Lamudi Expands Operations in Asia

MAY 27, 2014: Leading real estate player Lamudi (www.lamudi.com) is expanding its presence in Asia, with the platform launching in Sri Lanka this week.

Lamudi is now available in seven new markets across Asia, the Middle East and Africa, with launches also announced today for Jordan, the Ivory Coast, Mozambique, Madagascar, Mauritius and Zimbabwe. This brings the number of countries where the platform is available to 28.

Lamudi is a global property portal operating exclusively in emerging markets. The company benefits from the resources and local know-how of teams in each of its countries, with support from global headquarters in Berlin.

Co-Founder and Managing Director, Paul Philipp Hermann, said: “Countries like Sri Lanka have the perfect trifecta for online property: each has a strong real estate market, growing rate of internet usage, and a young and vibrant demographic. 

We are expanding our presence in Asia because, quite simply, we could see a demand that was not being met. As more people in each of these markets switch online, they want to have access to the same resources that are available elsewhere. 

Whether its buying a house in Sri Lanka or renting an apartment in Jordan, Lamudi is helping to meet the growing demand for e-commerce in emerging markets.”

Wilhelm Hammes, Managing Director of Lamudi Sri Lanka (www.lamudi.lk) said: “Now is the perfect time to be entering the Sri Lankan market. The property sector has seen significant growth since 2009, as infrastructure has improved and investors have come back. We want to be there to grow alongside this thriving industry.”

Lamudi is already on track to being the number one real estate marketplace in the region. Launched just six months ago, the company now offers 340,000 property listings worldwide across its platforms. 

In Asia, Lamudi is already market leader in two countries, Bangladesh and Myanmar. The company recently announced $7 million USD in investment forits Asian operations, including funds from the investment arm of international multi-sector retailer Tengelmann Group.

Founded in 2013, Lamudi is now operating in Algeria, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Colombia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kenya, Mauritius, Madagascar, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Archer for a Day in Kodanda Makati Cinema Square

Being a Sagittarius I think it will be just natural for me to try this. Hey that's Half Horse Half Archer. Aside from that I also got inspired by several influences starting from Robinhood, to the Elves in Lord of the Rings and I think the last one was HawkEye. And aside from that, I also realized that from RPG's I usually play support like the one that has the bow and arrow thing. I just think that it is just so ME to do such, which is why I got excited when I got an opportunity to try Archery in Kodanda. 

Started out with putting up the gear that we will use including the bag where the arrows will be filled. First few minutes for me was like being a kid again and being though of how to hold up the bow and how to do it properly, we were also told to always pay attention to the referee whistle because it will give us a signal on when to load up the arrow to our bow and when to get the arrow from the target paper which is a safety precaution that the staff of Kodanda strongly implement because what we got were real bow's and real arrows and can really hurt someone if there were no safety measures specially for a novice like me.

First few shots that I got were really frustrating I was not hitting my target and the arrows where just going the wrong direction, but eventually I slowly get a hang of it and my hits were getting closer to my target which is the bulls-eye of course. To add up the flavor, fortunately I have another blogger friend that was with me so we had a little friendly competition, nothing at steak just the negative feeling of being beaten. The competition got more interesting when my friend hit the bulls-eye first and I ran out of arrows aside from the fact that my hits where mostly outside the circle or not even hitting the paper.

After that First time bulls-eye of Sportyguy(my blogger friend) he became more competitive, because I'm hitting my targets in the succeeding rounds, and surprisingly even hit the center of the bulls-eye which definitely made me very happy because that was my first time to be an archer and it gave me a good sign. I can say that I'm pretty lucky at that time. And to sum up the score that me and Sportyguy got...well it was 6-1!

We went to the Kodanda Store where all bows, arrow, bags, shirts and other accessories sold. Also got a glance of their stock room where the bows of the students where kept safe, because it will be too tedious for the archery students to carry their bulky bows all the time specially if their session was set everyday.

My Kodanda Experience was awesome, not bad for a first timer and would like to try some more. I can recommend this as a 'Must Try!'. Doing away from the usual going to the movies, eating out etc.

KODANDA

[ko*dan*da] Sanskrit - He who has a bow.

Kodanda Archery Range is a seven-lane, fully-air conditioned indoor archery range located on the Upper Basement of Makati Cinema Square, Chino Roces Avenue (formerly Pasong Tamo), Makati City. 

An hourly fee of Php550.00 per person includes the use of the range and of international-standard equipment and protective gear, as well as basic coaching from expert instructors, and additional Php30.00 for the Target Paper.

Operating Hours: Opens Daily (Monday - Sunday) at 10:30am until 7:30 pm.

No Membership fee.

You can also check out their facebook and twitter #Kodanda

Japanese Brand TAGAI Launches Top-of-the-Line Driving Eyewear in the Philippines

Affiliated with Paris Miki Inc., Japan’s largest optical chain store with more than 800 stores established in Europe, Asia, Australia and the USA, TAGAI is now launched as the newest top of-the-line eyewear brand offering the best options in driving eyewear to the very meticulous consumers here in the Philippines. TAGAI comes from the Japanese character 互 which means “unity”. In Japanese, TAG = fold and AI = love.

TAGAI has been conceptualized based on the corporate philosophy that is founded on the principle of putting customers and their future first. Geared towards providing quality in the products offered to the market and with an assurance of straight-from-the-heart customer service given in excellence up to the point of after-sales, TAGAI’s product development team gives consumers a chance to once and for all get value for their money. Furthermore, a portion of our total sales will be used for charity support funds.



Men and women drivers in the Philippines can now conquer the road not only with assurance in safety and reaching peak performance in driving by wearing TAGAI, the newest driving eyewear created using the latest in polarity technology. Designed to meet standard requirements for eye protection, visual aptitude optimization and performance enhancement for drivers’ especially professional auto racers while ensuring fashion and style, TAGAI’s product development team has been keen in each detail of this great innovation in both sports and casual eyewear. At the onset, TAGAI puts a spotlight on driving eyewear that gives anyone who is active with various day and night activities maximum eye protection, optimized use of visual aptitude and to cap it off, the guarantee of driving in fashion and style.

About the Frames

TAGAI has two (2) frame designs, the TAGAI (α) ALPHA and TAGAI (β) BETA. These designs were rationally made based on the two most significant things for its endorser F1 Japanese racer

KAMUI KOBAYASHI which are protecting his eyes as the first and seconded by being stylish & trendy.

Name TAGAI (α) ALPHA

Frame & Temple Colors:  Black & yellow, Black matte, Tortoise, Blue & black (total of 4 colors)
Lens Classification: Day or Diurnal Lens, Night or Nocturnal Lens
Other Variation:  Gold Mirror Diurnal Lens

The versatile designs of the TAGAI α ALPHA collection introduces 12 eyewear masterpieces created to suit a variety of fashion tastes for almost any occasion using four frame designs in  meticulously selected color mixes. Each creation in the TAGAI α ALPHA product line represents  the underlying corporate principles of TAGAI that revolves in championing quality in every detail involving product development.