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A world without phone numbers - CallmyName™ BPL Referees and Match Officials proudly brought to you by Expedia Fly me to Paris
X2 Kui Buri offers flash deal ‘Free Villa Upgrade’
This week, we check out new promotions and destinations worth looking at, at affordable prices.
Firstly, Accor Hotels is putting up a holiday to Paris for two up for grabs for their hotel guests in Bali, Lombok, Malaysia and Singapore.
Check out exclusive pricings for their room nights as well! X2 Kui Buri resort is also offering guests a free villa upgrade for any room
types purchased and other benefits, do grab them before they go!
Also, CallmyName™, a name-dialling application that enables travellers to easily call anyone or any business via only the information of
the name has launched in Singapore. Lastly, Expedia, the world’s largest online travel company, has signed a deal to become the Official
Sponsor of Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMO), read on to find out more.
Happy reading!
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ContentsFly me to Paris 4
X2 Kui Buri offers flash deal ‘Free Villa Upgrade’ 5
A world without phone numbers - CallmyName™ 7
BPL Referees and Match Officials proudly brought to you by Expedia 9
Publisher Raymond Wong • [email protected]
Editorial James Chen • [email protected] Tay • [email protected]
Web Sam Soh • [email protected] Leung • [email protected]
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Fly me to Paris
Accor Hotels gives you the chance to win a trip to Paris for two, as well as other great prizes simply by staying in any of their participating hotels.
Guests of Accor Hotels now have the chance to win a dream holiday for two to Paris, a destination for romance and exploration.Book your trip and stay in any of the participating hotels between 1 August 2012 to 31 January 2013 and stand a chance to win!
Guests can enter the Fly me to Paris draw with each stay at the participating Accor hotels in Bali, Lombok, Singapore and Malaysia. Other great prizes are also up for grabs monthly.
To qualify, simply book this offer for a minimum of two nights in any of the Bali and Lombok hotels – Save more than USD 149 as well with this offer, with complimentary breakfast, return airport transfers and one time dinner for two.
The participating Malaysia hotels also offers a 25% discount off rooms, free breakfast and 24 hour internet usage. Guests can also enjoy a complimentary F&B voucher worth MYR 50 nett, or a Spa voucher upon check-in.
For Singapore guests, indulge in free breakfast for two, in-room internet and also a Funvee Singapore City Tour – all at no additional charges at all.Treat yourself this season and enjoy great deals in Accor Hotels in South East Asia! To enjoy this offer, book between 31 December for stays until 31 January 2013.
In addition, Le Club Accorhotels members may
earn triple points for stays between 7 August 2012 and 31 December 2012.
For Accor Advantage Plus members, enjoy additional 15% off this amazing deal.
Terms and conditions apply. For more information, visit http://www.accorhotels.com/flymetoparis
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X2 Kui Buri offers flash deal ‘Free Villa Upgrade’
Located 3 hours drive south of Bangkok, X2 Kui Buri is now offering a free upgrade special promotion for guests.
The very first X2 resort located at Kui Burui is now offering extra benefits and free upgrades this September!
Situated at Kui Buri, three hours south of Bangkok by car, and 30 minutes south of popular resort town of Hua Hin, the X2 resort is peaceful and luxurious alongside local fishing villages.
The 4 acres resort consists of 23 uniquely designed semi private villas, each with their own terrace, garden and most with private pools. All villas also come with a full range of home theatre and entertainment
options including LCD satellite televisions, movie, music and magazine library and complimentary internet access.With villas that range from 70 sq.m to 255
sq.m. in size, the resort also features a romantic outdoor beachfront swimming pool, with state of the art facilities and a wide array of recreational activities such as kayaking,
Gorgeously designed rooms in X2
Outdoor lounging area by the beach
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boating, fishing, snorkeling, mountain biking and pétanque facilities.
With an existing landscape of large, well-developed trees that has been meticulously preserved, the island has a unique atmosphere interspersed by large wide spaces and a sui generis natural horticulture.
This September, enjoy free upgrades and special benefits when you book a villa with the
resort. Guests will be given a complimentary villa upgrade with no additional charges for the month only. Other concurring promotions include 10% discount on food & beverage, 20% discount at the in-house X2 Spa, and complimentary one time mini-bar replenished. Rates for the villas start from THB 3,547++ (Room only) for the basic Garden Villa, now with free upgrade to the Deluxe Pool Villa. Villa types include 1 Royal Villa, 1 Luxury Pool
Villa Suite, 2 Deluxe Oceanfront Pool Villas, 15 Deluxe Pool Villas and 4 Deluxe Garden Villas.
