Category: Press Release

  • Holcim improves customer service with Easybuild, expands reach through digital innovations

    Holcim improves customer service with Easybuild, expands reach through digital innovations

    Leading cement maker Holcim Philippines, Inc. has steadily introduced digital innovations such as online customer portal Easybuild to improve its service to business partners.

    Over the past years, leading cement maker has Holcim Philippines, Inc. has launched new products and services that help local builders deliver high-quality structures and grow its business. Aside from these, the company has also focused on digital innovations that enhance customer experience and capture opportunities online.

    Among Holcim Philippines’ successful digital tools is online customer service portal called Easybuild, which is used by more than half of its 1,200 business partners nationwide. The latest version launched in 2018 provides customers 24-hour connection with the company for a hassle-free experience in placing orders, checking delivery status, reviewing account history and credit standing among others.

    Easybuild also allows customers to settle their transactions with Holcim, which partnered with Metrobank for the online payment platform. The company plans to tie up with more financial institutions to provide customers payment options.

    Customers point to how Easybuild lessens administrative tasks and smoothens their transactions with the company. For example, Easybuild sends SMS and e-mails to users once an order is confirmed. This allows customers to track down their orders, removing the need for constant follow-ups. Easybuild also provides an option to have orders delivered to their preferred sites.

    “Easybuild has made business transactions easier. You can access all the information you need and place an order with just a click,” said Cheeny Jacob, administrative manager of ready-mix concrete producer JJ Horizon based in Iligan City, Lanao del Norte

    Rowell Dy, owner of AGI Hardware in Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte, could not agree more. He said, “EasyBuild makes it easier to find the products you want to purchase, place an order, and monitor them unlike before where you need to go through a lot of paper works.”

    The latest version of the customer portal comes with a mobile app version, allowing mobile-friendly features and better accessibility to Holcim customers. 

    “I can say that the app helped us in stock and performance monitoring, especially since all the information we need is already in one platform,” said Roselyn Fung, owner of J+ Hardware in Lala, Lanao del Norte.

     “We do not have good access to the Internet here in Ilocos Sur, so I use the mobile app version of Easybuild. Instead of wasting a lot of time placing and monitoring my orders, I can access all the information I need using the app. In less than two minutes, you can already place your order,” said Gil Tapaoan, owner of hardware GVT Trading.

    Holcim Philippines pioneered the online customer platform in the cement industry in 2002 and sees more opportunities in using digital tools to improve engagement with current partners and reach more clients. The company recently piloted listing its products on digital marketplace Beam and Go to reach overseas Filipinos who are interested in purchasing construction materials for home building and repairs.

    Holcim Philippines Senior Vice President for Sales William Sumalinog said customers can count on the company to continuously introduce more innovative products and tools that respond to their needs.

     “The changing profile of the market and our customer requires us to adapt and innovate. We are committed to these innovations to better serve our customers and grow our business,” he added.

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    Holcim Philippines, Inc. (Philippine Stock Exchange: HLCM) is one of the leading building solution companies in the country. The Company has a deep portfolio of innovative solutions fostered by a full range of products from structuring to finishing applications that can help local builders execute with high performance and efficiency a wide range of projects from massive infrastructure to simple home repairs.

    With cement manufacturing facilities in La Union, Bulacan, Batangas, Misamis Oriental and Davao, as well as aggregates and dry mix business and technical support facilities for building solutions, Holcim Philippines is a reliable partner of builders in the country.

    Holcim Philippines is also committed to the highest standards of sustainable operations and manufacturing excellence with its plants certified under ISO 14001:2004 (Environmental Management System), ISO 9001:2008 (Quality Management System) and OHSAS 18001:2007 (Occupational Health and Safety Management System).

    Holcim Philippines is a member of the LafargeHolcim Group, the world leader in the building materials industry present in 80 countries with over 80,000 employees.

    REFERENCE:

    Contact:

    Cara Ramirez

    Vice President of Communications

    09175219397

    annclaire.ramirez@lafargeholcim.com

    Don Gil Carreon

    Communications Manager

    09178142589

    dongil.carreon@lafargeholcim.com

    Alvin Marayan

    Media Relations Director, PRC, Inc.

