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Tune Group Sdn Bhd (or Tune Group ''Sendirian Berhad'', meaning 'private limited') is a leisure and entertainment corporation founded by the
Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two regions: Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo's East Mal ...
n entrepreneurs
Tony Fernandes Anthony Francis Fernandes (born 30 April 1964) is a Malaysian entrepreneur. He is the founder of Tune Air Sdn. Bhd., which took over the first Malaysian budget airline, AirAsia. Fernandes turned AirAsia, a failing government-linked commerc ...
and Kamarudin Meranun. Tune Group's mission is to provide affordability and accessibility to leisure activities and entertainment, primarily in Asian markets. It does this via its airline, hotel, telecommunication, financial services, sports, media and creative industries subsidiaries. Its subsidiaries include: budget airline
AirAsia Capital A Berhad, () operating as AirAsia (stylized as ''airasia'') is a Malaysian multinational low-cost airline headquartered near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is the largest airline in Malaysia by fleet size and destinations. AirAsia operat ...
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, a motor engine-based technology company, through which it formerly owned the
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; and
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, an English
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club. Tune Group was the official shirt sponsor of FA match officials until 2013.


Business

Tune was founded in late 2001 with the purchase of AirAsia by Tune Air Sdn Bhd on 2 December 2001. In 2013, Tune Group expanded its low budget hotel business ( Tune Hotels) in
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. In 2018, Tune Hotels are no longer managed by Tune Group and currently under the management of Ormond Group.


Portfolio

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AirAsia Capital A Berhad, () operating as AirAsia (stylized as ''airasia'') is a Malaysian multinational low-cost airline headquartered near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is the largest airline in Malaysia by fleet size and destinations. AirAsia operat ...
Berhad *Tune Talk Sdn Bhd *Tune Hotels Regional Services Sdn Bhd *Tune Money Sdn Bhd *Think Big Digital Sdn Bhd *Tune Protect Group Berhad *Tune Studios Sdn Bhd *QPR Asia Sdn Bhd *Tune Box Sdn Bhd *Educ8 Group Sdn Bhd *
Caterham Group Caterham Group is the parent company for a range of automotive and motor racing businesses. Management team Businesses *Caterham Cars *Caterham Bike Vehicles *2014 Caterham Aero Seven *2013 Caterham Duo Cali Former * Caterham F1 Team so ...


Sponsorship

Tune Group is a partner of
The Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional association football, football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in Association football around the wor ...
and the
FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football compet ...
. It contracted to partner the
Professional Games Match Officials {{Use dmy dates, date=January 201.He is a Everton fan. (PGMOL) is the body responsible for match officials in English professional football. Formerly known as the Professional Game Match Officials Board (PGMOB), it was formed when English referee ...
(PGMO) for seven years and ran for three years for the course of the 2010–2011 season. Previously, PGMO was affiliated with the Tune Group subsidiary
AirAsia Capital A Berhad, () operating as AirAsia (stylized as ''airasia'') is a Malaysian multinational low-cost airline headquartered near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is the largest airline in Malaysia by fleet size and destinations. AirAsia operat ...
."Referees in Tune for the new season."
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6 August 2010. Accessed 17 August 2010


See also

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Tune Ventures Tune Ventures Sdn. Bhd is a private investment company based in Malaysia. It is 40% owned by Tony Fernandes, 30% by Kamarudin Meranun, 25% by Dennis Melka and 5% by Tune Strategic Investments Limited. Multiple companies are majority owned by Tune ...


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