will work with the local tourism industry to significantly expand the listing of Gyeonggi-based products on the platform. Traveloka plans to assign dedicated managers to support the seamless registration of Gyeonggi attractions and accommodations, fostering business growth within the province.

“The proportion of independent travelers visiting Korea continues to rise,” said an official from the Gyeonggi Tourism Organization. “To capture the Indonesian market — which boasts the world’s 4th largest population and the largest Muslim population — we will collaborate with Traveloka and our local industry partners to drive a substantial increase in tourism to Gyeonggi Province.”

Media Contact

MSL SG (for Traveloka)
Email: traveloka_pr_msl_team_sgp@groups.publicisgroupe.net 

Shipsy Launches AgentFleet, an AI Workforce for Logistics Operations

SINGAPORE, March 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Shipsy, a leading provider of AI-native solutions for logistics, today announced AgentFleet, an AI workforce organized around operational roles such as customer experience, operations, finance, with purpose-built agents executing task workflows within each role alongside human teams.

Logistics operations remain heavily manual despite years of digitization. Every day, logistics teams chase drivers, answer WISMO calls, reconcile invoices line by line, and resolve disputes manually. As shipment volumes grow, this complexity does not scale. Logistics workforces face high attrition and labor shortages while customer experience expectations rise and shipment complexity grows. Enterprise AI is now reliable enough to execute, not just assist.

AgentFleet introduces an AI workforce that works alongside human teams. These agents monitor signals, make decisions within defined rules, and execute tasks across systems. This shifts operations managers from firefighting to supervisory roles, overseeing AI activity and focusing on high-value decisions. Logistics platforms transform from passive systems of record into systems of action: observe, decide, execute, and escalate only when necessary. This transition moves operations from reactive to proactive, with agents resolving exceptions before they escalate.

AgentFleet ships with role-specific AI co-workers, each built for a distinct operational function:

Clara, Customer Experience AI Co-worker Proactively communicates delivery updates and resolves customer queries via WhatsApp, voice, email, and SMS, in the customer’s local language. Early deployments show 30–40% reductions in inbound support volumes.

Astra, Driver Experience AI Co-worker Provides real-time route guidance, coordinates with hubs and customers, and gives instant payout clarity. Early deployments show 18–20% improvements in driver productivity across third-party fleets.

Nexa, Finance AI Co-worker Validates 100% of freight invoices, not samples, with four-way matching across vendor claims, execution data, GPS records, and PODs. Organizations achieve 20–25% faster settlement cycles and up to 50% reduction in manual workload.

Vera, Dispute Resolution AI Co-worker AI-led financial dispute management for carriers and vendors. Organizations see 20–25% faster dispute resolution cycles and reduced operational backlogs.

AgentFleet integrates with existing TMS platforms, ERPs, and third-party logistics systems as an augmentation layer, with no rip-and-replace required. Each agent operates within pre-approved guardrails covering role-based access, approval workflows, and full audit trails. Enterprises can begin with a single agent role and expand incrementally across functions.

“Logistics operations are under more pressure than ever, with rising demand, workforce constraints, and increasing expectations,” said Soham Chokshi, Co-Founder and CEO at Shipsy. “AgentFleet gives teams an AI workforce that observes, decides, and acts. The future of operations is supervisory—directing agents, not executing tasks.”

Learn more at agentfleet.shipsy.ai.

About Shipsy

Shipsy is redefining the logistics industry with its AI-native Enterprise Transportation Management Platform, helping nine Fortune 500 companies and eighteen leading logistics players transition toward autonomous supply chains. Shipsy powers operations for 250+ customers across 30+ countries, is featured in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Transport Management (global) and Warehouse Management (APAC), with global offices in London, Amsterdam, Riyadh, Dubai, Singapore, Sydney and India. Learn more at www.shipsy.ai

Shipsy Launches AgentFleet, an AI Workforce for Logistics Operations

SINGAPORE, March 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Shipsy, a leading provider of AI-native solutions for logistics, today announced AgentFleet, an AI workforce organized around operational roles such as customer experience, operations, finance, with purpose-built agents executing task workflows within each role alongside human teams.

Logistics operations remain heavily manual despite years of digitization. Every day, logistics teams chase drivers, answer WISMO calls, reconcile invoices line by line, and resolve disputes manually. As shipment volumes grow, this complexity does not scale. Logistics workforces face high attrition and labor shortages while customer experience expectations rise and shipment complexity grows. Enterprise AI is now reliable enough to execute, not just assist.