To enjoy this promotion and the above benefits, simply book your stay at www.x2resorts.com/kuiburi/, with the promotional code “UPGRADE”.
Booking period is between 15 to 31 August 2012 for stays between 1 to 30 September 2012.
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A world without phone numbers - CallmyName™
Making Singapore its first Asian country to launch, CallmyName™ is out to change the communication industry by being the first app to provide a different kind of calling platform.
Imagine a world without phone numbers – no hassle of looking up the local deli’s number, no trouble of finding a corporate office’s customer service hotline. Introduc-ing CallmyName™ , an app that brings the communication ecosystem to a whole new level.
Launched in Germany, CallmyName™ is an app that enables one to call a person or business directly from your mobile, without the hassle of having to search or memo-rise a load of meaningless numbers.
Offering a free name-dialling application that runs on all major phone platforms, users can reach out to milions of people and businesses in mere seconds by simply inputing their name. It works at least 10 times faster to retrieve a number than a search engine or online directory, making it convenient for users to call anyone, anywhere. This tech-nology is universal and requires no change to operator’s network or mobile handsets.
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Travelling can now be a breeze with communi-cation paired with such technology on hand, and globetrotters no longer need to worry about having to find a local taxi number while overseas, or navigate through the language barriers of corporate websites to find their hotline.
CallmyName™ is compatible with any network worldwide, making dialling anyone from any country at any place a uniformed ease. Espe-cially useful for business travellers, one can now easily dial for clients’ numbers with only their name, without having to scroll through countless emails for meaningless numbers.
After all, names are always easier to remember than an ordinary phone number. The best part is, it provides easy contact access globally, as each Call-Name™ is unique in the registry in which it is registered and its fully qualified name, including the country code. It is now easier to do business globally and react faster to market changes faster.
CallmyName™ provides a unique and personal Call-Name™, enabling businesses to register their call names such that customers are able to find them easily via the app. A Call-Name™ gives brands an effective way not only to be remembered, but also contacted.
Businesses can also customise their Call-Name™ to be catchy and easily remembered, providing a stronger branding everytime a customer dials the call name. Advertising is now more efficient with the intorduction of CallmyName™ . Whether local or overseas, users are able to remember a company’s brand name easily and contact them via the platform.
CallmyName™ can also perform various daily, practical actions associated with someone’s Call-Name™. Users can send a text mes-sage, browse each other’s website, map and navigate, as well as get socially engaged on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other social networks. Users can even to view an updated business card of the Call-Name™.
“It is indeed very exciting for CallmyName™ to launch in Singapore which is our gateway to the rest of the world. We will definitely be breaking into the rest of Asia and eventually taking the world by storm. It is fun, unique and so easy to use. There is no reason for any-one not to have their very own personalized Call-name™. A world without phone numbers, that’s the next big trend,” said Mr Nick Leese, Chairman of CallmyName™ Singapore.
Register from now until 31 December 2012 with CallmyName™ within the first three months to secure the unique Call-Name™ you want. At just SGD 40 per month, Callmy-Name™ is value-for-money, especially for busi-nesses; all it takes is just one call per month and your investment is recovered.
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Expedia, the world’s largest online travel company , has signed a deal to become the Official Sponsor of Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMO).
The deal will see the Expedia brand appear on the shirts of match officials at the Barclays Premier League, the npower Football League, The FA Cup with Budweiser, the Capital One Cup and other domestic, professional matches. The one year sponsorship kicked off this Sunday, at the Community Shield at Villa Park. The partnership gives Expedia access to over 2,500 professional football matches, with an estimated cumulative global TV audience in excess of five billion. Dan Lynn, CEO of Expedia in Asia said: “Sports and travel connect people and bring cultures together. Football fans are immensely passionate about the game and they will travel anywhere to support their teams. At Expedia, we understand the passion and inspiration behind these trips and there is no better opportunity to showcase the breadth of Expedia’s offerings than on English football’s greatest stage, a global sport that attracts over 1.2 billion viewers across Asia.
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It is through such strong collaborations that we can connect with our customers across our local sites in Asia, such as Expedia.com.sg, Expedia.co.th, and the soon-to-launch, Expedia.com.my.”
The partnership delivers a range of designation and promotional rights, including shirt and
training-wear branding on all professional match referees, assistant referees and fourth officials, branding and accreditation on all publicity material, PGMO and all governing body websites, as well as match official and refereeing inventory.
Match officials Andre Marine and Martin Atkinson
Match officials in new Expedia sponsored match officials kit at Huddersfield Town Galpharm Stadium
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