A look of exasperation briefly flashed across Andrin Raj’s face. For the past half an hour or so, the man had been explaining to a ballroom full of hospitality professionals and students about the dan …
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The world’s got a ticket to ride in Malaysia
The tourism sector is expected to be on the road to recovery this year, helped in part by foreign exchange rates, and on the back of a marginal rebound in tourist arrivals in 2016. A total of 17.6 mil …
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Malaysia’s year in travel
Want to know some interesting nuggets of information regarding the year in travel in 2016 as compiled by travel website TripAdvisor? For instance, the most reviewed attraction in Malaysia with 5,541 n …
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Winners of the World Travel Awards 2016
Maldives has been named the leading beach destination this year. Photo: AFP Malaysia December 28, 2016 Malaysia, Travel, World By AGENCY A ceremony that describes itself as the “Oscars” of the travel …
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Are Malaysian hotel guests too ‘kiasi’ to misbehave?
Maybe it’s the kiasi (Hokkien phrase that means taking extreme measures to avoid risks) mentality, but the majority of Malaysians never break hotel rules, a hospitality etiquette survey by online trav …
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The best flight deals are on the weekends
Sundays are the new Tuesdays, while travel bookings that include a Saturday night will yield the best flight deals. Those are some of the major findings out of Expedia’s latest “New Heights for Air Tr …
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Kg Baru is Airbnb’s No.2 trendiest neighbourhood
A food hamlet tucked away in Kuala Lumpur’s city centre, a theatre district in Seoul and a green enclave in the sprawling metropolis of Toronto are among some of the urban communities singled out by A …
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Relive 2016’s films at these movie locations
The final credits may have rolled, but as all good films go – the story lives on in the mind of moviegoers. This is particularly true for film tourism, where the destinations of the movie play a starr …
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Komtar is now a cool entertainment hub
Teaming up with a sharpshooter like Datuk Seri Richard Koh in Spacetime Squad can be really rewarding. The horde of robotic destroyers flying all around does not cloud his judgment and, through the vi …
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Family travel mistakes not to make
Taking a family holiday can be a stressful thing – coordinating your annual leave schedules, agreeing on a budget, deciding where to go, purchasing the flight tickets, making hotel bookings, packing a …
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