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HSG Holding Acquires Leading Middle East and Africa (MEA) Region Technology Integration Company — IT Hospitality Group — as it Rolls Out its Long-Term Investment Plans Focused on the Hospitality Industry
HSG Holding has announced its acquisition of IT Hospitality Group (ITHG), a market-leader in integrated IT solutions and infrastructure, in Africa and the Middle East. With this acquisition, HSG Holding enters the hospitality arena as an investment vehicle to strengthen the developments of companies within the industry in the post Covid 19 period.
HSG Holding was established to focus on investment opportunities within the hospitality sector at the intersection where the strength of traditional hospitality operations meets with new technologies that can assist in the digital transformation of the industry. Technology is playing a far greater role in the industry and is fast becoming a critical aspect of running hotel operations. The company believes in investing over the long-term as it sees great opportunities for growth in the MEA region and beyond.
Helping the hospitality industry with its digital transform journey
For more than a decade, ITHG has designed and implemented integrated networks, guest entertainment platforms, connectivity solutions, telephony, digital signage, and CCTV, into more than 200 hotels, and 75 000 hotel rooms across the MEA region. Long-term partnerships with the likes of Accor, Marriott, Radisson, and Hilton, among others, are a strong reflection of the ITH team’s depth of experience and understanding of the local environment, as well as the technical challenges their clients face — particularly in a post-pandemic period.
Today’s guest is looking for seamless connectivity, whether they are traveling for business or pleasure. They have become accustomed to living in a highly connected world, and accessing everything they need through their mobile phones, and expect the same stress-free, connected experiences wherever they stay. By working closely with their clients, ITH is able to provide customised solutions designed specifically with their individual client’s requirements in mind which allows each hotel to offer the highest quality guest experiences in the region.
“Strong networks and the ability to implement the latest wired and wireless technologies is what gives our customers the edge over their competitors. It means that guests staying in their hotels are able to connect to the internet effortlessly, access streaming services such as Netflix, and even call the concierge from their own mobile device, rather than relying on in-house telephone services. The hotel’s Guest Relations team is able to welcome guests and keep them informed about available services and activities as well as updated airport arrivals and departure times via in-house advertising and promotions across a variety of dynamic information points,” says Olivier Hennion, Managing Director of IT Hospitality Group.
“As we continue to strengthen and grow our relationships with our partners, we are expanding our support and service offerings to these chains over a larger geographic area. This acquisition by HSG Holdings means that we are able to accelerate our own development to be able to provide even greater services to our clients, through expansion of our current 12 locations in the region into additional territories, bringing us closer to our customers to provide more direct assistance as it is needed,” continues Hennion.
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About HSG Holding:
Backed by a multi-national asset manager, HSG Holding is a newly established investment firm dedicated to the hospitality industry focused on acquiring technology companies that will help their clients to face the next industry challenges.
About IT Hospitality Group:
Founded in 2009, today with the vision to create an environment where the process of IT integration for hotel groups is the simplest of tasks. ITHG expertly design, integrate, bundle and support wired and wireless infrastructure services to hotel groups across the Middle East and Africa. By supplying bigger and better infrastructures to their customers they can offer the hotel guests the full power of the newest technologies and support an ever-increasing number of devices and bandwidth usage. The company has almost 15 locations in the Middle and Africa, with offices or service centres making IT Hospitality the only IT integrator to give such coverage to support Hotels developments. ITHG’s values are based upon creativity, adaptability, and support.
Razer Fintech Named A Winner Of Singapore’s Best Managed Companies 2022
Razer Fintech is awarded with Singapore’s Best Managed Companies, an initiative of Deloitte Private.
SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 15 September 2022 – Razer Fintech, the financial technology arm of Razer Inc has been recognised one of Singapore’s Best Managed Companies by Deloitte in 2022. The Southeast Asia Best Managed Companies – Singapore is an annual initiative of Deloitte Private and it recognises top privately-owned Singapore companies for their organisational success as well as contributions to their industry and the economy.

Razer Fintech is one of the largest O2O (Offline-to-Online) digital payment networks in Southeast Asia. It has served more than 50,000 merchants in the region and processed over billions of dollars in Total Payment Value. With direct licenses and approvals across key high-growth markets across Southeast Asia including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Razer Fintech is able to service regional and global merchants requiring both traditional payment methods such as credit cards as well as a comprehensive suite of alternative payment methods, allowing merchant partners to tap on broader customer bases.
