Day: February 2, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Sojern, the leading digital marketing platform built for travel, today announced the expansion of its leadership team with strategic new hires. The new hires come at a time when many technology companies face market challenges. With the recovery of the travel industry underway, Sojern’s business supports travel brands that match the market demand—focusing on specific verticals such as hotels and destinations while investing in technology and people. New hires include: Preeya Patel, Vice President, People and Stephen Fitzgerald, Vice President, Hotels North America.

“At Sojern we continue to invest in our greatest asset, our people, and I am thrilled to welcome our new hires and the experience they bring,” said Mark Rabe, CEO. “We have employees that have been with us since the very first day which is testament to our company culture. As we continue to grow, we’re proud to invest in the growth of our team. These hires reflect some of the areas where we are investing in 2023 and beyond—people, technology, hotels and destinations.”

Background of the new senior hires:

• Preeya Patel , Vice President, People – Patel will lead the global people function including talent acquisition and development, people strategy and operations, rewards and recognition, culture and inclusion and overall workplace experience. Prior to Sojern, she held leadership positions at startups, private and established global technology companies, including Confluent, Quotient Technology and Honeywell. At Confluent she was part of the leadership team that scaled the business through IPO, growing from 480 to 2,500+ employees. Preeya is six-sigma certified and is a graduate from the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University.
• Stephen Fitzgerald , Vice President, Hotels – Fitzgerald will lead the hotel vertical of Sojern’s business in America and Latin America. His expertise spans all facets of hotel distribution from both direct and third party perspectives, with senior-level roles at brands, owner/operator, digital marketing and travel technology companies. Prior to Sojern, he held leadership positions with Sabre, Travelocity, Hilton and G6 Hospitality. He has also served as founding COO launching Sabre Hospitality Solutions. Stephen currently serves on the HSMAI America’s board and previously served on the HEDNA board. He is a graduate of The University of Texas at Dallas.

Last year, Sojern celebrated 15 years dedicated to the travel industry. In response to the ever-changing digital landscape, Sojern developed the Sojern Travel Marketing Platform. With Sojern’s growth mindset, the new hires will continue to support a growing global team as the #1 travel marketing platform.

The company also takes pride in living up to its five core values which include Embrace Inclusion and Win-as-a-Team. Its DEI Council continues to focus on achieving its goal of building a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive Sojern. For more information about Sojern and how you can join our global team, visit https://www.sojern.com/careers.

Sojern  is the leading digital marketing platform built for travel marketers. Powered by artificial intelligence and traveler intent data, Sojern provides multichannel marketing solutions to drive direct demand. More than 10,000 hotels, attractions, tourism boards and travel marketers rely on Sojern annually to engage and convert travelers around the world.

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QINGDAO, China, Feb. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Recently, AVC Revo, a market research institute, released its “2022 Monthly Report of Global TV Shipment Volume of TV Brands”. It showed that the global shipment volume of Hisense TV in December 2022 reached 2.326 million, hitting the first in global market. Hisense has achieved another record high after it had already reached the second place in global TV shipments from January to October in 2022.

Also, according to data released by AVC Revo, the global shipment of Hisense TV in the 2022 seized 2^nd place worldwide while its market share reached 12.06%. The overseas shipment of Hisense TV increased 12.2% year-on-year, seeing rapid growth in Europe, Japan and emerging markets.

In the recent FIFA World Cup 2022^TM, Hisense, as an Official Sponsor, had caught eyes by its LED perimeter board ” Hisense TV, China’s No.1, World’s No.2″. The record also shows that Hisense has always been relentlessly committing to delivering more premium solutions and providing customers with next-level enjoyment.

About Hisense

Hisense is headquartered in Qingdao, China. In the past 54 years, Hisense has always been adhering to the core values of “Integrity, Innovation, Customer Focus, and Sustainability” and the development strategy of “Sound Technological Foundation and Robust Operation”. The business covers areas including multimedia, home appliances, IT intelligent information and modern service industries. With the rapid development in recent year, Hisense business is expended to more than 160 countries and regions. Smart TV, which is the core of Hisense B2C business, has always been at the forefront of the global industry. Besides B2C, Hisense is also in the global leading place in B2B industries including Intelligent Transportation, Precision Medicine and Optical Communications.

BEIJING, Feb. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Global respondents have strong confidence in Chinese economic recovery, according to recent surveys by CGTN Think Tank.

One survey shows that 86.8 percent of global respondents recognize China’s efforts to coordinate COVID-19 prevention and control with economic and social development, while only 9.03 percent of them believe that developed economies performed better in dealing with the pandemic.

China’s economy has shown strong signs of recovery, based on consumption data during the Spring Festival holiday. Its domestic tourism revenue reached 375.84 billion yuan (about $55.96 billion), up by 30 percent year on year. The box office during the holiday collected 6.76 billion yuan.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) raised the estimate for China’s growth to 5.2 percent in its latest World Economic Outlook report. However, it predicts that growth in advanced economies, including the United States, the Euro area and the United Kingdom, will fall to 1.2 percent in 2023.

Looking back, China was the only major economy in the world that achieved positive growth in 2020, and its GDP exceeded 120 trillion yuan last year, making important contribution to global economic recovery.

According to the National Bureau of Statistics, prices in China have remained stable over the past three years, with the consumer price index rising at an average rate of 1.8 percent, much lower than in the U.S., the Euro zone and other developed economies.

Based on the data released by the World Bank, the economic growth rate of the U.S. and the Euro zone economies in 2020 was -2.8 percent and -6.1 percent respectively. Aggressive stimulus measures were introduced for these economies over the past two years.

In 2022, the consumer price index of the U.S. hit a 40-year high, pushing up people’s living costs.

In a survey, nearly half of the respondents in major developed economies have experienced significant price increases, while 48.7 percent of them admitted that their daily expenses have increased over the past three years. But only 23.24 percent of them saw their income increase in the same period.

Among them, 46.77 percent predict a recession in major developed economies this year.

To protect the lives and health of its people, China effectively coped with the impact of the five global waves and several domestic clusters of COVID-19 over the past three years.

The CGTN think tank’s survey shows that 88.1 percent of respondents recognized China’s achievements in COVID-19 prevention and control over the past three years. The country’s scientific and dynamic adjustment of epidemic prevention policies was fully recognized by 71.6 percent of global respondents.

With anti-epidemic policies in line with its national conditions, China is believed to inject more impetus into global economic recovery in the post-COVID-19 era.

Link:
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2023-02-02/CGTN-poll-China-s-economic-rebound-wins-strong-global-confidence-1h5HNHrXbYk/index.html