Day: September 28, 2022

Hotels in Bangkok and Sevilla exhibit original art IRL; while @ibisstyles followers on Instagram can win an NFT

PARIS, Sept. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — ibis Styles is bringing new artistic pop to the metaverse with its 2022 #OpenToCreators global campaign, in partnership with world-renowned digital creator and contest ambassadors @tikkywow and @naranjalidad. As of today, the NFTs of all artists associated with the ibis Styles 2022 Open to Creators campaign will be shared in an ibis Styles virtual art gallery in the metaverse, accessible through spatial.io. The virtual gallery follows recent IRL events at ibis Bangkok Silom and ibis Styles Sevilla, where original works and NFTs were created. Followers of @ibisstyles on Instagram can now enter for a chance to win an NFT created by the artist Naranjalidad, which will be transferred through Opensea. The winner will also receive gold member status for ALL Loyalty Program (contest’s terms & conditions here).

“ibis Styles loves to welcome the unapologetic creators, the artists with edgy style who are bringing to life the freshest content and pushing creative boundaries,” said Laure Duberga, Vice-President, Economy Brands, Accor. “This year, our annual #OpentoCreators campaign has a unique theme, with a focus on digital artists and NFT creators. We are showing our support for these artistic innovators by providing multiple platforms for expressing their creativity– in our hotels, through our social channels, and ultimately, across the metaverse.”

The newly opened ibis Styles Bangkok Silom hosted an exciting IRL art experience in August, with @tikkywow creating an original artwork which is now exhibited alongside his two commissioned works that are featured prominently in the hotel. At the same event, an NFT of @tikkywow’s work was created for the ibis Styles NFT portfolio and will appear in the newly launched ibis Styles virtual gallery in the metaverse. In addition to @tikkywow, other artists featured at the Bangkok event included @jeffaphisit and @tanstar.artist. Their digital works will also appear in the ibis Styles metaverse gallery available on Opensea.

A cool design hotel on Silom road, in the heart of Bangkok’s central business district, ibis Styles Bangkok Silom served as the ideal inspiration zone from which to launch the brand’s annual global campaign. Featuring bold, brilliantly colored, oversize murals designed by @tikkywow, the hotel is a local hotspot for meeting up and enjoying drinks or meals with friends. The restaurant PrudRod serves up deliciously authentic Thai cuisine, and Boho is a lively rooftop bar overlooking the sparkling skyline of the city. Stylish guestrooms offer state-of-the-art amenities and Google Home voice-enabled devices.

More recently in September, digital creator @naranjalidad led the artistic process at the opening event celebration of the new ibis Styles Sevilla. Collaborating with Instagram fans of @ibisstyles, @naranjalidad created an NFT which will also appear in the ibis Styles virtual art gallery in the metaverse.

The new ibis Styles Sevilla is a place to see and be seen, with a rooftop cocktail and snack bar. Featuring nightly live music, La Azotea de la Roldana attracts locals as well as hotel guests for a buzzy atmosphere. The upbeat vibe continues inside, with a brightly colored design inspired by Andalusia’s famous orange tree patios. With 218 rooms offering the “Sweet Bed by ibis”, the hotel delights guests with a sparkling pool & fitness center and a great location near the Santa Justa AVE station.

“The goal of our Open to Creators campaign is to democratize today’s most advanced forms of creation – digital art and NFTs – by involving our audiences in the creative process. Through our social networks, we hope to ignite the imagination of ibis Styles guests, fans and followers, and invite them to collaborate with these ultra-talented digital artists,” said Caroline Bénard, Senior Vice-President, Economy & Midscale Brands, Accor. “At ibis Styles, we believe creativity must be shared and appreciated as widely as possible, and we are here to support creators, while empowering more people to join the global conversation and participate in the artistic community. That is why we turn our brand into a creative venue: in our hotels, on our social media platforms and in the metaverse.”

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Creative design and a playful atmosphere are what travelers find when they stay with ibis Styles. With a unique design concept built around a precise theme and a confident, optimistic approach, ibis Styles hotels deliver simple, trendy and economical hospitality. The friendly staff delight in surprising guests with joyful little extras to make every stay feel personal and special. Couples, families, solo travelers and business guests are all welcomed warmly at more than 560 uniquely designed ibis Styles hotels across 45+ countries. ibis Styles is part of Accor, a world leading hospitality group counting over 5,300 properties throughout more than 110 countries, and a participating brand in ALL – Accor Live Limitless – a lifestyle loyalty program providing access to a wide variety of rewards, services and experiences.

