Biting-Edge Blockchain: Our March Breakfast
Blockchain is a transaction ledger distributed over tens of thousands of computers. Near impossible to hack. It will fundamentally alter your business. Blockchain allows businesses to digitize their work flows, and benefit from near-impossible-to-hack distributed...
Mega-Merger: 30 Brands, 130 Countries, 1m+ Rooms – The US$13 billion acquisition of Starwood
In September 2016, Marriott International completed the US$13 billion acquisition of Starwood Hotels & Resorts worldwide, creating the world’s largest hotel company. In his role as President & Managing Director or Asia Pacific, Craig Smith is overseeing...
Mainland M&A: An Insider’s Perspective
Chinese outbound investment reached new records in 2016. According to Baker McKenzie, “Combined Chinese direct investment in the advanced economies of North America and Europe more than doubled in 2016 to a new record of USD 94.2 billion as China continued its...
Our Mission is to Save Nature and Combat Climate Change
On 22 February, Charles Bedford of The Nature Conservancy will discuss China’s leading role in combating global climate change. Climate change is a particularly difficult issue for all elected officials to tackle. As the harm often occurs outside of the tenure...