AgentFleet introduces an AI workforce that works alongside human teams. These agents monitor signals, make decisions within defined rules, and execute tasks across systems. This shifts operations managers from firefighting to supervisory roles, overseeing AI activity and focusing on high-value decisions. Logistics platforms transform from passive systems of record into systems of action: observe, decide, execute, and escalate only when necessary. This transition moves operations from reactive to proactive, with agents resolving exceptions before they escalate.

AgentFleet ships with role-specific AI co-workers, each built for a distinct operational function:

Clara, Customer Experience AI Co-worker Proactively communicates delivery updates and resolves customer queries via WhatsApp, voice, email, and SMS, in the customer’s local language. Early deployments show 30–40% reductions in inbound support volumes.

Astra, Driver Experience AI Co-worker Provides real-time route guidance, coordinates with hubs and customers, and gives instant payout clarity. Early deployments show 18–20% improvements in driver productivity across third-party fleets.

Nexa, Finance AI Co-worker Validates 100% of freight invoices, not samples, with four-way matching across vendor claims, execution data, GPS records, and PODs. Organizations achieve 20–25% faster settlement cycles and up to 50% reduction in manual workload.

Vera, Dispute Resolution AI Co-worker AI-led financial dispute management for carriers and vendors. Organizations see 20–25% faster dispute resolution cycles and reduced operational backlogs.

AgentFleet integrates with existing TMS platforms, ERPs, and third-party logistics systems as an augmentation layer, with no rip-and-replace required. Each agent operates within pre-approved guardrails covering role-based access, approval workflows, and full audit trails. Enterprises can begin with a single agent role and expand incrementally across functions.

“Logistics operations are under more pressure than ever, with rising demand, workforce constraints, and increasing expectations,” said Soham Chokshi, Co-Founder and CEO at Shipsy. “AgentFleet gives teams an AI workforce that observes, decides, and acts. The future of operations is supervisory—directing agents, not executing tasks.”

Learn more at agentfleet.shipsy.ai.

About Shipsy

Shipsy is redefining the logistics industry with its AI-native Enterprise Transportation Management Platform, helping nine Fortune 500 companies and eighteen leading logistics players transition toward autonomous supply chains. Shipsy powers operations for 250+ customers across 30+ countries, is featured in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Transport Management (global) and Warehouse Management (APAC), with global offices in London, Amsterdam, Riyadh, Dubai, Singapore, Sydney and India. Learn more at www.shipsy.ai

ART CENTRAL 2026 CREATIVE PROGRAMME PROBES INDELIBLE EFFECTS OF DIGITAL CULTURE ON ART

Curated By Zoie Yung, The Programme Unfolds Through Installation, Moving-Image, Performance, And On-Site Dialogues

Hong Kong Artist Kaitlyn Hau To Debut Large-Scale Commissioned Installation Exploring The Intersections Of Art, Technology, And Embodied Experience

Central Stage Spotlight To Honour Three Globally Acclaimed Artists—
Arahmaiani, Esther Mahlangu, And Arno Rafael Minkkinen

HONG KONG, March 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Art Central, together with Lead Partner UOB, announce today details of its creative programme ahead of the Fair’s eleventh edition. Curated by Zoie Yung, the programme examines the frictions and intimacies that shape contemporary social and virtual life, foregrounding emergent Asian voices alongside influential practitioners shaping the region’s cultural landscape. A cornerstone of Hong Kong Art Month, Art Central 2026 will be held from 25 to 29 March, with a VIP Preview on 24 March, at its iconic Central Harbourfront location. Art Central 2026 is financially supported by the Mega Arts and Cultural Event Fund under the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government.

Kaitlyn Hau, 'Polishing the Bloom' scene visual demo still from Recursive Feedback Ritual 0.01, 2026.  Realtime computational sculpture, 715 × 830 × 300 cm. Courtesy of the artist.
Kaitlyn Hau, ‘Polishing the Bloom’ scene visual demo still from Recursive Feedback Ritual 0.01, 2026. Realtime computational sculpture, 715 × 830 × 300 cm. Courtesy of the artist.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • Kaitlyn Hau will present the Art Central 2026 Hong Kong Commission, Recursive Feedback Ritual 0.01 (2026), a large-scale installation and motion‑capture performance.
  • The Fair’s Video Art programme, ‘Reading the Room’, features a focused selection of regional and international moving-image works that trace the tensions between human intuition and algorithmic reasoning, exploring how AI and other emerging technologies have reframed the emotional signals intrinsic to our communication.
  • ‘Endless Night and Midnight Sun’ features four commissioned performances that examine how the compressed temporalities of contemporary life manifest through metamorphic bodies, behaviours, and social relations.
  • Central Stage introduces its final featured artists — Arahmaiani, Esther Mahlangu, and Arno Rafael Minkkinen — rounding out a group of six artists at the Fair whose influential practices command growing international and institutional recognition.
  • The 2026 Talks Programme convenes practitioners working at the intersections of contemporary art and technology, spanning from conversations on music videos as a medium for radical experimentation to the development of local art‑tech and new media practices.

