Why PR in Hong Kong is different from PR in China
International companies that want to do PR in China and Hong Kong often overlook the fact that these two markets are very different from each other. Not just historically, in […]
Category Archives: Technology & PR
Smartphones for tourists
Visitors to Hong Kong can now rent a smartphone at the airport, to prevent high roaming charges and make use of pre-loaded local guides and discount deals. The ‘handy’ smartphone […]
How to run successful PR campaigns in Asia-Pacific
Today’s post is all about PR – and given that it’s Monday and the start to a new week, it just makes sense to start the week with a work-related […]
I am glad I did not have to queue here…
…as you can imagine, people in Hong Kong are crazy about the new iPhone. They queued up for days! More than 1,500 fans and resellers queued up for the start […]
Hong Kong tramway app
Hong Kong is famous for its trams – they are a constant reminder of the city’s past. Now passengers can relive that history with an audio and visual guided tour. […]
Taxi app
Hong Kong University students launched a clever app. It is called TaxiShare, and it does what it says. It is an application that helps people share cabs with strangers by […]
Battle of the free newspapers
There are many free newspapers in Hong Kong, which are handed out every morning at the ferry, bus and MTR stations. I noticed that more and more (Chinese-language) appeared and […]
First Apple Store in Hong Kong to open Sat Sep 24
Of course, when I wrote the post about the new restaurant opening up in the IFC, the obvious question was: why did I not write about the Apple store? That’s […]
Social media is popular in Hong Kong
A new survey, the BlogHer 2011 Social Media Matters Study, revealed that people in Hong Kong are spending an increasing amount of time watching videos, playing games, shopping and sharing […]
Unpluggged ‘detox’ programmes – going on holiday with or without your gadgets?
A couple of days ago I read this story about hotels and resorts in the US rolling out ‘unplugged’ detox packages. Apparently, it’s all about leaving digital devices behind, or […]
