DUBLIN, Jan. 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Holafly, one of the bigger players in the eSIM market, has introduced a new solution aimed at companies with teams constantly on the move: Holafly Plans for Business, the first permanent global data plan built specifically for international organisations.

Unlike roaming agreements, still chained to outdated infrastructure, Holafly Plans for Business is designed to stay available on employees’ devices, eliminating the need to reinstall or reconfigure connectivity every time someone travels; an exclusive add-on that helps teams stay connected when it matters most, anywhere in the world, without disruptions or last-minute fixes.

The model has been shaped around a common frustration voiced by global companies: paying in advance for data that often goes unused, while still risking shortages when travel increases unexpectedly. With Holafly Plans for Business, companies can adjust data allowances at any time. When an employee needs unlimited data, the upgrade happens automatically and is billed only for the period it is actually used. Months without travel or data consumption simply aren’t charged.

This approach allows organisations to stay prepared for international travel without locking themselves into fixed costs or long-term commitments. The plan remains active at all times, ready to work wherever employees go, while giving finance and operations teams full visibility and control.

To support the launch, Holafly is offering new enterprise customers reduced access to Always On, an add-on designed to guarantee basic mobile access worldwide. Even during quieter periods when a company reduces its data package, Always On ensures every employee retains a baseline allowance, helping teams remain reachable in case of unexpected travel or urgent needs.

The launch comes as international business travel continues to rise. According to Holafly’s Global Travel & eSIM Report, more than half of professionals travelled more for work in 2025 than in the previous year, and eight in ten expect to travel internationally in 2026. Companies across sectors already rely on Holafly for Business to manage mobile data abroad, including organisations such as Nike, Deloitte, Airbnb, Volvo, among others.

“With Holafly Plans for Business, we wanted to remove the guesswork that companies face when managing mobile data internationally,” said Alex Bryszkowski, VP of B2B & Partnerships at Holafly. “Teams shouldn’t have to predict travel patterns months in advance or worry about whether service will work when they land. The plan is always there, usage adapts automatically, and employees stay reachable wherever work takes them.”

About Holafly:
Holafly is the global leader in eSIMs for travelers, offering coverage in over 200 destinations. With an outstanding 4.6/5 rating on Trustpilot and more than 15 million satisfied users, it has become the preferred eSIM choice for international travelers. Its unlimited data offering ensures peace of mind anywhere in the world.

Contact: press@holafly.com / marina.m@holafly.com

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Everstone Capital invests significant additional capital to create a scaled platform

PARIS, Jan. 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — VWO and AB Tasty, two pioneers in the optimization space, have entered into an agreement to combine, subject to customary closing conditions. This combination will create an industry-leading digital experience optimization platform offering AI-led experimentation, real-time adaptive personalization, behavioural insights and analytics.

The combined entity will have meaningful scale, surpassing $100 million in annual revenue from more than 4,000 customers globally. It will have a dominant presence in its two largest regions – the United States and Europe, accounting for ~90% of its revenue. With 11 offices and distributed teams across North America, LATAM, Europe, and APAC, this combination unlocks global reach with local execution. The goal is to forge deeper customer partnerships through in-market expertise and make significant investments in a full stack tech platform, offering AI-native capabilities.

“VWO was founded on the conviction that great products, strong fundamentals, and long-term thinking build enduring companies. In AB Tasty, we found a team that shares this philosophy and complements us strongly in product and organization capabilities, while having a strong alignment in culture, vision, and mission. Together, we see an opportunity to create a global leader that delivers greater scale, depth, and consistency to customers, while staying committed to the core value proposition that have made both companies successful,” said Sparsh Gupta, Co-founder and CEO, VWO.

The merged business will be led by a strengthened co-founding executive team drawing from both organizations. Sparsh Gupta, Co-founder and CEO of VWO, will serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the combined entity. Ankit Jain will step in as the Chief Product and Technology Officer. Rémi Aubert, AB Tasty’s Co-founder and Co-CEO, will become the Chief Customer and Strategy Officer, while Alix de Sagazan, AB Tasty’s other Co-founder and Co-CEO, will become the Chief Revenue Officer. These leaders are demonstrating strong conviction and excitement by continuing to be significantly invested with substantial individual ownerships in the combined company.

