Corporate Bits | Didi Kuaidi registers 1.43b rides

Didi Kuaidi registered a total of 1.43 billion completed rides across Beijing’s seven main services in 2015, including by private car, taxi, Hitch, designated driver, Didi bus, test drive and enterprise services, according to its reports. This figure is almost double the total number of taxi rides in the United States last year and 1.4 times Uber’s global rides since its launch in 2009. Didi’s completed monthly rides exceeded 200 million in December 2015. ACN Newswire claimed that Didi processed over 1 million private car requests in Beijing, which is eight times the number of daily private cars counted in New York. China’s mobile-based transportation system has transformed its travel habits, creating a world-­leading innovative industry and significant developments in its overall mobile transportation market. It also makes China the world’s largest mobile transportation market in terms of the numbers of drivers, passengers and rides.

mgm macau welcomes the year of the monkey

Various set menus, à la carte dishes and dim sum specialties will be prepared at MGM’s Imperial Court by Chan Pak Chung and the celebrity chef Chow Chung. Signature dishes such as the braised whole South African abalone with sea cucumber in oyster sauce will be made available. Two CNY set menus will be served at MOP11,880 for a table of 12 persons and MOP 880 (per person, minimum two persons). All dishes and selections are available from February 8 to 17.
More East-meets-West dining options are available at MGM Macau. At Rossio, the CNY lunch, brunch and dinner buffets feature a host of fresh seafood including Boston lobsters, fresh oysters, Alaskan king crab legs and more.
Apart from all of the festive menus, the Pastry Bar and the Grande Praça Café will also offer a fine array of homemade festive puddings such as the traditional Chinese New Year Pudding, Turnip Pudding and the exclusive flavor Hashima, Red Date and Water Chestnut Pudding, along with festive cookies and luscious pastries.

sheraton grand awards travel partners

The Sheraton Grand Macao Hotel – Cotai Central, hosted its Travel Trade Appreciation Awards for 2015 last week as a means of acknowledging the contributions and support of more than 100 travel partners from Southeast Asian countries including Macau, Hong Kong, China and Taiwan.
The awards aim to honor travel trade partners for ensuring that Sheraton Grand Macao Hotel has remained the preferred hospitality choice among their customers. Twelve travel trade partners were recognized in the Appreciation Awards, and China’s GZL International Travel Service Limited achieved the highest sales across all segments, making them the  “Business Partner of the Year” for the third year in a row.