Author: Pamela Lugten

  • Global Love Spotlight: Violet Lim

    GLR Spotlight is an interview series featuring Matchmakers, Dating Coaches & Relationship Experts Global Love Report – August 24, 2022 Interviewed by Global Love Report GLR Spotlight was created to feature some of our industry peers as a way for our community to get to know one another – Learn from what has worked successfully,…

  • “Dating on Water”: New Dating Concept

    Global Love Report – August 16, 2022 English translation by Pamela Stephanie Between 23rd and 31st of August, adventurer Christophe Sepot and an experienced host will take you on a cruise around the Antwerp docks. The speed dating service Dare to Date is offering a new concept in Antwerp that week: “Dating on Water”. Haven’t…

  • IBJ’s Federation Reaches 80,000 Members

    Global Love Report – August 10, 2022 English summary by Pamela Stephanie IBJ’s Federation recently reported that it has reached a new milestone. The Japan Marriage Consulting Federation that IBJ runs has reached 80,000 members through its 3,400 affiliated agencies. IBJ first reached 70,000 members back in April 2021 and was able to reach 80,000…

  • ZWEI partners with Tokyo Nursing Association

    Global Love Report – July 20, 2022 English summary by Pamela Stephanie Matchmaking agency ZWEI, managed by IBJ, has started a partnership with Tokyo Nursing Association. This is part of ZWEI’s plan to support companies and organizations who haven’t had the chance to date or to look for a spouse due to Covid. This goes…

  • Agency Organizes Parent Information Session

    Global Love Report – July 13, 2022 English summary by Pamela Stephanie Noble Hong, a high-end matchmaking agency in South Korea announced that it is organizing a parent information session for parents with unmarried children. The event will be held on August 24th, at 2pm. The parent information session is aimed at parents who want…

  • Ideal Number of Dates Before a Relationship

    Global Love Report – July 6, 2022 English summary by Pamela Stephanie Partner Agent, a Japanese matchmaking agency recently surveyed 100 matchmakers to find out their thoughts on dating. The survey was done as a reaction to a recent report by Japan’s Cabinet Office that revealed that 40% of single men in their 20’s and…

  • Free Courses on Reed Courses

    Global Love Report – June 29, 2022 Written by Pamela Stephanie We’re back with more free courses for you! This month’s entry is slightly different because we’re actually focusing on one particular platform: Reed Courses. Reed is a recruitment agency based in the United Kingdom and they provide job seekers with many resources. One of…

  • 13 Consecutive Wins for DUO

    Global Love Report – June 29, 2022 English summary by Pamela Stephanie DUO, one of the leading names in the South Korean matchmaking industry, won the “2022 Korea’s Representative Brand Grand Prize”. This is the 13th consecutive wins for the company. This year, the organizers created an online service which had a total number of…

  • How I navigated the pandemic to build a successful matchmaking business

    Global Love Report – June 29, 2022 by Michelle Begy, Managing Director and Founder of Ignite Dating It is always going to be tough launching a brand-new business, but throw a global pandemic into the mix and you have a potential recipe for disaster. Just 10 weeks after our launch, the whole country went into…

  • Global Love Spotlight: Darci Roberts

    GLR Spotlight is an interview series featuring Matchmakers, Dating Coaches & Relationship Experts Global Love Report – June 22, 2022 Interviewed by Global Love Report GLR Spotlight was created to feature some of our industry peers as a way for our community to get to know one another – Learn from what has worked successfully,…