“We started Razer Fintech with a vision to build a digital payments platform for our users, extending our ecosystem from hardware and software into the services segment, said Lee Li Meng, CEO of Razer Fintech. “Our innovative end-to-end solutions have allowed us to become one of the fastest-growing businesses within Razer with an independent governance structure, and management. To be recognized by Deloitte as a “Best Managed” company” is truly an honour and is a recognition of the efforts the team has put into growing our leadership position within the payments industry in Southeast Asia and we look forward to continuing to live up to this award.” and we look forward to continuing to live up to this award.”
“Resilience and adaptability have been key for all businesses over the past two years. Leadership teams are constantly pivoting to ensure they advance their strategies, look after their people, evolve their governance structures, and comply with ever-changing regulatory requirements,” said Cheung Pui Yuen, Chief Executive Officer, Deloitte Singapore. “This is why, now more than ever, it is important to recognise the great leadership and resilience of Singapore-based companies that has allowed them to remain competitive and at the forefront of their industries. We are pleased to celebrate the 2022 winners of Best Managed Companies Singapore.”
An internationally recognised program, Best Managed evaluates businesses based on four pillars – strategy, quality of management, capabilities and innovation, culture and commitment, as well as governance and financials. First launched in Singapore in 2021, the evaluation of the awards is based on observed practice over more than 25 years of the global awards program that has been rolled out to 48 countries worldwide including Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam within ASEAN.
Entrants to the Singapore Best Managed Companies program compete for this prestigious designation in a rigorous and independent process that evaluates their management skills and practices. This includes having their business strategies and operations analysed, benchmarking them against a global standard evaluation framework that is applied across the 1,200-strong community of best managed companies worldwide. Business leaders then use the process to sharpen strategies and derive valuable insights to help them refine their strategies and operations, optimising business growth.
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About Razer Fintech
Razer Fintech is the financial technology arm of Razer Inc. Established in April 2018, Razer Fintech has grown to become one of the largest O2O (offline to online) digital payment networks in emerging markets and has processed over billions of dollars in total payment value. Razer Fintech recorded a Total Payment Volume (TPV) of US$7 billion for FY 2021, representing an increase of 63.5% year-on-year.
RMS, a leading B2B (business-to-business) solution encompasses:
- RMS Online: Card processing gateway supporting global scheme cards and over 110 payment methods, powering online payments for global and regional blue-chip merchants in SEA.
- RMS Offline: SEA’s largest offline payment network of over 1 million physical acceptance points across SEA. RMS Offline also extends point-of-sale services (such as bill payments and telco reloads), cash-over-counter services including fulfilment of e-commerce purchases, distribution of third-party point-of-sale activation (POSA) cards, and merchant acquiring services for third-party e-wallets.
For more information, please visit our website at merchant.razer.com.
Merchants interested in online payment services, may email us at sales-sa@razer.com.
Merchants interested in offline reloads, may email us at bd-offline-my@razer.com.
About Singapore’s Best Managed Companies Program
The Best Managed Companies program is an awards program recognising privately held companies for their organisational success and achievement. The program provides a distinct framework for management teams to challenge themselves and benchmark against some of the best private companies in the world.
The Best Managed Companies program was established in 1993 in Canada and has become the most significant business awards of its kind. The program is currently active in the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific and currently launching across Africa.
For more information on the awards program, visit the Singapore Best Managed Companies.
Lumen Announces CEO Transition
Kate Johnson Appointed President and CEO, Joins Board of Directors; Jeff Storey to Retire
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 15 September 2022 – Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN) today announced Kate Johnson has been appointed President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the company’s Board of Directors with the transition date expected to be November 7, 2022. Johnson succeeds Jeff Storey, who has announced his retirement after a distinguished 40-year career within the telecommunication and technology industries, including Lumen and its predecessors. Storey will remain with the company through December 31, 2022, to ensure a smooth transition.

Johnson is a technology executive with an extraordinary track record of success. She specialises in leading digital and business transformations to drive growth, having held key leadership roles across a variety of Fortune 100 companies including Oracle, General Electric and Microsoft. Most recently, Johnson led Microsoft U.S., the company’s largest business with a remit for all of the company’s sales, services, marketing and operations. During her four-year tenure in this role, she led the division through a substantive cultural transformation while nearly doubling enterprise revenues.