HONG KONG ARTIST COMMISSION
Art Central has commissioned new media artist Kaitlyn Hau (b. 1999, Hong Kong) to realise a large‑scale installation for the Fair’s 2026 edition. Titled Recursive Feedback Ritual 0.01 (2026), the commission extends Hau’s ongoing inquiry into the emotional, perceptual, and technological dimensions of digital embodiment. As an artistic director and visual engineer for virtual-singer performance, Hau has developed a distinctive methodology of “selective inclusion”, using micro‑gestures such as subtle shifts of breath, posture, and movement to heighten the affective presence of her digital personas.

Unfolding as an expansive installation, Recursive Feedback Ritual 0.01 transforms Hau’s compulsive self‑regulation into a real‑time computational sculpture. Motion‑capture-driven visuals loop through a recursive feedback system, rendering the artist’s psychiatric symptoms as measurable cycles of repetition and dissociation. The work reclaims bodily agency within a curated aesthetic structure—transforming autonomous internal “invaders” into a generative vocabulary of movement and image.

PERFORMANCE
Presented daily in the Fair’s Central Theatre, the performance programme ‘Endless Night and Midnight Sun’ turns to the altered temporalities of the AI era, drawing on the extreme cycles of light and darkness in polar regions as a metaphor for our shifting sense of duration. Through a series of commissioned works, the programme reflects on how compressed time reshapes social instinct, emotional endurance, and the rhythms through which we move together in contemporary life.

  • Jiaming Liao (b. 1992, Guangdong) presents IYKYK (ON AIR) (2026). Appearing in his signature muscle suit, Liao stages a hybrid virtual‑physical performance realised by motion‑tracking animation, where audiences are invited to “transform” his body through interactive participation. Blurring the line between artistic consumption and creation, the work foregrounds how beauty and masculinity are culturally constructed amid intensified commercialisation and technological mediation. 
  • Chaklam Ng (b. 1984, Hong Kong) presents Shadow Work (2026), a sound performance that fuses physical gesture with object manipulation and electronic modulation. Through percussive activation, the installation generates a feedback loop of multi‑choral electronic responses, staging an ephemeral dialogue between the body and its digital echo.
  • Isabella Isabella (b. 1986, Hong Kong) presents I see blood in the sky today. (2026). The work explores the concept of “teleproximality,” imagining the child as an external limb and their absence as a hollowed imprint within the parent’s body. Moving through a series of textural suits, the artist stages a body in transition, each shift articulating new configurations of intimacy and care.
  • Susie Au (b. 1962, Hong Kong) presents Memory In Motion – Walk-In-Cinema (2026), transforming the Fair’s Central Theatre into a surreal corridor of memory constructed from cardboard boxes. As audiences navigate the space alongside performers, they encounter looping projections drawn from Au’s music video archive and daily visual notes, allowing latent recollections to be reassembled into new sensory narratives.

VIDEO ART
Championing the breadth of contemporary moving‑image practices from the region and beyond, the Fair’s 2026 programme of Video Art, ‘Reading the Room’, turns toward the subtleties of human interaction and the labour of meaning-making. Observing how artificial intelligence routinely processes vast datasets yet struggles to apprehend nuance, subtext, and tone, the programme reframes this technological shortfall as an analogue for the misalignments inherent in everyday communication, foregrounding the tensions, hesitations, and emotional undercurrents that contour our attempts to understand one another. 

Highlights include:

