Day: July 12, 2022

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. & POOLE, England, July 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — U.S. Polo Assn., the official brand of the United States Polo Association (USPA), in collaboration with its UK licensee Brand Machine Group (BMG), was the Official Apparel Partner for the British Beach Polo Championships 2022, played July 8-9 at Sandbanks Beach in Poole, England.

Through this partnership, U.S. Polo Assn. outfitted the polo players in custom jerseys, provided staff attire as well as branded caps for attendees, social media competitions, and global promotion of the event across various digital platforms. This is the second consecutive year U.S. Polo Assn. has partnered with the British Beach Polo Championships tournament.

Now in its 15th year, the British Beach Polo Championships, also known as Sandpolo, is the largest beach polo event in the world. Sandpolo is a unique way to watch and play the sport of polo on the stunning shores of Sandbanks Beach, a prestigious destination known for its luxury properties and pristine sand. A twist on traditional polo, Sandpolo is played with an oversized orange ball designed to be easily seen in the sand but still move at a high speed.

In the sold-out Sandbanks Beach Arena, thousands of Sandpolo fans were close enough to the action to see all the fast-paced competition between Team Whispering Angel and Team Singha during the two-day event. In the end, it was Team Whispering Angel (Chris Gregory, Adolfo Casabal & Hazel Jackson) that took the British Beach Championships 2022 title with a 19-11 victory against Team Singha (Garrie Renucci, Ollie Cork & Jimmy Wood).

“The UK continues to be one of U.S. Polo Assn.’s fastest growing markets, and we are thrilled to again partner with the British Beach Polo Championships to showcase another version of polo in a great destination,” said J. Michael Prince, President and CEO of USPA Global Licensing, which manages the global, multi-billion-dollar U.S. Polo Assn. brand. “Aligning our growth strategy with Sandpolo is an opportunity to expose new fans and global consumers through an amazing experience to the sport of polo and the authenticity of the U.S. Polo Assn. brand.”

Celebrating the 15th anniversary of Sandpolo, the entertainment for players and attendees over the two-day event included glamorous after-parties with themes of ‘Boogie on the Beach’ and ‘Encore Beach Party.’ Musical entertainment included a 14-piece Ibiza Classics Orchestra, The Real Thing, Soul II Soul’s Jazzy B, and an array of DJs.

“We’d like to thank U.S. Polo Assn. for partnering with the British Beach Polo Championships as the Official Apparel Sponsor for the second year in a row,” said Johnny Wheeler, the Founder and Director of Sandpolo. “Now celebrating our 15th year at Sandbanks, the Sandpolo event continues to receive great exposure and be an incredible experience, thanks in part to U.S. Polo Assn. and the love for polo from sports fans around the world.”

Worth noting, U.S. Polo Assn. and BMG has an aggressive growth strategy in the UK, opening its first retail store at the McArthurGlen Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet, which houses the latest men’s and women’s collections from the global, sport-inspired brand. The elevated store design concept is set over 2000 sq. ft., complete with aspirational imagery, the brand’s signature stripe detailing, tech-driven touchless pay, and LED screens for streaming photoshoots and some of the world’s most exciting polo games.

Additional photos from the event are available upon request.

U.S. Polo Assn. and USPA Global Licensing Inc. (USPAGL)

U.S. Polo Assn. is the official brand of the United States Polo Association (USPA), the nonprofit governing body for the sport of polo in the United States and one of the oldest sports governing bodies, having been founded in 1890. With a multi-billion-dollar global footprint and worldwide distribution through some 1,200 U.S. Polo Assn. retail stores and thousands of department stores as well as sporting goods channels, independent retailers and e-commerce, U.S. Polo Assn. offers apparel for men, women, and children, as well as accessories and footwear in 190 countries worldwide. Today, U.S. Polo Assn. is ranked the 28th largest licensor in the world and within the top five sports licensors, according to License Global magazine’s 2022 list of “Top Global Licensors.” Visit uspoloassnglobal.com.

USPA Global Licensing Inc. (USPAGL) is the for-profit subsidiary of the USPA and its exclusive worldwide licensor. USPAGL manages the global, multi-billion-dollar U.S. Polo Assn. brand and is the steward of the USPA’s intellectual properties, providing the sport with a long-term source of revenue. Through its subsidiary, Global Polo Entertainment (GPE), USPAGL also manages Global Polo TV, the world’s leading digital platform with polo and lifestyle content. In addition, USPAGL partners with ESPN and beIN Sports globally to share the sport of polo broadcasts on television and on-demand to millions of viewers around the world. For more polo content, visit globalpolo.com.

