BANGKOK, THAILAND – Media OutReach Newswire – 20 October 2026 – Char koay teow infused with the smoky aroma of the wok, rice served with richly spiced curries, and a refreshing bowl of chendol enjoyed while exploring historic streets all offer an introduction to Penang, a destination whose World Heritage streets are complemented by a distinctive food culture. Its charm lies not only in the flavours, but also in watching dishes being prepared, chatting with local people and sampling unfamiliar specialities, turning every meal into another memorable part of the journey.
Amaya Food Gallery, Amari SPICE Penang
ONYX Hospitality Group invites travellers to discover Penang's charm through OZO George Town Penang and Amari SPICE Penang. From beginning the day with a delicious meal in a welcoming setting before exploring George Town's vibrant streets and local culture, to venturing out to sample the diverse flavours that define the destination, both hotels offer opportunities to experience Penang's food culture alongside a stay with its own distinctive character.
For those wishing to begin their day with local flavours, OZO George Town Penang, on Jalan Argyll, offers breakfast and lunch at EAT on the 21st floor. With elevated city views, the restaurant serves a choice of Malaysian and international dishes. Highlights include OZO Char Koay Teow, a Malaysian-style stir-fried flat noodle dish, and nasi lemak, coconut rice served with an assortment of accompaniments. Guests can explore local flavours while others at the table choose familiar favourites to suit their tastes.
Yet the appeal of Penang's food extends well beyond the hotel. Even when serving the same dish, each eatery brings its own cooking techniques and distinctive flavours. At OZO George Town Penang, OZO Connectors, team members who are always ready to chat and share insights into local food and culture, help enrich the stay. Whether suggesting places to try or encouraging guests to discover new flavours for themselves, they offer a welcoming connection to the destination. The team also takes care to listen to guests' dietary requirements and liaise with the kitchen to help ensure meals suit individual needs.
When exploring the city, travellers are invited to discover nasi kandar, rice served with a selection of curries and side dishes distinguished by their fragrant spices, or asam laksa, a noodle dish with a distinctive sour fish broth. Round off the experience with chendol, a dessert of green strands of jelly served with coconut milk, sugar and shaved ice. Lebuh Keng Kwee, near Jalan Penang, is another worthwhile stop while wandering through George Town.
Whether beginning the day with breakfast overlooking the city or heading out for a leisurely stroll and a taste of local food, each moment forms part of the experience at OZO George Town Penang. Combining comfort, a friendly atmosphere and opportunities to get to know the city through its flavours and the stories encountered along the way, the hotel invites guests to discover Penang's charm in their own way.
Meanwhile, Amari SPICE Penang introduces travellers to the region's food culture through Amaya Food Gallery. Inspired by Asian food markets and hawker stalls, the restaurant brings this atmosphere to life through food stations and open kitchens, allowing diners to watch dishes being prepared up close in a lively setting that adds to the enjoyment of every meal.
Amaya's menu brings together flavours from Penang, Malaysia and across Asia, alongside international dishes and touches of Thai cuisine. Penang Char Koay Teow is among its signature dishes, presenting local flavours in a contemporary setting and inviting diners to experience the appeal of Penang's cuisine through the taste and distinctive character of freshly prepared food.
With its varied dining choices and an atmosphere that encourages guests to linger together, Amaya Food Gallery caters both to those keen to discover local flavours and to those who enjoy international cuisine. Mealtimes become an opportunity for everyone to share their favourites and enjoy the richness of Asian food culture together.
Amari SPICE Penang is located in Bayan Lepas. Guests wishing to explore the restaurants and historic streets of George Town can plan their journey by car or use a ride-hailing service, with Amari Hosts on hand to offer advice on routes and transport, making it easier to experience Penang's vibrant food culture.
Whether discovering new places to eat with recommendations from OZO Connectors or Amari Hosts, or spending time together over a meal at EAT and Amaya Food Gallery, experiences at both hotels allow guests to encounter Penang through its many dimensions, from its food and people to its distinctive atmosphere. These experiences reflect ONYX Hospitality Group's philosophy of "More of What You Love", which embraces the variety of experiences a journey can offer, giving guests time to enjoy what they love, discover new facets of a destination and take home fond memories.
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About ONYX Hospitality Group
ONYX Hospitality Group is a leading hospitality management company in Asia-Pacific, with a complementary portfolio of brands comprising Amari, OZO, Shama and Oriental Residence. Together, these brands serve the diverse needs of business and leisure travellers across the region, where ONYX has deep market expertise. Beyond accommodation, the Group also operates spa and food and beverage businesses. Drawing on six decades of management experience, ONYX delivers innovative hospitality solutions across the region while upholding internationally recognised standards and maintaining operational agility. By building enduring relationships with like-minded business partners, ONYX Hospitality Group delivers distinctive experiences in a dynamic and competitive market, responding to the evolving needs of today's travellers.
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TONGXIANG, CHINA – Media OutReach Newswire – 20 October 2026 – The 2026 World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit will open on Nov. 2, bringing technology leaders, researchers and companies to the historic water town as Tongxiang firms expand AI applications from commercial cleaning and autonomous delivery to industrial control and data-center cooling.
The CenoBot S5 autonomous cleaning robot undergoes real-world testing at a demonstration site in Tongxiang.
For Tongxiang, long associated with the annual internet conference, the summit is also a chance to demonstrate how local companies are commercializing AI technologies for customers at home and abroad.
Ahead of the event, reporters visited seven Tongxiang-based companies working in robotics, intelligent vehicles, synthetic data, industrial automation, logistics and computing infrastructure.
Singapore Changi Airport earlier this year placed a fourth order for commercial cleaning robots from CenoBots, a Tongxiang-based company whose machines are used in airports, supermarkets, hospitals, factories and warehouses.
