Hong Kong celebrates Chinese New Year with exciting festivities The Year of the Snake brings steady progress and attention to detail as it opens the Chinese New Year Festival on February 10. In keeping with the spirit of the New Year, the Hong Kong Tourism Board...
(Manila, Philippines, January 31, 2013) — In the latest annual ranking of the top 100 global outsourcing destinations by Tholons, a services globalization and investment advisory firm, Manila (NCR) claimed the number three slot, following Indian cities Bangalore and...
(Manila, Philippines, January 24, 2013) — The Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPAP) announced that the Board of Trustees has elevated Benedict Hernandez to Chairman of its Executive Committee. Jose Mari “Jomari” Mercado was appointed President and...
For the Philippines’ $13 billion outsourcing industry, the peso’s surge has been compounded by a slide in larger rival India’s rupee. The peso’s 6.5 percent gain to 40.622 per dollar in 12 months makes it Asia’s best performer, according to data compiled by Bloomberg,...
(Manila, Philippines, January 24, 2013) — Philippine-made digital games Streetfood Tycoon, Word Stack, Undead Fever, Puzzle Pets Adventure, Purefoods Tender Juicy Shop for Mommy, Innkeeper HD, Grav, and Noypi Nota were honored at the 3rd Philippine Game Development...
(Manila, Philippines, January 17, 2013) — Video game enthusiasts range from the casual gamer to the hardcore, but it is a serious business that is expected to rake in approximately US$30 billion in the Asia-Pacific region by 2016 according to a study by Ovum. The...
(Manila, Philippines)—It’s been a cheerful season for Payatas Orione Foundation, Inc. (PAOFI) elementary and high school children as they each received a shoebox filled with school supplies from the “My Dream in a Shoebox” campaign. Organized by the Business...
(Manila, Philippines, December 26, 2012) — The strengthening Philippine peso is eroding the cost competitiveness of the Philippine IT-BPO industry, according to the Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPAP). Citing analysis by Everest Group and...
New Delhi, India, December 21, 2012) — The Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPAP) and NASSCOM signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that reaffirms both organization’s commitment to work together on common concerns in the IT-BPO industry....
