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Instant White Lotus effect: Agoda sees rise in Koh Samui interest following premiere of popular tv show
18 Feb 2025
Thailand is enjoying the global spotlight following the season premiere of the popular HBO show ‘The White Lotus’.
Same-sex couple wins Agoda’s Dream Honeymoon to go on first-ever trip abroad
15 Feb 2025
Newlyweds Wisuttinee and Phatteera are the winners of the 350,000 Thai Baht Agoda Dream Honeymoon competition
Love is in the Air: Agoda Unveils Most Romantic Valentine’s Day Destinations in Asia
13 Feb 2025
Agoda unveils Kuala Lumpur, Tokyo, Manila, Bangkok, and Pattaya are the most romantic Valentine's Day travel destinations in Asia
Paytm Travel and Agoda Partner to Offer Hotel Bookings Across Indian and Global Destinations on the Paytm app
10 Feb 2025
Paytm, India’s leading payments and financial services distribution company and digital travel platform Agoda have joined forces to offer hotel booking services on the Paytm app. This partnership expa
Agoda Unveils Five Gen Z Trends Set to Shape the Future of Travel in Asia
06 Feb 2025
Agoda shares five Gen Z travel trends shaping the future of travel in Asia.
Vietnam Makes Top 5 Debut in Agoda’s 16th Gold Circle Awards, Celebrating Hospitality Excellence
31 Jan 2025
Agoda Announces Hong Kong’s Lunar New Year Travel Trends
23 Jan 2025
Agoda announces travel trends for Hong Kong travelers during the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday.
Agoda shares five destinations to slither into the ‘Year of the Snake’
20 Jan 2025
Agoda has identified five destinations in the Asia Pacific region where travelers can safely learn about and observe snakes.
Tokyo crowned top international destination for welcoming ‘The Year of the Snake’
18 Jan 2025
Tokyo is most popular destination for Lunar New Year travel
Agoda unveils the most ‘paw-some’ cities in Asia to travel with pets
10 Jan 2025
Da Nang (Vietnam) emerges as most pet-friendly city in Asia
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Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
How Quaker Oats grabbed customers’ attention
By Kiron Kasbekar | 07 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats, the American food products giant that was created in 1901 through the merger of many older oat millers, and was acquired by a bigger foods giant, Pepsi, in 2001, has been an innovative company. One example of its innovativeness shows in its packaging – the cereal box it launched in 1915.
Company story – Cunard Line
By Kiron Kasbekar | 12 Jan 2024
The Cunard Line started its life in Glasgow in 1839 as the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company when Samuel Cunard was awarded the first British transatlantic steamship mail contract.
Samuel Slater – textile tycoon or traitor?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Dec 2023
Samuel Slater is a name that holds significant importance in the annals of American industrial history. Often referred to as the ‘Father of the American Factory System’, Slater's contributions played a pivotal role in shaping the nation’s industrial landscape.
Underwood Typewriter Company – an icon of the past
By Kiron Kasbekar | 21 Dec 2023
You’ve probably never heard of Underwood typewriters. For the company folded up in 1963 – 60 years ago. You may not even have seen and handled a typewriter, unless someone in your family owned one.
The rise and fall of Chrysler
By Kiron Kasbekar | 16 Dec 2023
A century ago, the American automobile industry was more crowded than a vegetable market on a Sunday morning, with such a wide variety of stuff on sale that buyers were spoilt for choice. Buyers could pick and choose, bargain, pay up and drive out with the newly purchased vehicle.
TRW – the tide turned
By Kiron Kasbekar | 13 Dec 2023
There used to be an American company called Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc. This company, which was a global supplier of automotive systems, modules, and components to car and truck manufacturers, started small, as most companies do. Then, as the automotive industry grew bigger, so did TRW.
The rise and fall of Nokia
By Aniket Gupta | 07 Dec 2023
My interest is stories about dominant companies that failed all of a sudden. These companies were once etched into people’s minds but have since become a symbol of nostalgia. One such company, which was the biggest in its industry before it failed catastrophically, is Nokia.
Yahoo!: The first king of the internet
By Aniket Gupta | 01 Dec 2023
The year is 1994. You go to the internet to search for a particular website, but there is no Google that could be used to search your desired website. What do you do? The answer is that you use Yahoo.
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