 EON Bank Group partners with Golden Screen Cinemas (GSC), the biggest player in the cinema entertainment industry in Malaysia, to launch GSC-EON Bank Visa credit card, the first-ever co-branded credit card that ties up with a cinema. The GSC-EON Bank Visa credit card offers numerous exclusive privileges and savings for customers wanting the ultimate movie experience at GSC. Speaking at the launch, EON Bank Group’s Head of Consumer Banking, Mr. Michael Lor explained that the GSC-EON Bank Visa credit card synergises the brand strengths of EON Bank, GSC and Visa. “It is more than just a credit card. It’s a lifestyle card that offers immense value to customers with double the advantage over generic credit cards. The card comes loaded with exciting exclusive privileges as well as benefits for cinemagoers, while giving access to a wide range of facilities and services offered by EON Bank and Visa’s domestic and global merchants,” said Mr Lor. “Co-branded cards have increasingly become popular over the years and such unique partnerships go a long way in increasing customer loyalty and I firmly believe that the GSC-EON Bank Group Credit Card will bring unparallel benefits to all customers,” he said, adding that with the latest card, “EON Bank is targeting to solicit about 50,000 customers by the first year of offering the card.” According to GSC Sdn Bhd’s Chief Executive Officer, Ms Koh Mei Lee, in 2008, GSC generated over RM200 million in sales revenue across its 23 cinema locations, out of which, over 11% was paid via credit card. “Hence, there is a lot of potential and growth opportunity for our newly launched card.” In 2008, the movie industry’s overall admission was 42 million with GSC garnering 18 million viewers from this pool. “With the GSC-EON Bank Visa credit card, we are reinforcing our strong commitment to continuously introduce more benefits and value adds to our loyal customers. These are to ensure that movie fans will not be deprived of great entertainment either during the good times as we celebrate with friends and family, or during tougher times, when we can retreat into the world of fantasy, action or comedy for a short respite,” added Ms Koh. “Besides getting to watch blockbuster movies at a discounted price for our adult tickets, our customers will receive special invitations to previews, celebrity meet-up sessions for selected releases and movie launches. The card will give our customers the ultimate movie experience,” she said. Mr. Stuart Tomlinson, country manager, Malaysia, Visa said, “We are proud to partner with EON Bank and GSC to launch the GSC-EON Bank Visa credit card in Malaysia. This launch marks our combined commitment in offering a payment card that provides real value and innovation for cardholders, from its innovative contactless capabilities, its unsurpassed acceptance at over 30 million merchants worldwide, to its savings through promotions for cardholders and especially, movie enthusiasts.” Card Benefits The GSC-EON Bank Visa Gold and Platinum credit cards offer permanent discounts for every normal adult ticket purchased at GSC. For every ticket purchase of above RM10, RM40 or RM50, customers will receive a discount of RM1, RM4 or RM5 off each ticket respectively. For tickets purchased below RM10, customers will receive RM0.50 discount from each normal adult ticket purchased. The main highlight of GSC-EON Bank Visa credit card benefit is the additional 50% discounts up to RM 100 and RM 60 ‘Bonus Value’ for each approved new-to-bank GSC-EON Bank Visa principal platinum and gold credit cardholder respectively. ‘Bonus Value’ is an accumulative amount stored in the GSC-EON Bank Visa credit card to be used for GSC movie ticket purchases nationwide. In addition to this, 1 complimentary GSC ticket and 1 free small combo Set (popcorn and soft drinks) will be given to the newly approved principal GSC-EON Bank Visa credit cardholders as a limited offer extended to valued customers. Apart from discounts on ticket purchases, cardholders are entitled to 5 pieces of ‘Buy 1 Free 1’ ticket vouchers for International Screenings. To further enhance the movie experience with GSC, GSC-EON Bank Visa credit cardholders will enjoy a perennial offer of 5% discounts on concessionaires such as popcorns, soft drinks, hotdogs, ice-creams and many more. In order to further delight cardholders, they will receive a 10% discount on concessionaires for the first (3) months from the card approval date. Besides the great savings from movie tickets and concessionaires discounts, GSC-EON Bank Visa credit card also offers substantial 15% discounts on GSC F&B outlets permanently, namely at Glitters Café, Paradiso, Café Caro and GSC Dessert Bar located at Pavilion