    09989613729alvin.marayan@teamprcinc.com.ph

  • Try Shopee’s Cashback This New Year To Enjoy Extra Savings While Shopping

    Try Shopee’s Cashback This New Year To Enjoy Extra Savings While Shopping

    Enjoy 20% cashback daily until January 15 at the New Year Cashback Sale

    Shopee, the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, rings in the new year with upsized cashback at New Year Cashback Sale. Cashback is a type of reward that returns a percentage of the amount users have paid for an item. Users can enjoy up to 20% cashback daily when they shop on Shopee until January 15.

    Read on to learn how to use Shopee’s cashback feature:

    1. Claim cashback vouchers

    Redeem cashback vouchers by clicking on the cashback icon on the homepage. Users can also claim additional cashback vouchers at campaigns, in-app games and Shopee Live.

    1. Use cashback vouchers to earn extra Shopee coins

    Apply cashback voucher upon check out. A percentage of the amount paid will return to the user’s account in the form of Shopee coins.

    1. Claim Shopee coins

    Claim Shopee coins once order has been received. The amount will then be automatically placed in the user’s coins wallet.

    1. Use the Shopee coins

    Shopee coins can be used to get discounts on the future purchases as well as to redeem more chances to play in-app games. More offers await users when they click the coins rewards icon in the homepage.

    Using cashback is easy! Get exciting deals and promotions at Shopee New Year Cashback Sale up until its finale sale on January 15.

    Look out for the following exciting promotions and activities:

    ● 20% Cashback Daily: Earn 20% cashback by redeeming daily cashback vouchers with no cap and no minimum spend.
    ● Shopee Live: Get cashback vouchers and Shopee coins during an upsized 3-hour livestream on January 10, from 6 to 9 PM.
    ● Free Shipping: Look out for free shipping with no minimum spend throughout the campaign.
    ● 50% Off Deals: Check out deals up to 50% off on Saturday, January 11.

    Find out more about Shopee New Year Cashback Sale at https://shopee.ph/new-year-sale.

    Download the Shopee app for free via the App Store or Google Play.

  • Kids embark on a royal adventure with Jollitown Castle kiddie meal toys

    Kids embark on a royal adventure with Jollitown Castle kiddie meal toys

    Jollibee is opening the year with an exciting royal offering for kids with the newest set of Jolly Kiddie Meal toys, the Jollitown Castle!

    With the latest collectible toys from the country’s number one fast-food chain, little ones can make their fairytale dreams come true and enjoy hours of playtime building a wondrous Jollitown fortress with five new and exciting connectible pieces.

    Jolly Kids can let a caped Jollibee rule the Jollitown Castle by moving a knob to let him raise his scepter for everyone in the kingdom to see. Little queens can let Hetty shine as they place her inside the castle’s turret and watch her gown light up in changing colors with a push of a button. Junior knights can also embark on an adventure with Yum, as they move his arm and shield with a push of a lever behind his back.

    Little princesses can prepare Twirlie for a magical royal ball by illuminating her gown, while princes-in-training can join Popo in guarding the castle as they make him wield his sword by moving a knob.

    Collect and connect all the Jollitown Castle toys to build your royal fortress with every purchase of a Yumburger (P80), Yumburger Meal with Drink (P100), Jolly Spaghetti (P95), Jolly Spaghetti Meal with Drink (P105), 1-piece Burger Steak (P95), 1-piece Burger Steak Meal with Drink (P105), 1-piece Chickenjoy with rice (P122), or 1-piece Chickenjoy Meal with Drink (P137), each with its own Jolly Joy Box.

    The Jollitown Castle is available until January 31 only in all Jollibee stores. Visit your nearest Jollibee branch to collect all five toys!

    Reference:

    John Paulo Ondra Caparros

    Public Relations Department

    Strategic works, Inc.

    +63.893.7472 | +639. 17.158.7918

    john.caparros@stratworks.ph

    2nd Floor Zaragoza Building, 102 Gamboa Street, Legaspi Village, Makati City PH

  • ZEN and DEI Properties launch the first ever budget hotel in BGC

    ZEN and DEI Properties launch the first ever budget hotel in BGC

    ZEN Rooms, the #1 hotel chain in the Philippines, launched ZEN Premium Uptown BGC, the first and only budget hotel in Bonifacio Global City. Former Vice President of the Philippines Jejomar Binay led the opening ceremony last December 12, 2019 in Taguig City.