“Our ambition has always been to create a global leader in experimentation and experience optimization that delivers tangible, measurable value to customers. Over the past few years, as we reflected on the next chapter for AB Tasty, it quickly became clear that the right path was about alignment—across ambition, culture, product, and geography. With VWO, the alignment was clear early on: shared ambition, shared values, complementary strengths, and a common commitment to customers. This combination gives us the opportunity to pursue the same ambition we’ve always had, but at a much greater scale and significantly expanded resources,” said Alix de Sagazan, Co-CEO, AB Tasty.

The transaction is led by Singapore-headquartered Everstone Capital, the private equity arm of the Everstone Group, which focuses on control investments in the mid-market space with strong focus on the technology sector. Everstone Capital is a majority shareholder in VWO and is investing significant additional capital to remain the largest institutional shareholder in the combined entity.

“This investment is a continuation of the Everstone playbook of combining deep domain expertise with cross-geography perspective to build a market leader, in this case a global, best-in-class digital experience optimization platform. Together, VWO and AB Tasty will have among the most comprehensive product offerings in the category and a well-balanced geographical footprint with a leading market share in multiple major regions. Everstone will also support the company with an advisory board drawing from some of the leading industry experts and operators,” said Sandeep Singh, Managing Director, Everstone Capital.

VWO and AB Tasty will provide further information at the appropriate time once customary closing conditions are met and the transaction is concluded.

About VWO:
Founded in 2010, VWO is a unified experience-optimization platform that product, marketing, growth, and engineering teams use to improve customer journeys and accelerate digital performance. With a connected suite of experimentation, analytics, personalization, and feature-delivery tools, VWO enables organizations to make data-driven decisions at scale. Trusted by more than 3,000 brands like Forbes, Walt Disney, Amway, Hilton Vacations, TAP Portugal, Cigna across ecommerce, SaaS, travel, and media, VWO helps teams deliver consistent, measurable improvements to experience, conversion, and revenue. Website: https://vwo.com/

About AB Tasty:
Founded in 2014 in Paris, AB Tasty is a leading experimentation and personalization platform that enables global brands to optimize digital experiences through A/B testing, feature management, and AI-driven personalization. It is used by more than 1000 leading global brands worldwide, including L’Oreal, Samsonite, USA Today, and Ganni, and across multiple industries, including travel, retail, banking and insurance. Website: https://abtasty.com/

About Everstone Capital:
Everstone Capital, the private equity arm of the Everstone Group, is a Singapore-headquartered investment firm with $3.5 billion in assets under management and a presence across seven global offices. We focus on control-oriented, mid-market investments across high-growth sectors including Technology Services, Healthcare & Pharma, Consumer, Financial Services, and Industrials. Our platform-building approach combines operational expertise with strategic capital to unlock sustainable value and drive long-term growth.

With a team of ~100 experienced professionals, we bring deep domain knowledge, local insight, and an on-ground execution edge to every partnership. Our active ownership model and disciplined execution enable us to scale businesses, accelerate transformation, and consistently deliver strong risk-adjusted returns for our investors. Website: https://everstonecapital.com/

For media enquiries, please write to, paresh.mandhyan@vwo.com for Wingify and AB Tasty and corpcomm@everstonegroup.com for Everstone Capital.

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Bitget Drops New Video With World Cup Winner Julián Álvarez, Turning Trading Into a One-Stop UEX Megastore

VICTORIA, Seychelles, Jan. 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), has released a new global video featuring World Cup winner Julián Alvarez, using football culture to explain a simple idea: if you want to trade the world, you should not have to shop around.

The video brings Bitget’s Universal Exchange vision to life through a familiar setting for football fans. Set inside a stylized football megastore, Álvarez browses match-day essentials that double as investment cues. Crypto takes the place of footballs, stocks show up as shin guards, and forex is laced into boots built for speed. The visual language does the heavy lifting, turning a complex multi-asset idea into something instantly intuitive: everything a trader needs, under one roof.

