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AIA Sri Lanka adopts multi-cloud strategy to ensure resilience in new normal

As technology reshapes the insurance industry, AIA Sri Lanka recognizes that a cloud-first strategy is critical to the company’s ambition to become agile in all support processes while improving the business model so that the company is primed for innovation. Over 4,900 employees and agents across 107 offices now use Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams…

(0)Comments | January 13, 2021 12:46 pm

Emirates expands its operations in the Americas in line with increased passenger demand

Airline resumes services to Seattle, Dallas and San Francisco Emirates boost flights to New York, Los Angeles and São Paul Emirates has announced it will resume non-stop services to Seattle (from 1st February), Dallas and San Francisco (from 2nd March), offering its customers seamless connectivity via Dubai to and from popular destinations in the Middle…

(0)Comments | January 13, 2021 12:24 pm

Uber marks 5 years in Sri Lanka, serves 1.8 million riders and 110,000 drivers

Uber has led several industry first innovations in the country since 2015 Uber yesterday (12) marked its fifth year anniversary in Sri Lanka, during which it has served 1.8 million riders, completed more than 53 million trips and created livelihood opportunities for 110,000 drivers. Since its launch in 2015, Uber Sri Lanka has successfully transformed…

(0)Comments | January 13, 2021 12:17 pm

Fairfirst Insurance leading & redefining health insurance

Fairfirst Insurance, the leading health insurer in Sri Lanka, with a market share of more than 30% currently insures every third corporate employee and insures more than 500,000 individuals under their Corporate Health Insurance Schemes, have now gone a step further by launching a holistic new solution branded Fairfirst Health Unlimited. The name of the…

(0)Comments | January 13, 2021 12:15 pm

The Body Shop Sri Lanka gets 2021 off to a Seriously Sweet Start

As we bid Christmas 2020 goodbye, The Body Shop has ensured that along with it we do not have to see off the sweet deals that comes with the season. At their stores in Colombo and Kandy, their ‘Seriously Sweet Sale’ extends all the way through 31 January 2021, with an additional bumper sale during…

(0)Comments | January 13, 2021 12:02 pm

Share a Meal. Share a Moment. Sysco LABS Sri Lanka Donates Warm Meals to Communities in Need

This year, communities around the country have faced financial and health and safety issues due to the COVID-19 global pandemic. To minimize the number of people who would go hungry during the festive season, Sysco LABS Sri Lanka introduced the “Share a meal. Share a moment” initiative which would seek to provide warm meals, prepared…

(0)Comments | January 13, 2021 12:00 pm

Huawei Nova 7i with stunning design and Quad cameras is the smartphone to beat

Huawei Nova 7i is one of the highly popular and best selling smartphones launched in the year 2020 by the global smartphone brand, Huawei. Nova 7i stands out as a feature packed mid-range smartphone which was highly embraced by the Sri Lankan crowd. Even though it was launched last year, it is still the one…

(0)Comments | January 13, 2021 11:30 am

Mastercard pioneers Cloud Tap on Phone, its first pilot of Cloud Point of Sale (POS) acceptance technology

Mastercard and its partners move services to the Cloud, democratizing access to payments technologies Move unlocks opportunities for partners worldwide to enable contactless payments acceptance via a mobile phone Mastercard has partnered with NMI and Global Payments Inc. to launch its first live Cloud Tap on Phone pilot with Computer Engineering Group (CEG), a California-based…

(0)Comments | January 13, 2021 9:52 am

Allianz Begins Eight-Year Worldwide Olympic & Paralympic Partnership

Official start of worldwide partnership with Olympic & Paralympic Movements Allianz expands local initiatives to engage and bring together athletes, teams, volunteers and fans in more than 200 countries Backs Olympic & Paralympic Movements with products & services Allianz officially began its eight-year worldwide partnership with the Olympic & Paralympic Movements on Jan. 1, building…

(0)Comments | January 13, 2021 9:36 am

APIIT hosts global expert Simon Anholt at virtual conclave

Given the overall economy declining to – 4.9 percent in 2020 as per the World Economic Outlook (WEO) there will be an impact on the overall brand value of each country and the overall Good Country index which was conceptualised by a globally renowned expert Simon Anholt. The Postgraduate School of the Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology…

(0)Comments | January 13, 2021 9:31 am

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