    The opening of ZEN Premium Uptown BGC is in line with the pioneering spirit of ZEN Rooms, which already has a track record of disrupting the short-term accommodation sector. In 2016, ZEN Rooms entered the Philippines with the aim to radically improve the value-for-money of hotels in the country, historically plagued by high prices, unsafe facilities and poor guest ratings.

    In 2017, ZEN launched ZEN Homes in BGC, the first affordable, professionally-run service apartment brand in the Philippines. Today, ZEN is once again disturbing the sector by opening the only budget hotel in BGC, with a budget premium positioning. Indeed, presently there are only 5 hotels in BGC, all of which are 4 and 5 star properties with rates of PHP 8,000 and above per night.

    ZEN’s newly built hotel has 105 rooms and is conveniently located alongside Kalayaan avenue, only five minutes away walk from Uptown Mall with rates starting at only PHP 1,500 per night. The building is owned by DEI Properties, one of the leading family-owned developers in the Philippines.

    The opening of ZEN Premium Uptown BGC is part of ZEN’s continuous effort in providing a solution to the lack of affordable accommodations the country’s most dynamic business district, in line with its aim to democratize travel to all.

    “BGC Developers have built an amazing modern city with tremendous appeal but with unfortunately no affordable hotels, leading to nonsense situations where business travellers are forced to either spend excessively on high-end hotels at the Fort or commute hours to reach their meetings in BGC. With the launch of ZEN Premium Uptown, we are delighted to be putting an end to this unfair nonsense with our partner DEI Properties.” says BGC based Nathan Boublil, Co-Founder and CEO of ZEN Rooms.

    From left to right: Michael Raquiza Country Manager of ZEN Rooms Philippines, Carlo Antonio AVP DEI Properties, Nathan Boublil CEO ZEN Rooms, Elaine Ignacio-Dalusung, BAC Chairman DEI Properties, Former Vice President of the Philippines, Jejomar Binay, Czarina Ignacio Sales and Marketing Manager DEI Properties, Danny Igancio President DEI Properties.

    About ZEN Rooms

    Founded in 2015 by entrepreneurs Nathan Boublil and Kiren Tanna, ZEN Rooms was established to improve the state of budget hospitality in Southeast Asia, making travel more affordable and safer. ZEN is now one of the fastest growing hospitality companies in the region, the #1 hotel chain in the Philippines and the only full stack hospitality brand in Southeast Asia. ZEN helps budget and mid-range hotels operate more efficiently and increase the value of their property through a range of operational and technological solutions. ZEN provides safe and affordable travel for millions of travelers staying at ZEN’s franchised or operated properties each year. ZEN has raised US$23M equity funding from leading institutional investors Rocket Internet, Ooredoo Telecom, RedBadge Pacific, SBI Investments Korea and Yanolja.

    Reference:

    Nika Beniece Plana | Marketing & PR Manager`
    Tel/WhatsApp: +63 915 712 2069 | Skype: nikabeniece
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  • Cross-border shopping to benefit from seasonal Ecommerce spike—PayPal

    Cross-border shopping to benefit from seasonal Ecommerce spike—PayPal

    Digital payments giant outlines three tips on how local enterprises can reach out to global consumers this holiday season

    The holiday shopping season is in full swing, bringing with it an ecommerce frenzy. The spike in online purchases during this time of the year also offers a unique opportunity for Filipino retailers: cross border shopping.

    “There is a definitely a real opportunity for Filipino entrepreneurs to connect with global consumers. Chinese consumers are particularly promising, given the Philippines’ improved bilateral relations with the world’s second largest economy,” said Nagesh Devata, General Manager for Cross Border Trade, Asia Pacific, PayPal.

    According to PayPal’s Cross-Border Consumer Research in 2018, there is a healthy appetite for ecommerce in the Asia Pacific region, with 48 percent of consumers shopping cross-border.[1]Last year, PayPal reported a record-breaking USD 1 billion+ in mobile payment volume for the first time ever on Black Friday and Cyber Monday.[2]

    For many traditional brick-and-mortar retailers, embracing an omni-channel strategy that includes ecommerce has paved the way for more sales opportunities, especially during this time of year.

    “The festive season, stretching from the end of November with Black Friday through to February with Chinese New Year, typically marks a critical time for small retailers to maximize their business opportunities and boost sales,” said Devata. “For some, these months can generate the profits needed to cover operations for the year.”