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PRESS CONTACT: Gautier Rouquayrol, Global Brands Communications, Gautier.rouquayrol@accor.com

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To accelerate global green sustainable development

SHENZHEN, China, Sept. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — ZTE Corporation, a global leading provider of information and communication technology solutions, has endorsed the Catalyzing Electrification Accord by Global Sustainable Electricity Partnership (GSEP), with the aim to co-create innovative approaches to accelerate electrification for the benefits of economic, environmental, and social sustainable development. ZTE actively supports the accord and is committed to promoting energy transition via digital and intelligent technologies, contributing to the decarbonisation and climate goals across the globe.

GSEP is a global alliance focusing on solving global power problems within an international framework, and promoting electrification to achieve sustainable energy development. Catalyzing Electrification Accord is the culmination of the work by the Strategic Open Dialogue on Electrification (SODE), a global coalition created by the GSEP that brings together 14 forward-thinking companies from the power sector, end-user sectors (telecommunication, transport, industry and building), as well as strategic and technology partners.

The Accord offers five concrete recommendations and action steps to accelerate electrification, including deploying policy frameworks that back up electrification, fostering new innovative business models, accelerating information flows along and across value chains, ensuring a swift and efficient energy transition, and keeping the infrastructure in place to be fit for the transformation.

As a member of the UN Global Compact and Global Enabling Sustainability Initiative (GeSI), ZTE is dedicated to promoting global sustainable development, and defines strategic priorities for sustainable development based on the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals and industrial trends, to actively fulfill corporate social responsibility.

Facing the challenges brought by low-carbon transformation, ZTE, as a major player and contributor dedicated to the ICT industry for 37 years, paves a green path to digital economy by promoting green operations, green supply chain, green digital infrastructure, and empowering the green development of industries. Through practising green operations, ZTE’s goal is to realize carbon peak by 2030 and carbon neutrality before 2060, respectively.

Working with its partners, ZTE continues to explore innovative and green 5G applications with over 60 exemplary projects delivered worldwide. Based on its rich experience in communication energy, ZTE has provided energy products and services for 386 operators in more than 160 countries and regions. According to the world’s leading research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan’s assessment of the global telecom DC power industry, ZTE has been rewarded with the 2022 Global Telecom DC Power Product Leadership Award, in recognition of the company’s highly efficient, modular, intelligent and green power solution. Meanwhile, ZTE’s energy business has been further expanded to the power and transportation industry these years. By virtue of its digital intelligent technology of cloud and AI, ZTE provides products and solutions such as green power generation, smart energy storage, smart power consumption, energy management, electric vehicles and so on.

ZTE’s outstanding contributions and performance in sustainable development has been recognized in the industry. In 2022, both of ZTE’s A shares and H shares have been selected as the constituent member of the Hang Seng Corporate Sustainability Index Series. In addition, ZTE has officially been named to Fortune China ESG Influential Listing 2022. Since 2009, ZTE has been releasing the sustainability report to the public for 14 consecutive years.

Moving forward, ZTE will continue to fulfill its commitment to green and intelligent future, keep increasing the research in new energy, new materials and new devices, expecting to build a solid technical foundation for the green ICT base through key technological breakthroughs. Meanwhile the company will be strengthening the integration of digital intelligent technology and traditional high-energy consumption industries, to actively accelerate the electrification with partners towards the sustainable development goals.

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ZTE Corporation
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Email: ma.gaili@zte.com.cn

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Sept. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Global Healthcare Accreditation (GHA) announces the launch of a new certification program for medical travel facilitators to assist in building patient trust.

GHA’s Medical Travel Facilitator Certification focuses on validating the capacity of medical tourism facilitator companies to provide appropriate services to clients that enhance safety and patient experience along the entire medical travel patient journey as appropriate to the facilitator company’s business model.

Medical travel facilitators have for many years played an important role as intermediaries between patients and healthcare providers. Their services include providing information about the medical provider, handling travel logistics, and ensuring a smooth care journey.  For many patients, the medical travel facilitator is the main motivator or reason why they choose a specific destination provider. However, medical travel facilitation is an unregulated industry; therefore, it is not always easy for patients to distinguish between a facilitator with experience and high-quality partnerships versus another that has a beautiful website but little experience – or worse, is not focused on the patient’s best interests.

According to Wiliam Cook, Global Healthcare Accreditation’s Director of Business Development and Marketing, “The Medical Travel Facilitator Certification provides a trusted third-party validation that demonstrates to patients and healthcare providers that a facilitator’s services meet the highest standards and align with international best practices. Patients no longer have to rely on anecdotes or unverified testimonials to make medical travel decisions, they can look to the Medical Travel Facilitator Certification as a metric to evaluate and validate a facilitator’s capacity to provide the requisite services to ensure an excellent patient care journey.”

