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Klook CPO Liu Outlines Travel Booking Platform’s Global Expansion

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Having $1 billion in bookings and more than 200 destinations globally – those are big numbers, to be sure, but these are not stats gleaned from an airline. As for Klook itself, the company operates with an effort to streamline the process of booking travel activities that can span visits to attractions, hotels and restaurants.

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China Expects Economy To Improve In 2021 As Region Sees Boost In Tourism

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Speaking at a news conference with leaders of six major international economic and financial groups, including the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, Li said the country's economy “this year can achieve positive growth, and we expect next year (economic) operations can recover to a reasonable range,” Reuters reports. “We

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How GDPR Is Testing The Homesharing Market

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Regulators want to have a greater stake in the way sharing platforms operate. As data security and transparency become greater concerns across a number of markets, some services are already working to confront the challenges. For more on this and other developments, take a look at the Playbook’s News and Trends section.

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If You Are Tired of Being Transactional, You Need A Hedge Program

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Meet Competitive Pressures : National and larger regional banks are specifically targeting better borrowers for five, seven, ten-year fixed-rate loans. We witness over and over how some banks get themselves in deeper trouble booking derivatives on their books that are bets on market interest rate movements.

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If You Are Tired of Being Transactional, You Need A Hedge Program

South State Correspondent

Meet Competitive Pressures : National and larger regional banks are specifically targeting better borrowers for five, seven, ten-year fixed-rate loans. We witness over and over how some banks get themselves in deeper trouble booking derivatives on their books that are bets on market interest rate movements.

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Pandemic Aside, SoftBank-Backed Travel Platform Klook Raises $200 Million

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Hong Kong’s travel and leisure booking platform Klook has closed a $200 million Series E funding round led by Aspex Management , with participation by Sequoia Capital China , SoftBank Vision Fund, Matrix Partners China and Boyu Capital , according to a press release.

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EVO Payments Makes Its Stock Market Debut

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made an impressive stock market debut on Wednesday (May 23), with share prices up as much as 26 percent after the company began trading on NASDAQ. Barclays, Cowen Group, Goldman Sachs, PKO BP Securities, Regions Securities and William Blair are also acting as book-running managers for the proposed offering. EVO Payments Inc.

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