    The world has become much smaller as digital commerce platforms like PayPal enable merchants and consumers from all over the world do business with one other, to take advantage of opportunities by connecting them with global consumers, allowing SMEs and micro enterprises more opportunities to thrive.

    With many holiday purchases now being done online and global consumers opting to shop cross-border, PayPal shares three tips on how retailers can prepare their businesses for seasonal success:

    1. Plan for mobile– Mobile devices have become the preferred platform for shopping due to their convenience. While majority of cross-border purchases in 2018 were still made via desktop, laptop or notebook, the percentage of purchases on mobile is growing. In fact, 32 percent of all cross-border purchases in Asia Pacific was done on mobile.[3]
    2. Check your website security– Research by HubSpot has found that 82 percent of online users avoid sites flagged as ‘not secure’ by their browser. This makes it essential for businesses to strengthen their website security and ensure that their ecommerce pages are compliant with the local laws of their target markets.[4]
    3. Offer more payment options – According to PayPal, many consumers will cancel transactions if their preferred or trusted form of payment is unavailable. The 2018 cross-border study shows that two-thirds of online shoppers will only use a payment option or brand they recognize when making a purchase.[5]

    By knowing how to effectively use online and digital channels to sell, small retailers and SMEs can make the most out of the festive season and stay ahead of the competition.

    Reference:

    Catherine Llanes

    Media Relations Manager

    T. +63 2-332-10-31 loc. 103

    M.+63 919 005 2173

    M2COMMS | M2SOCIAL | M2LIVE | PROI

  • Promote Your Business Online! Learn How by Joining a Social Media Marketing Workshop

    Promote Your Business Online! Learn How by Joining a Social Media Marketing Workshop

    Are you on Facebook, Instagram, or YouTube? If you spend two to three hours daily merely scrolling on your feeds, why not earn from these social media platforms?

    I’m sure you have thought about possibly selling a piece of pre-loved jewelry or outfit. This can help you earn a few bucks to add to your travel funds.

    Why not pursue it, or maybe start your own online business?

    If you wish to start one in 2020, social media is a great tool to promote your products or services among your target customers. 

    Aside from building your own website or printing marketing materials such as brochures and business cards, it would be best if you considered investing in social media campaigns. 

    Here’s why:

    Your customers are on social media.

    To increase your sales, you have to expose your products or services to as many prospective customers as possible. Social media allows you to promote your brand to a large number of people in a short amount of time.

    The Digital in 2017 report showed that Filipinos spend an average of 4 hours and 17 minutes daily on social media sites such as Facebook, Snapchat, and Twitter. On Facebook alone, 47 Million Filipinos have an account and can learn about your brand if you know how to use this platform.

    You only need a small budget to advertise on social media.

    Imagine putting up a physical store and renting a place where you can display your products, versus creating an account on Facebook or Instagram where online customers can learn about your business. Which do you think costs less?

    You can spend at least $2-$5 a day to run ads on Facebook. And if you know tips on how to advertise, this simple effort can be profitable for you.

    Setting up on social media is easy.

    You do not need to hire an expert marketer to do the work for you. As long as you have your copy with an image or video to go with your advertisements, you can run them on any social media platform in a few steps.

    However, not everyone knows how to get this done, especially newbies. Often, online store owners will post and share random content that doesn’t get them viewers or buyers.

    If you want your social media marketing efforts to be productive, learn what works or not from a workshop that I’d like to recommend to you.

    Branding and Social Media Marketing Workshop 

    Writing Hacks Academy invites you to join an upcoming social media marketing workshop to learn how you can maximize Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram to promote your products or services.

    Event Title: Branding and Social Media Marketing Workshop for Online Sellers

    Venue: The Picasso Boutique Serviced Residences Makati City

    Schedule: February 1, 2020 Saturday 9am to 5pm

    Event Registration Page: http://bit.ly/brandandsocialmediaph

    Here’s what you’ll learn from the event:

    • A Basic Branding Checklist you can use to enhance the content, words, and images you post on social media
    • Facebook Marketing including Increasing awareness, boost strategies, analytics, and increasing your chance to create viral content
    • Targeting your market using social engagement and groups
    • Leveling up your Instagram through keywords, hashtags, and feeding goals. Plus, basic tips on flat lay and mobile photography
    • Common myths in YouTube marketing and sure ways to gain video views and followers

    Sign up using my affiliate code SM-WILMAR when you register on or before January 18, 2020 to claim an extra 15% off the regular rate. Visit  http://bit.ly/brandandsocialmediaph.