  • Liang‑Jung Chen (b. Taipei) presents UK Indefinite Leave to Remain Application Fee (2025). This screen‑recording of a YouTube performance adopts the format of a live fundraising campaign, transforming a colour‑coded Google Sheet into a site of resilience that documents the artist’s efforts to secure the legal fees required for a UK permanent residency application. Chen renders private financial struggle as public data, illuminating the structural pressures that shape migrant experience.
  • Yifan Jiang (b. 1994, Tianjin) presents One Sunday Morning (2021). Jiang hand-draws magical-realist fables that probe the limits of communication and human connection. The animated video work imagines a parallel universe in which humanity abruptly loses language. Through the encounter of two characters from opposite sides of the world, Jiang examines empathy, estrangement, and how understanding is formed.
  • Jon Rafman (b. 1981, Montreal) presents Cloudy Heart – Strawberry Moon (2025). Operating at the intersection of video art and digital subcultures, Rafman’s work centres on an AI‑generated bedroom-pop star whose ‘e-girl’ persona unfolds across social media feeds, music, and algorithmic aesthetics. The project probes the uncanny space where artificial consciousness acquires human messiness, reflecting on desire and loneliness born of life online.
  • Adrian Wong (b. 1980, Chicago) presents With Love from Hong Kong (Episode 1) (2025) and With Hate from Hong Kong (2025), a two‑part inquiry where personal narrative meets the pulp conventions of Western and Eastern screen cultures. With Love draws on Wong’s grandmother’s fascination with American soap operas to stage scripted vignettes of her migrant life; With Hate reactivates the rapid‑assembly production tactics of 1960s kung fu studios, sutured with newly choreographed stunt sequences. Together, the works invert familiar narrative tropes, centring female protagonists endowed with agency and exaggerated physical prowess.

TALKS
Art Central’s Talks Programme brings together some of the most engaging voices in contemporary art today for a series of thought‑provoking conversations. Presented throughout the week, the programme offers visitors distinct opportunities to hear directly from artists, curators, and industry leaders.

Highlights include:

  • ‘MV as an Art Form’, in conversation with Susie Au (film/MV director) and Halftalk (MV director). Renowned for their work with prominent Cantopop artists, the duo discusses the narrative and artistic strategies that shape their music‑video direction and the medium’s evolution as a site for radical experimentation amid accelerating technological change.
  • ‘Anchor Point—Art Central 2026 Hong Kong Artist Commission’, in conversation with Kaitlyn Hau (artist), Inti Guerrero (curator/educator), and Ashley Lee Wong (Co-Founder and Artistic Director, MetaObjects). Taking motion tracking as both a technical anchor and a metaphor for how Hong Kong artists negotiate their positionality within global contexts, the trio discusses Hau’s generative practice, her ACG (Anime, Comic, and Games) influences, and her translation of “exhaustion” into an aesthetic form central to her practice.
  • ‘Art Tech—Rethinking the Contemporary Art Ecology’, in conversation with media artists Samuel Yip, Keith Lam, and Ng Tsz-Kwan. The speakers will reflect on their role in shaping the local art tech landscape and examine the infrastructural conditions required to sustain its continued development. 

Zoie Yung, Curator, said, “This year’s creative programme reflects the criticality and nuance of the questions artists are asking in this present moment—how we communicate across misalignment, how technology reshapes embodiment, and how shifting temporalities recalibrate our social instincts. With a focused, multi-disciplinary framework, we aim to bring forward practices that speak directly to the material and perceptual conditions of Hong Kong and Asia today.”

CENTRAL STAGE
Art Central announces presentations by Arahmaiani, Esther Mahlangu, and Arno Rafael Minkkinen as part of its Central Stage feature, joining the previously announced SIDE CORE, Elnaz Javani, and Marta Frėjutė. Central Stage spotlights six artists whose practices have garnered recent institutional recognition, including participation in major international exhibitions and recurring large‑scale shows, as well as significant public commissions, acquisitions and awards. Presented under the curatorial direction of Enoch Cheng, Central Stage is among the Fair’s curated gallery features.

  • Yogyakarta-based artist Arahmaiani is a seminal figure in Indonesian contemporary art. Since the 1980s, her practice has grappled with contemporary politics, gendered power inequalities, and cultural commodification through performance, installation, and community‑based collaboration. Arahmaiani has exhibited widely at major institutions and biennials, including Tate Modern (London), the Brooklyn Museum (New York), the National Gallery Singapore, the Istanbul Biennial, the Gwangju Biennale, and documenta fifteen (Kassel).
  • Born and based in Mpumalanga, South Africa, Esther Mahlangu is celebrated for her bold geometric abstractions rooted in Ndebele cultural knowledge. Painting across an expansive range of surfaces, her practice reanimates ancestral visual systems within contemporary art and design. Dr. Mahlangu has exhibited internationally at major institutions, including the British Museum (London), Centre Pompidou (Paris), and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
  • Born in Helsinki and based in Massachusetts, Arno Rafael Minkkinen is known for black‑and‑white self‑portraits that investigate the relationship between the human body and the natural world. His images draw on intuition, chance, and physical risk as integral elements of his process. In 2025, Minkkinen was named the recipient of the Académie des Beaux-Arts Photography Award, William Klein. His work has entered the permanent collections of MoMA (New York), the National Gallery of Finland (Helsinki), the Centre Pompidou (Paris), and the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography.

