Incentive Destinations: Pulau Tioman in Malaysia
Today I’ll continue my exploration of island destinations with a visit to Pulau Tioman, a tiny island off the east coast of peninsular Malaysia in the South China Sea near Singapore. Think you’ve never come across Tioman? Think again. It was immortalized in South Pacific as the exotic fictional island “Bali Hai.” Visitors […]
Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre Hosts Record Number of Events in 2013!
The Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (the Centre) hosted 1,565 events in 2013, a 9% increase on the 1,442 in 2012 and the highest number ever held in a calendar year since opening in June 2005. Of this, the Conventions and TenOnCall segments were the biggest movers recording a 32% and 16% increase respectively on the […]
Sarawak Convention Bureau Reports Record-Breaking Performance for 2013
Good news from Malaysia, where the Sarawak Convention Bureau has exceeded its targeted bid wins with a record 57 convention bids. These are expected to contribute an estimated direct delegate expenditure of RM 41.6 million to the state of Sarawak. Among the major conventions secured in 2013 include the International Energy Week (2014), International Conference of […]
Finance giants head to Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre is galloping into the Year of the Horse with a ‘double bill’ of conferences for two large US-based financial services organisations set to bring a total of 6,500 delegates to the Malaysian capital. Angeline Lue, the centre’s director of sales and marketing, says awareness in North America of Malaysia as […]