Category: Featured Articles

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • The Skills and Attitudes of a Good Matchmaker

    Global Love Report – June 22, 2022 English summary by Pamela Stephanie In an interview with ¡Hola! Magazine, Verónica Alcanda, the CEO of Alcanda Matchmaking in Spain, recently revealed what she believes are the skills and qualities of a good matchmaker. She believes that a matchmaker should know how to analyze a client’s needs. They…

  • Korean Agency Recruiting Matchmakers

    Global Love Report – June 15, 2022 English summary by Pamela Stephanie Purples, a high-end South Korean matchmaking company, is currently seeking to increase the number of matchmakers in its employ. The company had 20% more new members in the first half of 2022 compared to 2021. And because matchmakers play the most important role…

  • HyggePartner helps Men with Thinning Hair

    Global Love Report – June 8, 2022 English summary by Pamela Stephanie HyggePartner is a new company in Japan that specializes in coaching and matchmaking for a very unique niche—men with thinning hair! Though, admittedly, the agency does offer a variety of services and caters not only to men. But their main target audience are…

  • Duo’s two-part matching system

    Global Love Report – May 31, 2022 English summary by Pamela Stephanie Duo recently revealed how it matches: with a two-part matching system that has both a “scientific” data-based system coupled with “emotional” matching by matchmakers. When a person registers, they fill in a form with their information. And they also specify type of partner…

  • Annemieke Dubois: The Call of Matchmaking

    Global Love Report – May 31, 2022 Excerpt translated by Pamela Stephanie Matchmaker Annemieke Dubois, owner of the high-end dating agency Jade & Jules, talks about her matchmaking business. What are your assets? At the top is Nina, my 14-year-old daughter. Next is my company. Entrepreneurship is in the genes. I like to start from…

  • Single 20-somethings Turned to Matchmaking

    Global Love Report – May 25, 2022 English summary by Pamela Stephanie One of the largest matchmaking companies in Japan, IBJ, revealed their membership growth rate for last year. The results showed membership growth for all of its age groups, but this is especially so for the 20-somethings age group. In comparison to 2018, the…

  • Matchmaker.com Connects Singles to Matchmakers

    Global Love Report – May 18, 2022 Article by Pamela Stephanie Matchmaker.com, a website that connects singles with matchmakers, was recently launched during the Global Love Conference in New York. The website provides its audience with guides and tips that help them on their dating journey. It also features profiles of matchmakers that users can…