Malaysia

International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) Asia Pacific Chapter elected its new Executive Committee for the term 2020 – 2022 through an electoral process that was carried out from 6 – 31 March 2020. Penang Convention & Exhibition Bureau’s (PCEB) CEO Ashwin Gunasekeran has been elected as the new Chairman. He takes over from outgoing Chairman, Jason Yeh (Founder and ...

Malaysia Movement Control Order or MCO alludes to a cordon sanitaire executed as a preventive proportion of the government of Malaysia towards the 2019–20 deadly virus pandemic (COVID-19) on 18 March 2020, The episode was generally alluded to in some neighbourhood and universal media as the “Malaysia halfway lockdown” or “Malaysia lockdown. On 10th April the open will have the ...

Myanmar is Southeast Asian country nearest countries India, Bangladesh, China, Laos and Thailand. Covid-19 spreading around the world but Myanmar has least cases of deadly virus. Country has as of April 4, there are 20 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Myanmar including one death. 12 of the patients are in Yangon Region, according to data from the health ministry. The Myanmar ...

There were 235 new cases in the country, bringing the total number of cases to 2,031. Malaysia’s King and Queen are under quarantine after seven palace staff test positive for COVID-19. The Prime Minister announced an extension of the restriction of movement order by another two weeks until April 14. He also announced a second stimulus package. Malaysia reported its ...

The Penang Convention & Exhibition Bureau (PCEB) held the Penang Sales Mission to India at New Delhi today with an objective to promote Penang as the preferred MICE destination. Led by Ashwin Gunasekeran, Chief Executive Officer, PCEB, the mission is supported by a delegation of 17 partners from Penang, including the state bureau for leisure travel – Penang Global Tourism, ...

Malaysia has grabbed the top honors at the ITB Travel Trade “The Golden City Gate Awards” in Berlin. This award recognizes the best film, print and multimedia promotions in the tourism industry. The winning theme was on a tourism Malaysia’s advertisement that shows the country’s longstanding wayang kuilt theater tradition. It got the first prize for the best print in ...

Targeting the Indian customers to explore various destinations in Australia, China, Malaysia and other ASEAN countries Malaysia airlines is offering discounted airfares on Economy as well as Business class tickets through their “Year End Specials” promotion. Under this promotion from 22nd November to 2 December customers can purchase these attractive fare tickets for travel during 5 January to 31 March ...

Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which was on a scheduled flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was shot down in eastern Ukraine as claimed by various news agencies. The fatal attack was most likely carried by a surface to air missile. Ukrainian, Russian and rebel leaders deny their involvement in this sabotage but possibility of separatists carrying out this attack is ...

THE COUNCIL IN MALAYSIA The Malaysia Country Committee is the preeminent platform for US businesses to engage the Government of Malaysia on supporting its Economic Transformation Program (ETP) and Government Transformation Program (GTP) reform agenda as well as serving as a stakeholder consultation forum to enable its shift into a high-income nation and away from the middle income trap. Our ...