CenoBots has sold products in more than 40 countries and regions. Its customers include Changi Airport, British retailer Tesco, the University of Minnesota and pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk. This year, the company supplied about 600 autonomous cleaning robots for Tesco Express stores across the United Kingdom.
"Cleaning robots are appearing in more and more settings," said Shen Jizhong, CenoBots' co-founder and vice president. "It is much like electric vehicles becoming a familiar sight on the roads — a trend that is gathering pace."
The company's machines are adapted to different settings. Hospital robots must move through busy corridors without disrupting patient care, while those used in supermarkets navigate around shoppers and carts. Factory robots operate near forklifts, and airport models must handle both fine debris in carpeted areas and small obstacles on smooth floors.
CenoBots continues to refine its robots through real-world testing, focusing on reliable operation and consistent cleaning performance across diverse environments. The company has expanded its research, development and production facilities in Tongxiang from approximately 3,000 square meters in its early years to more than 20,000 square meters. Local malls, hospitals and sports venues have also served as long-term testing sites.
While CenoBots focuses on service robots, TEEMO is developing the vehicle platforms that support autonomous mobility. The company makes drive-by-wire skateboard chassis and core components for autonomous vehicles used in last-mile delivery, patrols and logistics.
Its standardized chassis can be equipped with different vehicle bodies and hardware for specific uses. One of TEEMO's strategic customers, autonomous delivery-vehicle maker Zelos, was selected for all lots in China Post's centralized procurement program for 7,000 autonomous delivery vehicles.
TEEMO's customers already span the United States, the Middle East, India and Russia, said Zhang Yongjian, the company's director of operations.
"In some overseas markets, distances are long, populations are dispersed and last-mile delivery is difficult to staff," Zhang said. "Autonomous delivery vehicles have strong potential there, and overseas business will become an important growth driver for us."
Other Tongxiang companies are concentrating on the data and perception systems that allow machines to function in physical environments.
Dayan Technology, founded in Tongxiang in May 2025, provides synthetic-data and toolchain services for autonomous-driving and humanoid-robotics companies. It combines real-world data collection, digital twins and simulated training environments to help developers train robots before they are deployed.
Its wearable devices record human movement and interactions with objects. A haptic glove uses liquid-metal and pressure sensors to capture hand gestures, finger movements and contact force. A multi-camera headset records a user's visual field, body posture, hand movements and the position of nearby objects.
Dayan said its tactile-perception model can process touch signals in milliseconds. The technology is intended to help robots do more than identify objects visually: They can learn how firmly to grip an item, recognize when it is slipping and apply force without causing damage.
Freetech Intelligent Factory
Freetech is applying related sensing and decision-making capabilities to intelligent driving. The company develops intelligent-driving systems and 4D imaging radar for passenger and commercial vehicles, and said its technology has been selected for hundreds of vehicle programs.
Its ODIN AI platform supports products at different levels of driving automation. The radar is designed to complement cameras in heavy rain, fog, darkness and abrupt changes in light, including when vehicles enter or leave tunnels.
At its intelligent-manufacturing base in Wuzhen, Freetech is also using AI in production. An in-house system reads customer orders and calculates the components and materials needed for each production line before manufacturing begins. The company said the system has increased overall efficiency by more than 20%.
"Transportation combined with a specialized function will be an important direction for the future," said Dr. Zhang Lin, Freetech's founder and CEO.
Freetech sees potential applications beyond passenger vehicles, including robots, elder-care vehicles, mining equipment and agricultural machinery.
Beyond mobility, Tongxiang firms are using AI to address the complexity of industrial operations. Founded in 2019, Shuhan Technologies provides on-premises industrial AI for chemical plants, energy facilities and wastewater-treatment systems. Its AI-driven control layer continuously ingests data from central control systems and field sensors, identifies dynamic conditions and autonomously adjusts operating parameters in real time.
"Fundamentally, all industrial process challenges can be framed as control and optimization problems," said Zhai Zhengjun, Shuhan's Chief Technology Officer.
At a coal chemical plant with annual capacity of 1.2 million metric tons, Shuhan said its system reduced raw-material consumption by 6%. The company estimated that the deployment generated more than 176 million yuan, or about $26 million, in annualized economic benefits and reduced carbon emissions by more than 500,000 metric tons.
SENAD is targeting bottlenecks in logistics operations, including loading, unloading, sorting and pallet handling. It develops autonomous loading and unloading robots, as well as a multimodal logistics model called Robot Insight, for sectors including beverages, tobacco, consumer goods, pharmaceuticals and logistics.
Tongxiang's AI sector also includes companies addressing the infrastructure needed to run increasingly powerful computing systems. SynthCool is tackling a basic constraint of the AI boom: heat.
SynthCool develops two-phase liquid-cooling systems to address the heat generated by increasingly powerful processors. Inadequate cooling can trigger thermal throttling, reducing performance and energy efficiency.
"Heat dissipation is infrastructure," said Zhu Zhijiang, SynthCool's general manager.
SynthCool's two-phase cooling technology uses the latent heat of vaporization to remove heat from processors. The cooling fluid absorbs heat and boils into vapor, which is then condensed back into liquid and recirculated.
Depending on ambient conditions and system design, two-phase cooling can also support free cooling and reduce reliance on compressor-based refrigeration. Waste heat may be recovered where temperatures and local demand make reuse practical.
According to SynthCool, its technology supports heat dissipation of more than 3,000 watts per chip and heat flux above 250 watts per square centimeter. Under comparable cooling requirements, the system requires approximately one-third of the flow needed by conventional single-phase water-cooled cold plates, helping reduce piping requirements and pumping demand.
SynthCool's portfolio includes two-phase direct-to-chip and immersion cooling solutions, along with distribution units and control systems for AI data centers.
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