“Kate’s appointment and the strategic transition announced today are the culmination of a succession plan that Jeff and the board have been engaged in for the past several years,” said T. Michael Glenn, Chairman of Lumen’s Board of Directors. “We are confident she is the right leader to take the reins at this important moment in Lumen’s history. Kate is an inspiring and motivational leader who is known for identifying and creating growth. She is the ideal CEO for Lumen.”
Johnson stated, “I am proud to take on the CEO role and eager to advance the strategy Jeff and the team have created. Lumen has made significant progress strengthening its balance sheet, expanding its fibre footprint and enhancing its portfolio of digital capabilities. I’m looking forward to leading this great company through its next chapter and helping customers leverage the Lumen platform to power amazing digital world experiences.”
Glenn continued, “On behalf of the board, I thank Jeff for his leadership and commitment to Lumen during his time with the company. Thanks to his contributions, Lumen is leveraging the areas of our business that we believe are best poised for growth. The imprint Jeff leaves on Lumen is noteworthy – giving our customers better, faster and more secure connectivity. He led with care and empathy during challenging times including the pandemic, ensuring employees stayed safe and customers connected. He leaves Lumen with a strong foundation in place.”
“It has been a privilege to serve as Lumen’s CEO,” said Storey. “Throughout my time with the company, I have been incredibly impressed by our team’s commitment to Lumen and to our core purpose of furthering human progress through technology. I am proud of all that we have achieved together as we have driven forward on Lumen’s transformation journey. However, when I took this amazing job, I always spoke openly with the board about my future timeline for retirement. I am confident that the organisation has the strategy in place to deliver on its priority of achieving profitable revenue growth. I am very excited to welcome Kate to Lumen. I believe her experience, leadership and enthusiasm are exactly what we need as we drive the company forward.”
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About Lumen Technologies and the People of Lumen
Lumen is guided by our belief that humanity is at its best when technology advances the way we live and work. With approximately 450,000 route fibre miles and serving customers in more than 60 countries, we deliver the fastest, most secure platform for applications and data to help businesses, government and communities deliver amazing experiences. Learn more about the Lumen network, edge cloud, security, communication and collaboration solutions and our purpose to further human progress through technology at news.lumen.com/home, LinkedIn:
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Forward-looking Statements
Except for the historical and factual information contained herein, the matters set forth in this press release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the “safe harbour” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, many of which are beyond our control, including the finalisation of transition planning. Actual events and results may differ materially from those anticipated, estimated or projected if one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialise, or if underlying assumptions prove incorrect. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release. We undertake no obligation and expressly disclaim any such obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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Mead Johnson Nutrition Hong Kong Donates 3,500 tins of Infant Formulas to warm the Underprivileged Families

“During the raging of the epidemic, we continue to care for the community and the healthy growth of our children. Thank you to our NGO partners for connecting with the needy and joining hands with us to bring high-quality nutritional support to underprivileged families promptly, fight the epidemic and overcome difficulties together,” said Mr. Pankaj Agarwal, General Manager, Hong Kong, Taiwan & Cross Border of Mead Johnson Nutrition (Hong Kong) Limited.

Since the outbreak of the severe pandemic, MJNHK has quickly contacted several local non-profit organizations to provide immediate high-quality nutritional support to underprivileged families. So far, MJNHK has donated 3,500 tins of infant formulas through St. James’ Settlement FOOD-CO, J Life Foundation, Mission To New Arrivals and Feeding Hong Kong to support more than 1,500 underprivileged families to fight the epidemic together.
Ms. Connie Ng, Senior Manager, Charity Services of St. James’ Settlement said, “We work with like-minded partners to cultivate a culture of save and share and solicit resources for poverty alleviation. We are grateful to have MJNHK as our partner for letting us send food to help more underprivileged families.”
Ms. Elli Fu, CEO of J Life Foundation said, “Thanks to MJNHK ‘s donation to provide food assistance to the underprivileged families members who mainly live in Sham Shui Po and adjacent areas. I hope this makes them feel warmer under the pandemic.”
Mr. Leung YauTung, Chief Executive Officer of Mission To New Arrivals said, “We have been mobilizing the community to act justly with love and connect with various parties to pull together resources to help the needy. We are delighted to be collaborating with MJNHK to help underprivileged families.”
