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o help the industry recover from the losses due to the outbreak, MyCEB which is a non profit organization established by the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture Malaysia together with industry partners has come up with proactive initiatives such as ‘Meet in Malaysia Campaign’, Exhibition Enhancement Package (EEP), Tactical Malaysia Twin Deal V(TMTDV) and Homegrown Event Support. These initiatives are designed to help the business events industry be back on their feet again and at the same time, encourage equal spread of wealth by engaging non central venues in the country. The government has also made the decision to allow business events segment to be open with SOPs developed by the Malaysian Association of Convention and Exhibition Organisers and Suppliers (MACEOS), Business Events Council Malaysia (BECM) and MyCEB According to the Chief Executive Officer of MyCeb, Dato’ Sri Abdul Khani Daud, the outlook for the industry in Malaysia is on the positive side as many events that were due to take place in Malaysia has been postponed instead of being cancelled. The number of events that were secured and supported by MyCEB looks promising with 66 events being postponed to 2021 while only 17 has been canceled. Meanwhile, during this current situation from January 2020 till July 2020, MyCEB together with the collaboration of local associations have successfully managed to bid and secure 21 international conferences for the years 2021 to 2024 with an estimated targeted number of 16,000 delegates which will bring an estimated economic impact of RM206.0 million to the KDN : PPI9083/08/2016(034564)
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Exclusive interview with
Dato’ Sri Abdul Khani Daud Chief Executive Officer Malaysia Convention & Exhibition Bureau (MyCEB)
Positioning Malaysia as Asia’s Business Events Hub The world at large is on the mend from the onslaught of the Covid-19 and Malaysia is not spared. As we all know the tourism industry is the worst affected by the outbreak but thankfully we are now in the recovery period.
the outlook for the industry in Malaysia is on the positive side as many events that were due to take place in Malaysia has been postponed instead of being cancelled. The number of events that were secured and supported by MyCEB looks promising with 66 events being postponed to 2021 while only 17 has been canceled Dato’ Sri Abdul Khani Daud Chief Executive Officer of MyCeb
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