Corey Andrew Barr, Fair Director, said, “Art Central has established itself as a discursive platform where experimental voices from Hong Kong and across Asia gain meaningful visibility and resonance. This year’s creative programme spotlights practitioners advancing new conceptual and technological frontiers, inviting audiences to engage with the emergent vocabularies shaping contemporary new‑media practice. It is our privilege to support work that not only reflects the region’s cultural vitality but also contributes to its ongoing transformation.”

Advance Tickets end 24 March, 11:59 PM HKT. Visitors are encouraged to book online in advance at artcentralhongkong.com/tickets/

Opening Dates and Hours

Tuesday 24 March
VIP Preview (by invitation)
Wednesday 25 March
Fair Hours                        12 pm – 5 pm
Night Central                    5 pm – 9 pm
Thursday 26 March
Fair Hours                        12 pm – 7 pm
Friday 27 March
Fair Hours                        12 pm – 7 pm
Saturday 28 March
Fair Hours                        11 am – 7 pm
Sunday 29 March
Fair Hours                        11 am – 5 pm

Venue
Central Harbourfront Hong Kong, 9 Lung Wo Road

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About Art Central
Art Central, a cornerstone event of Hong Kong Art Month, presents the next generation of talent from Asia’s most forward-thinking galleries alongside celebrated artists from across the globe. Since its inaugural edition in 2015, Art Central has established itself as a leading platform for innovation in contemporary art, advancing the profiles of artists and galleries and reinforcing their presence within the international art landscape. Today, the Fair is recognised for the strength of its curatorial programming and as a vital meeting point for discovery and exchange among collectors and curators representing private, corporate, and institutional collections worldwide.

Fair Director
Corey Andrew Barr
joined Art Central as Fair Director in 2019. A champion of Hong Kong artists, Barr has expanded the Fair’s platform to highlight local talent and underscore its position as a benchmark for aspiring galleries from around the world. He was formerly the director of a prominent Hong Kong- and London-based gallery focusing on contemporary Asian art, and prior to that, served as Specialist and Head of Sales for Phillips in New York, where he also organised exhibitions of contemporary art, photography, and design by leading international artists.

Curator
Zoie Yung
, currently based in Hong Kong, is an independent exhibition consultant and curator, and former exhibition manager of chi K11 art museum in Shanghai. She provides a unique approach to exhibition production by combining practice in exhibition spatial arrangement and her knowledge of Chinese Xuanxue as well as Western astrology. Selected recent exhibitions include Wonder-verse (chi K11 art space, Hong Kong, 2022) and Curve of Buoyancy (Duddell’s, Hong Kong, 2021). She also actively organises public education campaigns; she has collaborated with local organisations, including Tai Kwun Contemporary, Para Site, 1a Space, and Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre.

Enoch Cheng is an artist-curator whose work spans curation, moving image, installation, performance, dance, and fashion. His cross-disciplinary multimedia practice reinterprets norms, stories, and myths through contemporary lenses, drawing on a range of creative practices and engaging audiences through diverse cultural traditions. Cheng was awarded the Asian Cultural Council Fellowship (2020) and held artist residencies at the Museum of Arts and Design, New York (2022), and the American Museum of Natural History, New York (2020). He was most recently named Artist of the Year (Visual Arts) at the 2025 Hong Kong Arts Development Awards, recognising his contributions to the arts, including his role at Art Central since 2024.

About UOB
UOB is a leading bank in Asia. Operating through its head office in Singapore and banking subsidiaries in China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, UOB has a global network of more than 470 branches and offices in 19 markets in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. Since its incorporation in 1935, UOB has grown organically and through a series of strategic acquisitions. Today, UOB is rated among the world’s top banks: Aa1 by Moody’s Investors Service and AA- by both S&P Global Ratings and Fitch Ratings.

For nine decades, UOB has adopted a customer-centric approach to create long-term value by staying relevant through its enterprising spirit and doing right by its customers. UOB is focused on building the future of ASEAN – for the people and businesses within, and connecting with, ASEAN.

The Bank connects businesses to opportunities in the region with its unparalleled regional footprint and leverages data and insights to innovate and create personalised banking experiences and solutions catering to each customer’s unique needs and evolving preferences. UOB is also committed to helping businesses forge a sustainable future, by fostering social inclusiveness, creating positive environmental impact and pursuing economic progress. UOB believes in being a responsible financial services provider and is steadfast in its support of art, social development of children and education, doing right by its communities and stakeholders.

