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. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

n entrepreneurs Tony Fernandes and Kamarudin Meranun. It has airline, hotel, telecommunication, financial services, sports, media and creative industries subsidiaries. Its subsidiaries include: budget airline

AirAsia Capital A Berhad (), operating as AirAsia (stylised as ''airasia'') is a Malaysian multinational low-cost airline headquartered near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Established in 1993 and commencing operations in 1996, the airline is the largest in M ...

; Caterham Group, a motor engine-based technology company, through which it formerly owned the Caterham F1 Team; and Queens Park Rangers, an English

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club. Tune Group was the official shirt sponsor of FA match officials until 2013.

History

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.

Businesses

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

Sponsorship

Fairuz Fauzy 2010 Malaysia 1st Free Practice

Tune Group is a partner of

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and the

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. It contracted to partner the Professional Games Match Officials (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

."Referees in Tune for the new season."

Premier League The Premier League is a professional association football league in England and the highest level of the English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football Lea ...

6 August 2010. Accessed 17 August 2010

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{{Tune Group 2001 establishments in Malaysia Privately held companies of Malaysia Companies based in Kuala Lumpur Malaysian brands

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Businesses

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