Sarawak MAH hopes cases go down before travel bubble initiative
KUCHING: Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH) Sarawak Chapter chairman John Teo hopes for the number of daily Covid-19 cases reported in Sarawak to decline below the four-digit mark before the state can open up for tourism, including a travel bubble option. He noted that Sarawak was now vaccinating children under the age of 18 years, […]
Association calls for unified system for tourism industry
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH) has urged the government to consider establishing a unified system that supports the tourism industry’s decision-making process in creating more products and services that address the immediate need of the industry. Chief executive officer Yap Lip Seng said the tourism industry currently lacked data management and analytics […]
Hotel industry hopes for lifeline subsidy
KUCHING: With the stringent procedures on visitors’ entry into Sarawak, the hotel industry hopes that both the state and federal governments will provide a lifeline subsidy for tourism key players during the tabling of the national and state Budgets next month. Sarawak Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH) chairman Mohd Ibrahim Nordin said he hoped both […]
Initiatives for tourism industry welcomed
KUCHING: The Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH) welcomes the initiatives for the tourism industry especially hotels under the Short-Term Economic Recovery Plan (Penjana) announced recently by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. MAH Sarawak branch chairman, Ibrahim Nordin, said overall it was good especially as it covered tourism financing and tax exemption. “We all know […]
Hotel room cancellations result In Rm66 Million losses
KUALA LUMPUR: The impact of the COVID-19 outbreak has resulted in the cancellation of over 157,000 hotel room bookings ― a loss of RM66 million in terms of revenue as of Feb 17, according to the Malaysia Association of Hotels (MAH). Its president, Kamaruddin Baharin said although the cancellations were mainly from the China market, […]