About Mega Arts and Cultural Events (ACE) Fund
The Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government sets up the Mega ACE Fund to attract and support international or large-scale arts and cultural events which bring significant arts, cultural or economic values and can be recurrent and anchored in Hong Kong, or events which can bring exceptionally significant arts or cultural merit, as well as publicity and image building values to Hong Kong as an arts and cultural hub with a view to contributing to Hong Kong’s development into an arts and cultural metropolis as well as a tourist destination, providing development opportunities for the arts, cultural and creative sectors, and facilitating arts and cultural exchange.

Tencent Cloud and 3D AI Studio Scale Generative AI 3D Content Creation Following Strategic Partnership

BARCELONA, Spain, March 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — At Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2026, Tencent Cloud, the cloud business of global technology company Tencent, highlighted the progress of its partnership with 3D AI Studio, a next‑generation, AI‑powered 3D content creation platform. Building on a collaboration launched in November 2025, the two companies are co-developing advanced, scalable AI-powered solutions to meet growing global demand for high-quality 3D content from designers, developers, and creators worldwide.

Consumers now expect 3D experiences to be fast, reliable, and visually consistent. For 3D AI Studio, ensuring dependable 3D model generation was critical to building user trust and engagement. As a B2C SaaS product, the company faced challenges in handling highly variable demand with sudden usage spikes, while avoiding inconsistent outputs or failed generations—issues that quickly become visible in consumer workflows. The company needed a solution that could deliver production-grade stability and scalability without the cost and complexity of developing and maintaining its own heavy infrastructure.

To address these challenges, 3D AI Studio adopted Tencent HY 3D Global as the backbone of its core feature. Powered by Tencent’s self-developed generative AI model, HY 3D Global delivers API-based services that enable high-quality generation and processing of 3D models. This solution helps professional creators reduce production costs and accelerate model creation, while also lowering the barrier for everyday users to engage in 3D modeling. By integrating this API, 3D AI Studio gained the reliability, scalability, and speed it needed to deliver a stable, high-performance experience even under fluctuating demand. This allowed the company to allocate more resources to product quality and user experience, accelerate its feature roadmap and avoid the overhead of building and maintaining a full infrastructure stack internally.

3D AI Studio has also benefited from direct access to Tencent Cloud’s development team, enabling fast support and rapid resolution of technical issues. This responsiveness was critical in helping the team move from testing to production quickly and maintain a rapid iteration cadence. The collaboration has since evolved beyond a traditional client relationship into a product‑centric partnership focused on co‑innovation.

Since partnering with Tencent Cloud in November 2025, 3D AI Studio has scaled rapidly, regaining market share and accelerating product innovation. The platform empowers users to generate high-quality 3D models, scenes, and assets from simple text prompts or images. By harnessing cutting-edge generative AI, it significantly lowers the barrier to 3D content creation, making the process faster and more accessible for designers, developers, and creators.

Fred Sun, General Manager of Tencent Cloud Europe, said, “We are delighted to partner with 3D AI Studio to bring advanced 3D generation capabilities to designers, developers and consumers worldwide. This collaboration underscores Tencent Cloud’s commitment to empowering innovators with scalable, reliable cloud solutions that drive industry transformation. We believe this partnership will accelerate the adoption of generative AI in 3D content creation, opening new opportunities across gaming, design, and immersive experiences.”

Jan Hammer, Founder & CEO of 3D AI Studio, said, “Tencent Cloud has been instrumental in helping us deliver fast, dependable 3D generation to our users. Their technical excellence and responsive support have enabled us to iterate rapidly, reduce overhead, and bring new features to market with confidence. As we continue to expand globally, this partnership enables us to push the boundaries of 3D creativity, making high-quality content creation accessible to millions more designers, developers, and everyday creators.”

About Tencent Cloud:
Tencent Cloud, one of the world’s leading cloud companies, is committed to creating innovative solutions to resolve real-world issues and enabling digital transformation for smart industries. Through our extensive global infrastructure, Tencent Cloud provides businesses across the globe with stable and secure industry-leading cloud products and services, leveraging technological advancements such as cloud computing, Big Data analytics, AI, IoT, and network security. It is our constant mission to meet the needs of industries across the board, including the fields of gaming, media and entertainment, finance, healthcare, property, retail, travel, and transportation.

About 3D AI Studio: 
3D AI Studio is a next-generation AI-powered platform for 3D content creation, used by over one million designers, developers, and creators worldwide. The platform enables users to generate fully textured, production-ready 3D models from images, text, or sketches in seconds, all directly in the browser. With a comprehensive suite of tools spanning 3D generation, AI texturing, retopology, rigging, and multi-format export, 3D AI Studio is committed to making professional 3D creation fast, accessible, and scalable for individuals and teams across gaming, e-commerce, AR/VR, and digital media.