    The best thing about this workshop is gaining insights from the speakers who are entrepreneurs themselves.   Are you planning to put up a fashion or beauty store? Want to raise the number of your YouTube followers? Interested in selling digital products like e-books or courses?

    The mix of resource persons in this event have experiences in all these!

    Resource Speaker 1: Via Tancuan 

    • Fashion and Beauty Blogger, Serial Entrepreneur
    • Founder Mermaid Island, Versaheel, Cosmov, and Vittle Valley.
    • Worked with various lifestyle brands including Globe, SM Supermalls, Pantene, Whisper, Timberland, Madison Hotel, Francis Libiran Couture, and more.

    Resource Speaker 2: Matt Tran

    • Founder and Content Creator of YouTube channel Engineered Truth
    • 400,000+ subscribers and most popular career channel in the US
    • Experienced Amazon FBA Seller and Online Business Expert

    Resource Speaker 3: Jonah Chipeco

    • Content Marketer and Founder of Writing Hacks Academy
    • Delivered over 60 successful public seminars since 2016 to various clientele including teams from Ayala Land, Dentsu Aegis Network, The Presidential Communications Group, and more!
    • Named by Marketing in Asia as one of the Top 100 Filipinos to follow on LinkedIn for 2019

    Writing Hacks Academy  equips professionals and entrepreneurs with the basic writing skills they need for their career or business through workshops, online courses, and learning resources. The event is in partnership with Manila Workshops, Sayonato Branded Bags for Less, and Mermaid Island. Email admin@writinghacksacademy.com to learn more.

    Sign up for the Branding and Social Media Marketing Workshop using my affiliate code SM-WILMAR when you register on or before January 18, 2020 to claim an extra 15% off the regular rate. Visit  http://bit.ly/brandandsocialmediaph.

    Reference:

    Jonah Chipeco
    CEO / Trainer
    Writing Hacks Academy
    m:09569025806
    a:Calamba Laguna, Philippines
    w:writinghacksacademy.com  e: admin@writinghacksacademy.com
  • Mang Inasal launches ACE QSR Scholarship for deserving young women of Lipa

    Mang Inasal launches ACE QSR Scholarship for deserving young women of Lipa

    Mang Inasal launched its participation in the ACE Scholarship Program for Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) Operations of Jollibee Group Foundation (JGF). This was part of the recent inauguration of Mang Inasal’s milestone 600th Store in Lipa, Batangas.

    The ACE QSR program seeks to give underprivileged youth from Lipa the chance to develop the skills they need to be gainfully employed in the QSR industry.

    Through the network of Pondong Batangan Community Foundation, Inc. in the Archdiocese of Lipa, four scholars from Lipa will be selected and join a class of students who will undertake a QSR Technical-Vocational Course in Anihan Technical School in Calamba. This includes six months of in-school instruction and six months of on-the-job training. Here, the scholars will learn the rudiments of food preparation and food service. They will earn three TESDA certificates/qualifications at the end of the Program.
    Being considered for the scholarship are single women aged 18 – 21, senior high school graduate with at least an 80% scholastic average, coming from a household with a combined family income of P200,000 or less, and willing to study and stay in Calamba City, Laguna for one year.

    Mang Inasal Business Unit Head Jojo Subido (right), with MI RBU Head for South Luzon Lelette Minerales (left) and MI Marketing Head Aileen Natividad (second from left), join the heads of the other institutions involved in the ACE QSR Scholarship Program. These are (from left) Pondong Batangan Community Foundation’s Executive Director, Fr. Manny Guazon, Anihan Technical School’s, Senen Olmos and Jollibee Group Foundation’s Mikee Garcia.

    The scholars supported by MI will begin in June 2020 and their program will run for a year. “As Mang Inasal grows as an enterprise, it also wants to do its share in building strong host communities whose residents are provided the chance to become more productive members of society. This is the least we can do to reciprocate the support we have been getting from our communities,” said Jojo Subido, MI Business Head.

