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Wooing new markets via Tribespirit Team building

MIRI: Miri is taking active steps to attract new markets and increase delegate arrivals with an innovative team building programme, Tribespirit Team building. According to a spokesperson from Business Events Sarawak (BESarawak) here today, after its initial launch in Kuching last year, this motivational programme made its way to Miri in a bid to open […]

UPM signs MoU on business event synergy

KUCHING: Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) and Business Events Sarawak (BESarawak) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen, nurture and develop business events. UPM Vice-Chancellor Datuk Professor Dr Mohd Roslan Sulaiman stated that the collaboration is part of UPM’s strategic plan to boost industry and community network services. “UPM is strengthening collaborations with synergistic […]

Clean air NGO calls on deputy minister

KUCHING: Deputy Minister for Energy and Environmental Sustainability Dr Hazland Abang Hipni received a courtesy visit from The Clean Air Forum Society of Malaysia (MyCAS) here last Friday (Aug 6). The visit, which was also attended by Sarawak Convention Bureau (BESarawak) and Sarawak Natural Resources and Environmental Board (NREB), was done in order to express […]

S’wak now seen as ideal place for international meetings

BY NEVILLE TIMOTHY SANDERS KUCHING: The Business Events Sarawak (BESarawak) and the Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA) have succeeded in educating and raising awareness about Sarawak’s destination readiness for national and international corporate meetings and corporate incentives. BESarawak chief executive officer Amelia Roziman said 50 international destination management companies from MATTA participated […]

Historic MoU-signing for world’s first business event journal

MIRI: Two memorandums of understanding (MoUs) to develop the world’s first international journal of business events and legacies were inked yesterday (Mar 16). The first MoU was signed between Curtin University and Business Events Sarawak (BESarawak) to form the journal as an entity. This was followed by an MoU between Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Sarawak […]

New chairman of Business Events Sarawak

KUCHING: Datuk Abang Abdul Karim Tun Datuk Abang Openg, who is the president of Sarawak Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) and president of Sarawak Business Federation (SBF), has been appointed as the new chairman of Business Events Sarawak (BESarawak) for 2022 – 2023. This was announced by Minister of Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing […]

Sarawak wins top business events award

KUCHING: Sarawak has bagged the ‘Outstanding Recognition in Communication’ award at the 60th International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) Best Marketing Award. Business Events Sarawak (BESarawak) said in a statement on Monday (Nov 1), “This win as well as the coveted ICCA Best Marketing Award in 2008 had positioned Sarawak as the first Malaysian destination […]

26 local industry partners graduate from CIS course

KUCHING: Sarawak has geared up the corporate incentives segment by having the most qualified professionals in Malaysia for the internationally acclaimed Certified Incentive Specialist (CIS) designation, with a total of 26 local industry partners graduating from the course. The latest virtual CIS course which took place in Bangkok from July 8 to 9 this year, […]

Employee development key to company success

Part 3 of a three-part interview with the new chief executive officer (CEO) of Business Events Sarawak (BESarawak) Amelia Roziman. By Tania Lam & Petronella Langita Felix BUSINESS Events Sarawak (BESarawak), a non-profit organisation that is fully backed and funded by the Sarawak government to connect meeting planners, now has a new chief executive officer […]

Change, re-strategise to survive and thrive

Part 2 of a three-part interview with the new chief executive officer (CEO) of Business Events Sarawak (BESarawak) Amelia Roziman. By Tania Lam & Petronella Langita Felix BUSINESS Events Sarawak (BESarawak), a non-profit organisation that is fully backed and funded by the Sarawak government to connect meeting planners, should reach greater heights with Amelia at […]