KCM Trade Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary with Exclusive Sailing Sponsorship in Sydney

A Decade Milestone Celebrated at Sea


HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 19 March 2026 – In 2026, KCM Trade proudly celebrates its 10th anniversary — a significant milestone made possible by the continued trust and support of its valued clients. To mark this special occasion, the company has announced its sponsorship of a premium sailing event in Sydney.

In partnership with the renowned yacht charter company Sydney by Sail, the event is themed “2026 KCM Trade Sailing Sydney | A Decade of Progress, A New Chapter Ahead.” Designed as an exclusive celebration at sea, the private sailing gathering will bring together distinguished clients for an unforgettable experience that seamlessly blends festivity with meaningful connection.

Premium Yachts and an Elegant Atmosphere

To honour the occasion, KCM Trade has carefully selected high-specification sailing yachts renowned for their exceptional performance and superior comfort. Thoughtfully designed to balance elegance with practicality, each vessel is fully equipped with premium leisure amenities and comprehensive onboard facilities.

Set against the crystal-clear waters and expansive blue skies of Sydney, guests will enjoy the gentle sea breeze and the sight of graceful sails while engaging in relaxed conversation. The refined yet natural setting creates the ideal environment to strengthen relationships and foster deeper connections.

A Decade of Dedication and Industry Recognition

Since its establishment, KCM Trade has remained committed to professionalism, with innovation at the heart of its development. Over the past ten years, the company has steadily expanded its presence across the global financial markets, earning widespread recognition for its quality products and services, cutting-edge technological infrastructure, and comprehensive client protection.

Throughout this journey, KCM Trade has launched proprietary intelligent trading tools and actively supported a range of financial education initiatives, strengthening its brand influence while fulfilling its corporate social responsibilities.

Advancing Together Towards the Future

This sailing event not only reflects the achievements of KCM Trade’s first decade but also serves as an important opportunity to deepen client relationships and look ahead to the future together.

Moving forward, KCM Trade will continue to uphold its win–win philosophy, delivering enhanced services, forward-thinking innovation, and unwavering commitment. Together with its clients, the company will confidently navigate the evolving industry landscape and craft the next chapter of shared success.

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Radisson Hotel Group Expands its Fiji Portfolio with the Signing of Mana Island Resort & Spa Fiji, a member of Radisson Individuals

BRUSSELS, March 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Radisson Hotel Group is pleased to announce the signing of Mana Island Resort & Spa Fiji, a member of Radisson Individuals, marking a significant milestone in the Group’s South Pacific expansion and reinforcing its growing presence in Fiji’s resort market.

Mana Island Resort & Spa Fiji, a member of Radisson Individuals
Mana Island Resort & Spa Fiji, a member of Radisson Individuals

Set on the idyllic shores of Mana Island in Fiji’s celebrated Mamanuca archipelago, the resort enjoys a prime island setting renowned for turquoise waters, white-sand beaches, vibrant coral reefs, and year-round sunshine. Mana Island is approximately 90 minutes by boat from Port Denarau Marina and around 20 minutes by seaplane from Nadi International Airport, offering convenient access while retaining a true sense of escape.

Danilo Curcuruto, Director, Development, Australasia, Radisson Hotel Group, says: “Fiji remains one of the South Pacific’s most desirable resort destinations, and Mana Island is one of its most iconic island locations. We are delighted to welcome Mana Island Resort & Spa Fiji into our Radisson Individuals portfolio. This signing reflects our continued focus on expanding our resort footprint in high-potential leisure destinations while offering owners flexible brand solutions that preserve a property’s unique identity and unlock the power of Radisson’s global reach.”

The 160-key resort will undergo a comprehensive refurbishment and repositioning to create an upscale island resort experience that seamlessly blends contemporary design, authentic Fijian character, and immersive nature-led experiences. The project is expected to open under the Radisson Individuals brand following completion of the remodeling in late 2027.

The resort will feature a diverse mix of guest rooms, suites, and beachfront villas, complemented by multiple dining venues, bars, swimming pools, spa and wellness facilities, a fitness centre, a kids’ club, and event spaces. The offering is designed to appeal to leisure travelers, couples, families, and small-scale groups seeking a relaxed yet elevated island lifestyle.

Radisson Individuals is Radisson Hotel Group’s collection brand for distinctive hotels that celebrate their individuality while benefiting from Radisson’s global distribution, loyalty platform, and operational expertise.

