MITM Travel Fair 2024 kicks off at Spice Arena
By V. Sivaji The MITM Travel Fair kicked off at the Spice Arena showcasing a myriad of travel and holiday options for members of the public. The fair has attracted…
Dinner to welcome new PHA president
PHA new line-up By V. Sivaji In a gesture to pass the baton to the younger generation, out-going president of the Penang Hoteliers Association (PHA) Datuk Lim Mee Lee handed…
MyBHA calls for regulation on OTAs
The Malaysia Budget & Business Hotel Association (MyBHA) is alarmed by the increasing incidents as a result of the sale of apartments and residential houses providing accommodation and running a…
Penang Tourism Exco – Tourism industry still not out of the woods yet, still needs federal assistance
By V. Sivaji The Penang State Government is urging the federal government to continue its aid to the tourism industry in view of the current “recovery” phase. Penang State Exco…
Looking for a job ? – check out the “Ekspo Jom Cari Kerja” this Saturday
By V. Sivaji Thinking “out of the box” to assist and overcome the staff shortage in the tourism industry, the office of the State Exco for Tourism and Creative Economy…
LADA puts forward aggressive plans to revitalize Langkawi’s tourism industry
The Langkawi Development Authority (LADA) will embark on aggressive plans to revive and revitalize the tourism sector following the devastating impact by the Covid-19 pandemic on Langkawi’s tourism industry. “With…
One-off electricity bill subsidy for Penang’s tourism industry
The Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH Penang Chapter) welcomes the move by the Penang state government to provide one-off electricity bill subsidy. It’s chairman Raj Kumar said that the move…
Penang tourism industry gets RM1 million one-off subsidy for electricity bills
The Penang State Government has approved a speedy one-off subsidy of RM1 million for electricity bills for the tourism industry. The assistance comes in light of the MCO3.0 implemented by…
MAH – MCO 3.0, No End in Sight, The End is Near for the Tourism Industry
The tourism and hotel industry is again left helpless as various states fall into another round of Movement Control Order (MCO) and this time around it came right in the…
Extension of inter-district and interstate travel will only kill tourism industry
Continuing the inter-district and interstate ban will only kill the tourism industry which is already in the doldrums. “The move to extend the inter-district and interstate travel ban until at…