About Brand Machine Group-United Kingdom

The Brand Machine Group (BMG) is an international fashion brand owner and licensing specialist, housing a diverse and industry-leading portfolio of fashion, sports and outdoor brands including U.S. Polo Assn., across adults and childrenswear clothing and accessories. With more than 35 years of experience, Brand Machine Group specializes in global licensing, and partners with recognized market leaders to manage a seamless and collaborative process of designing, manufacturing, and delivering quality product whilst championing the DNA of its brands. Visit Brand Machine Group.

For Additional Information, Contact:
Shannon Stilson – sstilson@uspagl.com (Sport queries)
Stacey Kovalsky – skovalsky@uspagl.com (Press queries)
Gina DiGregorio –  gina.digregorio@brandmachinegroup.com (Brand queries)

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TORONTO, July 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Global News, one of Canada’s leading news organizations, has chosen Sophi.io, an AI-powered automation, optimization and prediction platform developed by The Globe and Mail, to automate their website content curation. Following their strong value of innovation, they will be using Sophi Site Automation to autonomously place digital content across their website.

Global News is extremely innovative in their approach to culture and has worked intensively with Sophi to drive culture change so much so that their editorial team sees the value of bringing AI into the newsroom and is looking forward to working with this new technology.

Sophi Site Automation analyses all of their content, from video to text, and shuffles each piece of content to place the most valuable content in the most valuable places on their digital properties in order to ensure their content helps them achieve their business goals.

Sonia Verma, Editor-in-Chief at Global News, said, “Our innovative and data-driven editorial team is looking forward to working hand in hand with Sophi to bring automation into our newsroom and drive powerful decisions that will help us better serve our audiences.”

Gabe Gonda, VP at Sophi.io, commented, “Global News, one of Canada’s preeminent news and information companies, is a phenomenal addition to our customer base. We are excited to help them marry their high level of talent with state-of-the-art ML technology that will help drive significant business results.”

About Global News

Global News offers Canadians from coast to coast a host of news and information—from breaking news in their community to deep, engaging content that puts complex world issues in perspective. Global News remains committed to serving audiences with fact-based, accurate, and comprehensive news coverage. Canadians can turn to Global News as a trusted source of information on television, radio and online including the flagship newscast Global National and daily local newscasts across the country. Global News is a Corus Entertainment network.

About Sophi.io

Sophi.io (https://www.sophi.io) was developed by The Globe and Mail to help content publishers make important strategic and tactical decisions. It is a suite of AI and ML-powered automation, optimization and prediction solutions that include Sophi Site Automation, Sophi for Paywalls and Sophi for First Party Data. Sophi also powers one-click automated laydown of template-free print publishing. Sophi is designed to improve the metrics that matter most to your business, such as subscriber retention and acquisition, engagement, recency, frequency and volume.

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JLL Selects HqO as its Preferred Global Solution for Tenants and Employees, and HqO Acquires JLL Jet to Enrich its Market-Leading Platform

BOSTON, July 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — JLL (NYSE: JLL), a global leader in real estate and investment management, and HqO, the industry-leading workplace experience platform, have deepened their strategic partnership to address the growing importance of workplace experience for building owners and corporate occupiers. As part of a newly established global licensing deal, JLL can now directly sell HqO, offering a streamlined solution to a broader customer base. Additionally, HqO has acquired JLL Jet, a hybrid workplace app, to enrich its market-leading platform.

This agreement further solidifies JLL’s investment in HqO as the industry standard in workplace experience for both commercial real estate landlords and corporate employers worldwide. In 2021, JLL invested in HqO’s Series C funding round and named HqO a preferred provider because of HqO’s proven commitment to offering best-in-class technology and customer service. As part of this deal, JLL made an additional investment in HqO through its JLL Spark Global Venture Fund, increasing its ownership and adding Yishai Lerner, Co-CEO of JLL Technologies (JLLT), the technology division of JLL, as a board member at HqO.

Workplace experience apps are rapidly becoming a requirement for both businesses and property owners, with tenants and employees demanding more engaging and seamless experiences with the people they work with and the spaces they work in. This strategic relationship unifies JLL’s tenant and employee experience offerings into one streamlined platform, providing world-class programming and services, as well as data-driven insights to continually improve experiences and increase engagement.

“HqO is committed to not only transforming the modern office, but also transforming how people engage with each other within it,” said Yishai Lerner, Co-CEO of JLL Technologies. “We’ve long trusted HqO as a strategic partner to deliver the best technology to enhance the workplace experience and are thrilled to roll out their expanded offerings across our portfolio. With the acquisition of JLL Jet, HqO will strengthen its offerings for our customers and this category as a whole.”