“We are excited to partner with Radisson Hotel Group and align Mana Island Resort & Spa Fiji with the Radisson Individuals brand,” adds Hiro Osuka, owner of Mana Island Resort & Spa Fiji, “Radisson’s global reach, strong distribution platform, and experience in lifestyle and resort hospitality will support our vision to elevate Mana Island into a leading upscale island resort that delivers a compelling experience for guests from around the world.”

This signing represents Radisson Hotel Group’s third resort in Fiji, joining Radisson Blu Resort, Fiji Denarau Island and the Radisson Blu Mirage Resort, Fiji Naisoso Island, currently under construction.

The announcement follows Radisson Hotel Group’s recent signing of a resort in Samoa, further demonstrating the Group’s ongoing commitment to strategic expansion across Australasia and the Pacific, where the Group continues to build a strong pipeline across its core brands.

ABOUT RADISSON HOTEL GROUP 

Radisson Hotel Group is a rapidly expanding international hotel group, operating in EMEA and APAC with more than 1,600 hotels in operation and under development in +100 countries. The Group’s overarching brand promise is Every Moment Matters with a signature Yes I Can! service ethos. 

The Radisson brand portfolio includes Radisson Collection, art’otel, Radisson Blu, Radisson, Radisson RED, Radisson Individuals, Park Plaza, Park Inn by Radisson, Country Inn & Suites by Radisson, and Prize by Radisson — brought together under one commercial umbrella brand, Radisson Hotels.  

Radisson Rewards is Radisson Hotel Group’s loyalty program, which delivers an elevated experience that makes Every Moment Matter, counting more than 27 million members. As the most streamlined program in the sector, members enjoy exceptional advantages and can access their benefits from day one across a wide range of hotels in Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific.  

Radisson Meetings provides tailored solutions for any event or meeting, including hybrid solutions, placing guests and their needs at the heart of its offer. Radisson Meetings is built around three strong service commitments: Personal, Professional, and Memorable, while delivering on the brilliant basics and being uniquely Carbon Compensated.  

At Radisson Hotel Group, we care for people, communities, and planet and aim to be Net Zero by 2050 based on the approved Science Based Targets. With unique solutions such as carbon-compensated Radisson Meetings, we make sustainable hotel stays easy. To facilitate sustainable travel choices, all our hotels are becoming verified on Hotel Sustainability Basics. 

The health and safety of guests and team members remain a top priority for Radisson Hotel Group. All properties across the Group’s portfolio are subject to health and safety requirements, ensuring we always care for our guests and team members. 

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ABOUT RADISSON INDIVIDUALS

Radisson Individuals is an affiliation brand comprised of independent hotels, each boasting its own unique identity and united by Radisson Hotel Group’s service philosophy and attention to detail. The brand consists of: Radisson Individuals, Radisson Individuals Premier, Radisson Individuals Boutique, and Radisson Individuals Retreats.

Radisson Individuals is created to offer a solution for independent and unbranded hotels to become part of the Group’s family. Radisson Individuals brings together hotels that have unique characteristics and personalities, offering guests an opportunity to discover new locations whilst safe in the knowledge that they will always receive the high standards of quality and service they rely on from Radisson Hotel Group. Radisson Individuals properties are located in key business and leisure destinations.

Radisson Individuals Premier offers a curated selection of upper-upscale hotels in key business and leisure destinations, with state-of-the-art facilities for both business and leisure. Radisson Individuals Premier hotels consist of elegantly appointed rooms, unparalleled attention to detail, offering a seamless blend of style and service.

Radisson Individuals Boutique provides a portfolio of intimate boutique hotels, blending exclusive, stylish settings with impeccable service. These hotels are situated in leisure and business destinations around the world, for those who want to experience local charm. Radisson Individuals Boutique properties are thoughtfully curated to provide a bespoke and uniquely local stay.

Radisson Individuals Retreats provides unique opportunities to become immersed in out-of-the-ordinary experiences, and recharge and reconnect in natural surroundings. Situated in scenic leisure destinations, these lifestyle hideaways connect guests with the authentic spirit of the location, focusing on nature while ensuring the highest standards of quality and service.

Guests and professional business partners can enhance their experience with Radisson Individuals by participating in Radisson Rewards, an international loyalty program offering exceptional benefits and rewards.

Radisson Individuals is a part of the Radisson family of brands, which also includes Radisson Collection, art’otel, Radisson Blu, Radisson, Radisson RED, Park Plaza, Park Inn by Radisson, Country Inn & Suites by Radisson, and Prize by Radisson, brought together under one commercial umbrella brand – Radisson Hotels.

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