Recovering 27% of abandoned purchases
(Thanks to Atid-EDI) When an on-line customer abandoned his / her shopping cart in the past, that business was lost. Now, Jerusalem-based Abandonaid recovers 27% of abandoned business by persuading the customer to re-communicate. For almost every language and currency.
What is Israel worth to the EU?
Former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar presented a report on January 30 arguing that Israel is strategically vital for a secure, prosperous and influential Europe. Key areas include intelligence on terrorism threats, natural gas and 11% of European Research Council projects.
Close-knit security
Israeli-founded cyber-security company Imperva has bought two Israeli security start-ups Incapsula and Skyfence. Imperva aims to sell firewall services to customers running apps over the cloud.
The first foreign company to list in China
Wafer Level Chip Scale Package (WLCSP), a portfolio company of Israel's Infinity group, became the first foreign co-founded company to go public in China when it debuted on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
Jan tourism at new record level
Tourist entries (those who stay more than one night) into Israel were up 19 percent to 200,000 in January as compared with a year earlier, breaking a new record.
El Al goes UP in the world
The first “Up” flight has officially landed in Israel. “Up” is El Al airline’s new aviation brand offering low fare flights to destinations including Berlin, Budapest, Kiev, Prague and Larnaca.
Two top hotels
Two Israeli hotels have made it into Travel + Leisure magazine's 2014 It List, which introduces the 70 most promising new hotels in the world: The Ritz-Carlton in Herzliya and Alma Hotel & Lounge in Tel Aviv.
Israeli tourism growth – the bright spot in the region
Israel attracted an all-time record of nearly 3.6 million international visitors in 2013, up 2% from 2012. Tourism in the rest of the East Mediterranean was gloomier. Rarely publicized cooperation between Israeli and PA tourism officials facilitated easy access to Christian sites.
Mediterranean tourism fair to bring thousands to Israel
The 2014 International Mediterranean Tourism Market (IMTM) will feature "exhibitors representing just about every aspect of Israel’s tourism market.
Israel’s currency reserves at another all-time record
The value of the Bank of Israel’s deposits of foreign currency rose in January by $1.4 billion to a new record $83.1 billion.