On 18 September 2014, Cuddlr was officially launched in the Apple App Store, as a free app. The tagline, for the App “Great things start with a hug”, the app touted itself as “a location-based social-meeting app just for cuddling”. According to the website: “It’s a way of finding people near you who are…
Dublin based Allergan, the Botox-maker has been taken over by US drugs giant Pfizer for £106bn ($160bn) in one of the biggest pharmaceuticals deal in history. Allergan shareholders will receive 11.3 shares in the new company for each of their Allergan shares, while Pfizer shareholders will receive one share for each of their shares in…
Marriott International on 16th November 2015, announced a £12.2bn deal to acquire Starwood Hotels & Resorts, which will now create the World’s largest hotel group by number of rooms, covering 1.1million rooms in 5, 500 hotel under their wing, beating rivals like Hyatt Intercontinental and Chinese bidders who were in the past linked to a…
Facebook is testing a new tool designed to make relationship break-ups less painful for users of the social network. The optional feature will allow members to opt out of seeing pictures and posts made by their former spouse or lover on the website. It works simply by updating their relationship status on the facebook to…
Nestle Japan is offering a new gold-leaf covered Kit Kat bar for £15 , $23 per stick and it goes on sale in Japan later this month to satisfy chocolate lovers who wants the best and money is not a object. The Golden Kit Kat will sell for¥2, 016 Japanese Yen per finger. The unique…
The vital link between Booking.com, Planet Earth’s number One accommodation site and the connection to the hotels has been compromised as hackers stole personal data and used them to con thousands of harmless customers on one of the world’s biggest hotel booking websites. It all started when Booking.com developed a new app for the mobile…
On 13th November 2015Sachin Tendulkar’s fans blasted British Airways on twitter after the airlines asked the airlines asked his full name. Sachin Tweeted “ Angry, disappointed and frustrated .. #BAdserviceBA family member’s waitlisted ticket not confirmed despite seats being available and luggage being tagged by @British-Airways to wrong destination and don’t care attitude. At 5.52…
The hotel market in the world is undergoing colossal transactional activities. The top ten big chains and famous hotel brands are involved in frantic dealmaking boom as they look to enhance their profits and add more hotel guest rooms to their portfolios. Most investors think risk means the stock price going down, but the great…
Sir Richard Branson, who has built a conglomerate spanning transport, telecommunications and finance, could launch a rival to Uber the taxi-hailing app, saying his company should be involved in the sharing economy, competing with the likes of Uber and Airbnb. Sir Richard Branson said “ I quite often tell my team.’ We should be competing…
Indian entrepreneur and head of RP Group of companies Dr. B Ravi Pillai, a farmer’s son, whose net work $2.4 billion, recipient of 2008 Padma Shri Indian civil award, has expanded business to other countries like United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain and India and has interest in hospitality, construction, steel, cement and oil and gas…