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Accor And Uber Redraw The Boundaries Of Hotel Loyalty

Accor and Uber announced a multi-market loyalty partnership on 30 April 2026, letting ALL Accor members earn hotel points on everyday Uber rides and food deliveries.

Singapore Airlines Chooses Starlink, Raising The Bar For Long-Haul Connectivity

Singapore Airlines has selected Starlink for next-generation inflight Wi-Fi, with rollout beginning Q1 2027 across its long-haul fleet.

CIMB Thai Exits Auto Finance As ASEAN Banks Reprice Risk And Capital

CIMB Group sells CIMB Thai's auto portfolio to Krungsri, unlocking RM 1.3 billion in capital under its Forward30 strategy.

ASEAN Summit Declares Strait Of Hormuz Reopening A Matter Of Regional Economic Survival

All eleven ASEAN heads of government convened in Cebu — a rare unified front against an energy shock no single state can absorb alone.

Singapore MAS And CSA Direct Bank Boards To Own AI Cyber Risk

Singapore's MAS convened bank CEOs as the CSA issued board-level directives on frontier AI cyber threats.

Thailand Cancels MOU 44, Locking USD 300 Billion Gulf Energy Zone In Legal Limbo

Thailand cancelled its 25-year offshore energy pact with Cambodia on May 5, removing the only active cooperation framework for a Gulf of Thailand zone estimated at USD 300 billion.

Chinese Firms Dominate Danantara’s First Waste-to-Energy Tender As Second Round Opens Nationwide

Indonesia's waste-to-energy push converges energy security, landfill crisis response, and clean power targets under one sovereign fund-led financing model.

Malaysia Ranks Second Globally For Digital FDI As AirTrunk Adds 280MW In Johor

AirTrunk is investing USD3 billion more in Johor, bringing its total Malaysia commitment to USD6.8 billion across 700MW of data centre capacity. That is one of the largest digital infrastructure bets in Southeast Asia.

Bahlil’s May 2 Remarks Frame Indonesia’s Energy Crisis Response Around Coal Stability And Gas Substitution

No rollout timeline, subsidy framework, or capital commitment for household CNG has been published. The program remains a pilot with material execution risk.

Samsung’s USD4 Billion Chip Plant Drives Vietnam’s Strongest FDI Quarter In Years

Vietnam's Q1 FDI hit USD15.2 billion, up 42.9% year-on-year. The biggest driver: Samsung's USD4 billion chip packaging plant in Thai Nguyen.