Mr. Billy Yeung, CEO of Feeding Hong Kong said, “The ongoing epidemic has brought enormous economic and psychological pressure to underprivileged families. We are very grateful to have MJNHK as our partner to provide food assistance to the grassroots families and their children over the past few months to meet their immediate needs.”
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About Mead Johnson Nutrition (Hong Kong) Limited
Mead Johnson Nutrition has been established for more than a century. Since its founding in 1905, the renowned infant and child nutrition brand has led the way in developing science-based pediatric nutrition products, guided by the mission to nourish the world’s children for the best start in life. Currently, Mead Johnson Nutrition provides more than 70 products in over 50 countries.
Excellent quality has helped Mead Johnson Nutrition earn the trust of nutritionists and parents. Its dedicated and rigorous approach, continuous innovation, tireless pursuit of excellence, and caring feedback to the community have also helped establish a good brand image.
Mead Johnson Nutrition (Hong Kong) Limited has been in Hong Kong for over half a century. It provides Hong Kong parents with high-quality, science-based products, various parenting information, and professional advice, gaining trust and support from parents.
Mead Johnson Nutrition’s scientists and healthcare professionals are focusing their efforts on the formula for children with different nutritional needs. Mead Johnson Nutrition is one of the very few brands that insists on producing the formula for children with special needs, giving them hope.
For more information, visit http://www.meadjohnson.com.hk/
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Bang-Bang.gg NFT Gallery Grand Opening
Bridge built by Hong Kong people to connect digital art collections to real-life culture
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 15 September 2022 – Since the beginning of 2019, the rapid growth of NFT shows a spurt of development trend. For the masses involved, it is not just a flash in the pan, but a long-term transformation process of digital branding. For Hong Kong and even globally, this is the time when we are about to enter a metaverse of digitalization packed with technology. Enterprises that invest in digital arts and metaverse will most definitely benefit the most in future branding and marketing.

NFT has its unique attractiveness to many young ones due to its nature of being a digital certificate of the contract of blockchain technology that tokenizes items such as art pieces, collections, or even real estate.
Bang-bang.gg merges reality and modern technology into one., currently working deeply with multiple projects, Bunny warriors, Kung-fu warriors, Investmansky, Bossy lion, 喱dao, Hertz, co-creating versatile artworks with digital art and modern art combined.
69ceo, the founder of bangbang.gg stated that, since metaverse’s immense debut, it comes as no surprise that NFT has become one of the most talked about topics and the center of attention among young people. The core concept of digital art collection and its immense diversity of IP has caught customers’ eyes, and also the recognition of the values of digital collectibles. With the recognition and respect from the same social group with owned collectibles, while having metaverse’s unique identity, digital collection and IP merges into a brand new market for young people. At the same time, he also mentioned the original intention of establishing a physical art gallery for NFT: “The knowledge of crypto and NFT-related concepts are still relatively outdated in Hong Kong when compared with the other countries. I hope the gallery can provide a place to gather like-minded partners and expand the development of digital art in Hong Kong.
The advent of the metaverse acts as a road bridge between the “global physical line” and the “virtual world”. When we talk about inheriting culture and preserving historical time, it is integrated with the definition of the metaverse. It allows the physical line to permanently transform through intelligence. Guarding culture and art with digital collections is also a distinctive and independent innovation of culture and art.
The gallery located in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong has newly opened, taking a huge step forward for the next modern technological development in Hong Kong. In the following days, the gallery will continue to deepen itself, striving for opportunities to cooperate with several projects, introducing and engaging the public with more artistic works. It serves as a community in order to provide a platform for art exchanges. It aims to improve and integrate the atmosphere of NFT technology and art in Hong Kong and make technology and art full of life.
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About Bang-bang.gg
“bang-bang.gg NFT Gallery” is a physical NFT gallery in Tsim Sha Tsui District, Hong Kong. It is mainly engaged in the promotion of NFT technology art and local culture.
We are cooperating with various projects to develop multiple digital arts combined with modern products. In addition, bang-bang’s business also includes developing NFTs, organizing receptions, and event planning. In response to partners’ needs, we also provide services for designing and customizing physical products for NFT.
In the near future, the digital art industry chain will construct by bang-bang and insiders in the NFT industry, and we will turn over a new leaf for the web3 industry.