Sarawak Pavillion set to feature in IMEX Frankfurt
KUCHING: The Sarawak Pavilion, organised by Business Events Sarawak, is set to return to the IMEX Frankfurt trade show in Germany from May 14-16 for its second year, aiming to elevate Sarawak’s global recognition and identity. Tourism, Creative Industry, and Performing Arts Minister Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah highlighted this year’s theme ‘Impact,’ emphasising […]
New Sarawak Tribune’s Priscilla Tawie wins 10th Anak Sarawak Journalism Award
KUCHING: New Sarawak Tribune’s very own feature writer, Priscilla Tawie Sulok, won the Journalism Award for Print/Online category at the 10th Anak Sarawak Awards. She won for her article titled ‘Storytelling at its Finest’, which was published in February of this year. “I’m extremely honoured to be able to hold this award. But it is not just […]
Broader Sarawak, bigger opportunities
KUCHING: As Sarawak is now regarded as a region, more opportunities will come, said Business Events Sarawak (Sarawak Convention Bureau) Chairman Datuk Seri Abang Abdul Karim Tun Openg. In light of this, he urged local business communities to step up the game by actively contributing to and accelerating the region’s economic development and growth, including […]
BESarawak secures RM359 mln business events
KUCHING: Sarawak’s business events industry wrapped up 2022 on a high note after securing 100 business events for 2023, exceeding the initial target of 90 at an achievement rate of 111 per cent. In a press release, Business Events Sarawak (BESarawak) said the 100 business events were worth an estimated RM359 million in total economic […]
State library and BES donates 300 books to primary school
BAU: The Sarawak State Library in collaboration with Business Events Sarawak (BES) today donated some 300 books to SK St Teresa’s school library at Kampung Stenggang here. SK St Teresa headmaster Nyopas Rinag said the donation will benefit both of the school’s primary and secondary school students as well as the local communities here. […]
Global business event journal to enhance knowledge capacity
KUCHING: Business Events Sarawak (BESarawak) and International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) have inked an official global collaboration on the International Journal of Business Events and Legacies (IJBEL) at IMEX Frankfurt. The IJBEL is the first journal in Southeast Asia to cover business events as a whole, and a world’s first to merge events and […]
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 […]
2,000 tourism frontliners injected from July 15-18
KUCHING: Over 2,000 of Sarawak’s tourism and business events industry frontliners will be fully vaccinated at the Association of Churches Sarawak in Kuching from July 15 until July 18. “The business events industry is finally one step closer to restarting again. We are 70 percent in delivering our state recovery plan for business events with […]
Upskill programmes and professional certification for Sarawak Business Events Association members
KUCHING: The newly registered Sarawak Business Events Association (SBE) pledged to advance and elevate the standards of the industry. The association aims to fulfil its objective acting as a platform for its members in reciprocating knowledge and ideas related to business events. Its president Frederick Ho said SBE, being the first state-level business events association […]
95 business events worth RM208 mln in 2020
KUCHING: Sarawak secured a total of 95 business events in the year 2020, worth RM 208.8 million of economic spinoff despite the pressure from Covid-19 pandemic. State Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said Sarawak remained optimistic to receive at least 25,346 delegates coming to the state with an estimated RM112.9 […]
