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346 CONVENTION FACILITIES
Meetings, Incentives, Conferences & Exhibitions
Destination Malaysia
Malaysia has evolved into one of Asia’s leading conference and convention destinations, ranked 33rd in the world, according to the ICCA’s 2019 statistics, and 9th overall in Asia Pacific. Kuala Lumpur is the best performing city, ranked 22nd in
the world and 7th in Asia Pacific, ahead of Chicago, New York, Melbourne, Milan, and Vancouver.
Malaysia’s second- best performing city, Kuching in Sarawak,
is ranked 221st in the world and 57th in Asia Pacific, a remarkable performance considering Sarawak has only had a convention centre since 2009. Third placed Penang is ranked 289th in the world, 69th in Asia Pacific, ahead of Adelaide, Ho Chi Minh City and Shenzen.
Malaysia’s success is due to both location and attraction factors. Served by over 60 airlines connecting to more than 100 major cities worldwide,
it has world-class
Malaysia’s Business Events sector enjoys the full support of the government. Here former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad officiates the opening of the Beyond Paradigm Summit 2019, held at MITEC.
infrastructure, hotels and conference venues. It is also
a wonderfully diverse tourism destination, with a vibrant multi-ethnic culture, traditional hospitality to match, pristine natural attractions and superb man-made amenities, as can be seen throughout this book.
These factors combine to create a meeting and conference location par
excellence, complemented by a dynamic corporate culture and a global political outlook. There are few places better than Malaysia to discover
new dialogue partners, reveal valuable new perspectives and unleash new ways of thinking.
Rewarding Malaysia
Conferences attract more delegates if guests have
MyCEB offers a range of corporate incentive activities for all ages and interests. Here participants learn all about batik painting, bringing home their own creation as a wonderful souvenir.