KL, One Utama KL, Signature Gardens KL and Gurney Plaze, Penang. To add on the excitement, every approved principal GSC-EON Bank Visa credit card will receive 1 special 50% GSC dining discount voucher for 1 time usage. As an esteemed GSC-EON Bank Visa credit cardholder, GSC–EON Bank Visa credit card offers cardholder an e-Birthday complimentary ticket voucher embedded in the card. GSC-EON Bank Visa credit cardholders will receive an e-mail or sms notification of the e-Birthday voucher and it could be redeemed anytime during the cardholder’s birthday month via GSC Box Office counters nationwide. Apart from the discounts and complimentary tickets extended to cardholders, GSC-EON Bank Visa credit cardholders can enjoy the convenience of purchasing the movie tickets at the specially assigned ticketing lane at selected GSC locations only. Other perks offered by the card include: For the convenience of GSC-EON Bank Visa credit card application, EON Bank has introduced an new online card application form for the tech-savvy customers to sign up for the card at the convenience and comfort of their home. For more GSC-EON Bank Visa credit card information and card application, please log on to www.eonbank.com.my |
LONDON, April 20, 2009 – Canonical, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, announced today that Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop Edition is free to download from Thursday 23 April. Also announced were the simultaneous releases of Ubuntu 9.04 Server Edition and Ubuntu 9.04 Netbook Remix (UNR)
Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop Edition delivers a range of feature enhancements to improve the user experience. Shorter boot speeds, some as short as 25 seconds, ensure faster access to a full computing environment on most desktop, laptop and netbook models. Enhanced suspend-and-resume features also give users more time between charges along with immediate access after hibernation. Intelligent switching between Wi-Fi and 3G environments has been broadened to support more wireless devices and 3G cards, resulting in a smoother experience for most users.
Jane Silber, COO, Canonical, says: “With every release, we see Ubuntu Desktop Edition make significant steps forward in appealing to mainstream computer users. With access to the latest office productivity suite, support for Skype and Adobe Flash, and faster boot times, we're confident that Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop Edition will see more people join millions of others and make the switch to an open platform."
Ubuntu 9.04 features OpenOffice.org 3.0. This gives users a complete office suite that is entirely compatible with Microsoft Office. This free office software provides an immediate saving of at least $200 for users who need to create presentations, write documents or manage spreadsheets at work or at home.
A new integrated notification system appears in Ubuntu 9.04 for the first time. This system combines the notification methods of various applications and presents that information in a simple, unobtrusive manner. New icons and artwork also appear in this release, part of the continual improvement of the Ubuntu user experience.
Availability
Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop Edition is available from 23 April 2009. Get your copy by:
Visiting www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu for a free download
Visiting shop.canonical.com to purchase a CD
Visiting shipit.ubuntu.com to request a free CD
Professional Services, including support, can be purchased from www.canonical.com/services.
Canonical Ltd is an organisation that provides commercial services based on the Open Source operating system Ubuntu. Canonical helps hardware manufacturers install and market Ubuntu around the world. Canonical's Professional Services help businesses deploy and support their Ubuntu-based infrastructures. Canonical delivers services online direct to users who run Ubuntu on their desktops and servers. Canonical also provides much of the infrastructure that allows its employees, the Ubuntu community and the world's leading IT companies to collaborate on the Ubuntu platform.
Since its launch in October 2004, Ubuntu has become one of the most highly-regarded Linux distributions. With millions of users in homes, schools, businesses and governments around the world, Ubuntu is growing in popularity on both the server and the desktop. With the values of Open Source software at its core, Ubuntu costs nothing to download or update. Users are also actively encouraged to copy, reinstall, modify and share their Ubuntu software anytime, anywhere and with anyone. Visit www.canonical.com or www.ubuntu.com for more information.
