Adding value to tourism-based business events
BUSINESS Events Sarawak (BESarawak) is set to soar to even greater heights with newly appointed chief executive officer (CEO) Amelia Roziman’s at the helm. She was one of the pioneers when Sarawak Convention Bureau (SCB) was first established in 2006 starting out as a sales coordinator. Thus with 15 years under her belt, she has […]
Sarawak bags prize at Los Angeles Film Awards
KUCHING: Sarawak bagged an award at the recent Los Angeles Film Awards (LAFA) under the ‘Honourable Mention for Commercials’ category for its business events short film titled ‘Sarawak – New Normal in Business Events’. Business Events Sarawak (BESarawak) said this was a first international film win for the Malaysian business events industry – the film […]
Sustainability vital for tourism, travel
KUCHING: Sustainability is a deciding factor for tourists before they visit or attend a business event at a certain destination, said Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (MTAC) permanent secretary Hii Chang Kee. If Sarawak can prove to others that it is serious in sustainable development, that is a form of branding in itself,” he […]
Sarawak joins GDS-Index
KUCHING: Sarawak has joined the Global Destination Sustainability Index (GDS-Index) for business events and tourism through the launch of the GDS-Index Partnership Programme – Sarawak Region (GDSI-Sarawak Partner). Business Events Sarawak (BESarawak) chief executive officer Amelia Roziman explained that GDS-Index was a benchmarking system that ranked how sustainable destinations are for tourism and business events. […]
Going beyond our comfort zones
KUCHING: Newly appointed Business Events Sarawak (BESarawak) chief executive officer (CEO) Amelia Roziman always encourages her team members to step beyond their comfort zone in order to gain as much experience as they can, as this is what has led her to where she is today. She said if a person focused on only doing […]
BESarawak to adapt, innovate, re-strategise
By Petronella Langita Felix & Tania Lam KUCHING: Business Events Sarawak (BESarawak) is ready to adapt, innovate, and re-strategise according to the current circumstances. In saying this, newly appointed Business Events Sarawak (BESarawak) chief executive officer (CEO) Amelia Roziman said the organisation needed to prepare for local events which she hoped would be able to […]
Amelia appointed new BESarawak CEO
KUCHING: Amelia Roziman has been appointed as the new chief executive officer (CEO) of Business Events Sarawak by the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (Motac) Sarawak and the Board of Directors (BOD) of Business Events Sarawak (BESarawak) “She will work as the CEO starting Aug 1 to lead Malaysia’s first convention bureau in Sarawak,” […]
Virtual, hybrid events as alternatives
KUCHING: In view of the Covid-19 pandemic, industry players in the business events and related sectors have adapted to doing things differently through virtual and hybrid events. For instance, Sarawak Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SSPCA) president Datin Dona Drury-Wee said that the Asia for Animals (AfA) coalition — which SSPCA is a […]
Moving business events industry forward
KUCHING: The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture and Business Events Sarawak (BESarawak) will look into introducing incentives to continue encouraging local business event planners to organise events, said the ministry’s permanent secretary Hii Chang Kee. He said this would be done with careful compliance with the necessary standard operating procedures (SOPs) and guidelines. “We […]
Sarawak still preferred choice for business events
KUCHING: For last year alone, Sarawak secured an estimated total economic impact of RM293.27 million and expected direct delegate expenditure of RM159.38 million from 80 secured events to take place from now until 2026. In saying this, Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah added that from these figures, RM17.59 million of […]