    Reference:

    John Paulo Ondra Caparros

    Public Relations Department

    Strategic works, Inc.

    +63.893.7472 | +639. 17.158.7918

    john.caparros@stratworks.ph

    2nd Floor Zaragoza Building, 102 Gamboa Street, Legaspi Village, Makati City PH

  • Korea’s billion-dollar travel group Yanolja doubles down on ZEN Rooms to create future of hospitality in Southeast Asia

    Korea’s billion-dollar travel group Yanolja doubles down on ZEN Rooms to create future of hospitality in Southeast Asia

    ZEN Rooms (“ZEN”, “Company”), one of the leading economy and mid-range hotel franchises in Southeast Asia, today announced it had signed a definitive agreement with travel group Yanolja regarding additional investment, acquisition of early investors’ stakes and the signing of a wide strategic alliance. Yanolja is the leading travel group in South Korea, backed by Booking Holdings and GIC, among others. Yanolja was the lead strategic investor in the company’s US$15M funding round in 2018, with rights to invest further. Early investor Asia Internet Holdings (Joint Venture of Rocket Internet and Ooredoo Telecom) has agreed to exit its stake to Yanolja. RedBadge Pacific and SBI Korea remain investors, and Access Ventures join as co-investors.

    The alliance of ZEN and Yanolja creates the leading economy & mid-range hospitality group in Southeast Asia. It combines ZEN’s top-rated budget hotel franchise business with Yanolja’s scale, hospitality technologies and the backing by the global leader in Online Travel, Booking Holdings (behind Booking.com, Agoda, Priceline.com, Kayak etc), thus granting ZEN unique competitive advantages in both hotel technology and sales distribution. The groups will work to heavily deploy automation technology to enhance customer experience, further reduce budget hotels’ operating costs and reinvent budget hospitality across Southeast Asia.

    ZEN Rooms is today one of the largest hotel franchises in Southeast Asia, with 13,000 rooms under franchise. Since Yanolja’s investment in mid 2018, ZEN has grown revenues 400% and has become in Q2 2019 the largest hotel chain in fast-emerging Philippines, with 5,500 rooms under franchise.

    Southeast Asia is today the world’s fastest growing travel market, fueled by exponential domestic and regional demand of young travelers and millennials (e.g. the number of Chinese visitors has quadrupled in the past decade[1]). Yet, the value-for-money proposition of its budget hotel sector has historically been defective, plagued by several issues: fragmentation, poor hygiene & safety standards, lack of training and low technology use.

    ZEN was founded in 2015 to improve the state of budget hospitality and bring much needed operational and technological efficiency to the estimated 2 million independent economy rooms in the region. Thousands of hotel owners have since joined ZEN’s franchises to improve their revenue, optimize their cost base and increase the long-term value of their property. These efficiency gains ultimately benefit travelers who can enjoy safer and better value-for-money stays.

    With a deep emphasis on customer satisfaction, ZEN franchisees have enjoyed the best average guest ratings on Booking.com for two years in a row.

    Nathan Boublil, co-founder & CEO of ZEN, comments: “We started ZEN exactly 4 years ago to make budget accommodation in Southeast Asia more affordable and safer. We have proudly built ZEN into the top-rated budget hotel franchise in the region and were honored to be Yanolja’s 1st international investment. With this strategic alliance, we are joining forces with one of the most technologically innovative travel groups and its unique backers Booking Holdings to create the first full service budget & mid-range hospitality group in SEA, able to deploy world-class technology infrastructure in IoT R&D, automation, hardware and software to all hotels in Southeast Asia. This alliance will greatly benefit our ability to serve our hotel clients and ultimately the travelers of the entire region”. 

    Jongyoon Kim, CEO of Online Business at Yanolja, adds: “Since first investing in ZEN, we have shared the same vision of operational excellence and customer centricity to radically improve the SE Asian hospitality market. In the last 12 months, the ZEN team has taken major steps to fulfill this vision and has grown exponentially while displaying top inventory quality. With this exciting agreement, Yanolja plans to fully support ZEN to solidify its status as the market leading full-stack hospitality company in the region”.   

    Reference:

    For enquiries, contact: Nathan Boublil, co-Founder & CEO – nathan@zenrooms.com ; Nika Plana, PR – nika.plana@zenrooms.com