CapitaLand’s wholly owned lodging business unit, The Ascott Limited (Ascott) has launched an AI-powered chatbot named Cubby to enhance the journey of its guests by being their travel buddy and supporting Ascott‘s growth.
Coral on the Great Barrier Reef has regrown strongly after the big losses of 2016 and 2017, when water temperatures were significantly above the long-term average. While this is good news, it's largely luck. The reef experienced mass bleaching in 2020 and 2022, but temperatures cooled just in time to prevent extensive coral deaths.
A medical breakthrough in the fight against peripheral arterial disease has been made, and a Salinas hospital is one of the first places to implement the new procedure.