The creative lands on Bitget’s core proposition as it evolves into a Universal Exchange, offering unified access to crypto, tokenized stocks, gold, forex, and derivatives through a single account. Instead of switching platforms as markets move, users can rotate capital across asset classes with greater efficiency, transparency, and flexibility. The video captures this shift in a way that feels familiar to football fans and translates seamlessly to traders who value speed, coverage, and control.

“Just as a professional footballer needs access to the best equipment in one place, Bitget gives traders seamless access to diverse asset classes within one platform,” said Ignacio Aguirre, Chief Marketing Officer at Bitget. “That convenience is a competitive edge.”

Álvarez’s role in the campaign reflects the same principles behind UEX. Consistency, readiness, and the ability to adapt as the game changes. As markets become increasingly interconnected and trade around the clock, Bitget’s infrastructure is designed to support continuous access and smarter capital deployment across asset classes without compromising liquidity or cost.

The new video is now live across Bitget’s global channels and marks the latest step in the brand’s push to blend culture, sport, and trading education in the UEX era. As Bitget continues to expand market coverage and roll out additional multi-asset capabilities, the message behind the campaign stays the same. Trade smarter. Stay ready. And keep everything you need within reach.

Watch the full video here.

About Bitget

Bitget is the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), serving over 125 million users and offering access to over 2M crypto tokens, 100+ tokenized stocks, ETFs, commodities, FX, and precious metals such as gold. The ecosystem is committed to helping users trade smarter with its AI agent, which co-pilots trade execution. Bitget is driving crypto adoption through strategic partnerships with LALIGA and MotoGP™. Aligned with its global impact strategy, Bitget has joined hands with UNICEF to support blockchain education for 1.1 million people by 2027. Bitget currently leads in the tokenized TradFi market, providing the industry’s lowest fees and highest liquidity across 150 regions worldwide.

For more information, visit: Website | Twitter | Telegram | LinkedIn | Discord

For media inquiries, please contact: media@bitget.com

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Dubai closes the gap as global capacity growth continues across regions

Key Findings:

• Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson (ATL) remains the world’s busiest airport in 2025 with 63.1 million seats
• Dubai International (DXB) stays second globally and continues rapid long-term growth
• Four of the world’s ten busiest airports are in North America and three in Asia

LONDON, Jan. 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — OAG, the leading data platform for the global travel industry, today released its annual ranking of the World’s Busiest Airports for 2025, based on scheduled airline capacity.

Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (ATL) has retained its position as the world’s busiest airport, offering 63.1 million seats across domestic and international services. Capacity at ATL increased by 1% year-on-year and is now broadly in line with pre-pandemic levels.

Dubai International Airport (DXB) ranked second globally with 62.4 million seats, narrowing the gap with Atlanta. Capacity at DXB grew by 4% compared to 2024 and is now 16% above 2019 levels, underlining its continued dominance as the world’s leading international hub.

Tokyo Haneda Airport (HND) remained third with 55.4 million seats, maintaining stable capacity levels and remaining slightly above pre-pandemic volumes.

Further down the rankings, Chicago O’Hare (ORD) and Istanbul Airport (IST) recorded the strongest year-on-year growth among the global Top 10, increasing capacity by 8% and 6% respectively. Istanbul continues to stand out as one of the fastest-growing major hubs globally, with capacity now 22% higher than in 2019.

Overall, the global Top 10 busiest airports in 2025 reflect the strength of large domestic markets in the United States and China, alongside sustained growth in the Middle East and the continued emergence of new hub airports since 2019.

OAG Chief Analyst, John Grant, commented:

“The 2025 rankings show that global aviation has moved into a new phase of growth. Dubai’s continued expansion and Istanbul’s rise as a global hub demonstrate how airline networks are evolving, while the resilience of large domestic markets continues to underpin global capacity.”

Find full rankings and methodology on OAG’s website.

About OAG
OAG is a leading data platform for the global travel industry offering an industry-first single source for supply, demand, and pricing data.

Media Enquiries: pressoffice@oag.com
For more information visit www.oag.com/busiest-airports-world-2025

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