Friday, February 22, 2013

MyCEB secures business events worth US$205m


News this week: The Malaysia Convention & Exhibition Bureau (MyCEB) estimates that it helped to secure business events in 2012 that will contribute RM 635 million (US$205 million) in terms of economic impact to Malyasia’s economy.

During the year, MyCEB confirmed 26 association meetings will be held in Malaysia over the coming five years. The bureau also secured an addition of 109 corporate and incentive meetings for the country in 2012.

In 2012, MyCEB supported 255 business events, of which 50% were corporate and incentive meetings, 44% association meetings and the remaining 6% were exhibitions.

Mr. Zulkefli Hj. Sharif, CEO of MyCEB commented, “Bids won cover a wide spectrum of industry sectors especially those identified as National Key Economic Areas (NKEA) under the country’s Economic Transformation Programme (ETP).”

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