The Medical Travel Facilitator Certification is conducted conveniently online, includes access to training, and evaluates a facilitator across 15 key competencies, including business ethics, sustainability and quality improvement, financial transparency, client services, oversight of contracts and agreements, and risk management, which underline a company’s capacity to deliver excellent services.

For medical travel facilitator companies, the benefits of this certification include:

• Enhance patient care experience along the entire care continuum
• Provide a framework on which facilitators can implement or strengthen sound operational policies, procedures, and processes that align with global best practices
• Offer a third-party validation that builds trust and confidence with prospective clients and health buyers
• Increase brand awareness and visibility
• Mitigate risks and vulnerabilities for clients and for the facilitator business

“Expect an increasing number of patients to look for accreditation or certification as the determinant in selecting a medical travel agent,” said Bill Cook. “GHA’s Medical Travel Facilitator Certification assures patients that a facilitator has been vetted by a globally recognized third-party accreditor, affirming that the company has the required protocols, processes, and staff training to deliver a safe and high-quality treatment journey and experience.”

Visit https://www.globalhealthcareaccreditation.com/medical-travel-facilitator-certification to learn more about GHA’s Medical Travel Facilitator Certification.

Founded in 2016, Global Healthcare Accreditation is the only accrediting body focused solely on medical travel and well-being services. GHA’s international standards and professional norms for medical travel were developed in consultation with leading global experts in the industry, including providers, insurers, and employers committed to establish best practices in medical tourism, health tourism, and well-being, which support providers in validating quality and patient experience, increasing visibility, and implementing a sustainable business model for providers along the entire medical travel care continuum. GHA received ISQua’s International Society for Quality in Health Care External Evaluation Association (IEEA) accreditation in 2019.

Organizations interested in contacting Global Healthcare Accreditation (GHA) can make a request at info@ghaccreditation.com | www.GlobalHealthcareAccreditation.com

طائرة أليس تقوم بأول رحلة ناجحة بانبعاثات صفرية من الكربون وتفتح عهدا جديدا من الطيران الكهربائي

موسز ليك، واشنطن، 28 أيلول/سبتمبر 2022 / PRNewswire / –  أكملت شركة “إفييشن للطيران”، Eviation Aircraft إفييشن للطيران ، الشركة المصنعة للطائرات الكهربائية الكاملة، بنجاح أول رحلة لطائرة “أليس” Alice عديمة الانبعاثات، وهو يوم تاريخي وإنجاز رئيسي في مجال الطيران الكهربائي.

أقلعت أليس في الساعة 7:10 صباحًا من مطار مقاطعة غرانت الدولي، حيث طارت لمدة 8 دقائق على ارتفاع 3,500قدمم.  وفرت هذه الرحلة الرائدة لشركة عرض التكنولوجيا إفييشن بيانات لا تقدر بثمن لزيادة تحسين الطائرة للإنتاج التجاري.

وقال غريغوري ديفيس، الرئيس والمدير التنفيذي لشركة إفييشن “اليوم نبدأ حقبة جديدة من الطيران – لقد نجحنا في إمداد السماء بالكهرباء من خلال أول رحلة طيران لا تُنسى لأليس.”  “يعرف الناس الآن كيف يبدو الطيران الميسور التكلفة والنظيف والمستدام لأول مرة عبر طائرة تعمل بالكهرباء بالكامل.  وهذا الإنجاز الرائد سيقود الابتكار في مجال السفر الجوي المستدام، ويشكل شكل السفر المستقبلي للركاب والبضائع على حد سواء.” 

لا تنتج أليس أي انبعاثات كربونية، ما يقلل بشكل كبير من الضوضاء، وتكلف جزءًا صغيرًا من المال للتشغيل في كل ساعة  طيران مقارنة بالطائرات الخفيفة أو المحركات التوربينية المتطورة.

حلق في المستقبل:  تحويل السفر الإقليمي

ستجعل الطائرات التي تعمل بالكهرباء السفر الإقليمي أكثر استدامة من الناحية الاقتصادية والبيئية للشركات والمستهلكين على حد سواء.  يتمتع هذا الجيل الجديد من الطائرات بالقدرة على تحويل المجتمعات من خلال توفير الوصول إلى المطارات التي لا تستخدمها الرحلات الجوية التجارية حاليًا بسبب مشاكل الضوضاء أو ساعات العمل المقيدة.  تستهدف طائرة أليس من إفييشن أسواق الركاب والبضائع، وستقوم عادةً بتشغيل رحلات في مسافات تتراوح بين 150 ميلاً إلى 250 ميلاً.