JLL is partnering with HqO to enhance its global workplace experience strategy due to HqO’s impressive track record and deep commitment to delivering both best-in-class solutions and customer success. HqO’s platform consists of an award-winning mobile app, analytics suite, robust workplace experience data, hybrid work tools and a flex space management system. HqO previously established an advanced integration partnership with Building Engines, a best-in-class building operations platform for commercial landlords acquired by JLL in November 2021.

“JLL is a trusted partner whose commitment to delivering unparalleled experience mirrors our own,” says Chase Garbarino, Co-Founder and CEO at HqO. “As the preferred provider of workplace experience solutions for JLL, we can ensure our clients have a complete and fulfilling workplace experience, driven by rich data and best-in-class technology.”

Currently active in more than 250 million square feet in 25 countries, HqO’s acquisition of JLL Jet is its third in recent months. HqO recently announced the acquisition of The Leesman Index, the world’s leader in measuring and benchmarking employee workplace experience. In November 2021, HqO acquired Office App, a leading European tenant and employee engagement platform.

About JLL
JLL (NYSE: JLL) is a leading professional services firm that specializes in real estate and investment management. JLL shapes the future of real estate for a better world by using the most advanced technology to create rewarding opportunities, amazing spaces and sustainable real estate solutions for our clients, our people and our communities. JLL is a Fortune 500 company with annual revenue of $19.4 billion, operations in over 80 countries and a global workforce of more than 100,000 as of March 31, 2022. JLL is the brand name, and a registered trademark, of Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated. For further information, visit jll.com.

About HqO
HqO is transforming how people connect with each other and the places they work. The HqO Workplace Experience Platform makes it easy for companies and commercial property teams to create modern workplaces through world-class amenities and services that allow people to thrive and produce the best results. Active in over 250 million square feet in 25 countries, 57% of the Fortune 100 rely on HqO to enhance their workplace experiences, improve employee satisfaction, and drive operational excellence. For more information, visit hqo.com.

HqO Contact: Kristin Concannon
Phone: 833-225-5476
Email: kristin.concannon@hqo.co

JLL Contact: Harvey Mireles
Phone: 972-843-1275
Email: harvey.mireles@am.jll.com

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HOCHIMINH CITY, Vietnam, July 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CT Group announced its high–tech strategy and the plan for accelerating globalization.

On the morning of June 29, 2022, at the golden 30th year milestone since its establishment, CT Group was granted the First-Class Labor Medal. The Second-Class Labor Medal was also awarded to exclusively honor Mr. Tran Kim Chung – Chairman of CT Group. At the event, the Vice President of Vietnam – Mrs. Vo Thi Anh Xuan, represented the State to conduct the solemn ceremony, along with many leaders and former leaders from central to local government agencies, chiefs of the press and Diplomatic Corps of many countries and international organizations.

The representative of CT Group’s Executive Board received the First-class Labour Medal from Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan. The Second-class Labour Medal was awarded to Tran Kim Chung, chairman of CT Group

Over the next 30 years, CT Group will step–by–step leverage CT Land (a subsidiary leading the comprehensive urban development segment) with pioneering breakthrough products, such as CT Homes – high-end affordable housing 4.0 for the community, CT Town High-class projects, new-generation megacities CT World, and many other real estate fields in the country. CT Group is also focusing on rapid advancement in high-tech fields: Fintech, Celltech, Flytech, Hitech Construction, E-Commerce, Renewable Energy, AI …to align with Vietnam’s progress in the global 4.0 revolution.

To promote globalization and contribute to the concretization of the “Turning future technology into dragons” strategy, CT Group has continuously expanded its Vietnam and oversea offices. On June 9, 2022, CT Innovations was established in Hanoi, in charge of connecting technology development, innovation, creativity, and investment with foreign markets. On June 17, 2022, Realcoin Global headquarter opened in the world’s crypto capital, Dubai. On June 19, CT Group made history as the first Vietnamese enterprise to open a technology research office in Tel Aviv, Israel, promoting cooperation and technology transfer between the world and Vietnam.

With extensive research and the ability to accurately forecast upcoming technology transformation, CT Group has soon been well prepared for the next challenging 30 years. The Group is ready to collaborate extensively with major global partners and financial institutions to promote the high-tech segment and sustainable real estate development.

Website: https://ctgroupvietnam.com/

Email: info@ctgroupvietnam.com
Phone: (+84 28) 6297 1999

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