قدمت شركتا كيب أير وغلوبال كروسنغ، وهما شركتا طيران إقليميتان مقرهما الولايات المتحدة، طلبات شراء 75 و 50 طائرة من أليس على التوالي.  وكانت شركة دي أتش أل إكسبرس هي أول عميل شحن لشركة إفييشن، حيث طلبت 12 طائرة من طائرات أليس الكهربائية للنقل.  من خلال هذا التعامل، تهدف دي أتش أل إلى إنشاء أول شبكة كهربائية سريعة، مما يمهد الطريق لعصر جديد من الشحن الجوي بدون انبعاثات.

وقال دان وولف، مؤسس شركة كيب إير ورئيس مجلس إدارتها: “تمثل الرحلة الأولى لطائرة أليس علامة فارقة في صناعة الطيران.”  “نقوم حاليًا بأكثر من 400 رحلة جوية إقليمية يوميًا، ونربط أكثر من 30 مدينة في جميع أنحاء الولايات المتحدة ومنطقة البحر الكاريبي.  ويمكن لأليس أن تغطي بسهولة 80 بالمئة من عمليات رحلاتنا الجوية، ما يوفر رحلات سفر مستدامة وخالية من الانبعاثات إلى المجتمعات التي نخدمها.”

وقال جيف كير، نائب الرئيس الأول لإدارة الأسطول الجوي العالمي لشركة دي أتش أل إكسبرس: “تؤكد الرحلة الأولى لطائرة أليس إيماننا بأن عصر الطيران المستدام قد حان.”  “من خلال طلبنا المكون من 12 طائرة شحن إلكترونية من طراز أليس، فإننا نستثمر لتحقيق هدفنا العام المتمثل في لوجستيات خالية من الانبعاثات.  تعد شركة دي أتش أل الشركة الرائدة في هذا المجال من خلال تقديم أنواع جديدة وأكثر استدامة من طائرات الشحن إلى السوق العالمية.  أليس هي اللعبة الحقيقية- تغيير من خلال تمكين النقل الجوي لمسافات طويلة لأول مرة مع انبعاثات صفرية.  هذه الرحلة التاريخية تمثل علامة بارزة في رحلتنا نحو تحقيق صافي انبعاثات صفرية في نهاية المطاف بحلول عام 2050.”

ستوفر الطائرات الكهربائية وسيلة سفر مستدامة وخالية من الانبعاثات.

مصممة من الألف إلى الياء لتحويل السفر

تتميز طائرة أليس الكهربائية بالكامل بما يلي:

• سرعة التشغيل القصوى:  260 عقدة
•   أقصى حمل مفيد:  2500 رطل لنسخة طائرة الركاب و 2600 رطل لنسخة طائرة النقل

تتوفر أليس بثلاثة أنواع، بما في ذلك طائرة التسعة ركاب، وطائرة المقصورة التنفيذية الأنيقة والمتطورة بحمولة ستة ركاب، ونسخة النقل الكهربائية.  جميع هذه الأنواع الثلاثة تتطلب طاقم طيران من شخصين اثنين فقط.  أنواع المقصورة التنفيذية والشحن الإلكتروني تتطابق مع طائرة الركاب، باستثناء المقصورة الداخلية.

يتم تشغيل طائرة أليس بواسطة وحدتي دفع كهربائي magni650 من  MagniX ، وهي أنظمة الدفع الكهربائية الوحيدة التي أثبتت جدارتها في هذا النطاق.  ومن بين الموردين الرئيسيين الآخرين لتصنيع هذه الطائرات شركة AVL (دعم البطارية)، و GKN   (الأجنحة)، و Honeywell (نظام الطيران المتطور، وأدوات التحكم في الطيران وإلكترونيات الطيران)، و Multiplast   (جسم الطائرة)، و Parker Aerospace (ستة أنظمة تكنولوجية) و Potez (أبواب).

يتميز نظام البطاريات المتقدم لطائرة أليس  بكفاءة عالية ويمكن ترقيته إلى ما لا نهاية مما يتيح تحسينات النطاق مع تطور تقنية البطاريات.  تشتمل الطائرة أيضًا على قمرة قيادة سلكية، مما يوفر قدرًا أكبر من الموثوقية وتكرارية الأنظمة.

حول إفييشن للطيران

إذ يوجد مقرها في ولاية واشنطن، الولايات المتحدة، تقوم شركة إفييشن للطيران بتطوير وتصنيع طائرات كهربائية فعالة لتقديم حل تنافسي ومستدام للتنقل الإقليمي للأشخاص والبضائع. تم تصميم وحدات الدفع الكهربائية والبطاريات عالية الكثافة للطاقة وإدارة الطاقة التي تحركها المهام وهيكل الطائرة المبتكر من الألف إلى الياء للطيران الكهربائي.  يرجى زيارتنا على  www.eviation.co. </172

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