Budget hotels working on app to boost business
PETALING JAYA (Oct 31): Budget hotels are hoping that an app will help them to counter the increasing popularity of Airbnb accommodation online travel agencies.
Malaysia Airlines inks wide-ranging partnership agreement with Singapore Airlines
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 30): Malaysia Airlines Bhd (MAB) has inked a wide-ranging commercial agreement with Singapore Airlines (SIA) to share revenue on flights between Singapore and Malaysia, expand codeshare routes and participate in joint marketing activities to develop tourism.
Mohd Khairudin Abdul Halim leads JPPH, BOVAEP
PETALING JAYA (Oct 30): Mohd Khairudin Abdul Halim has been appointed the director general of valuation and property services of the Department of Valuation and Property Services (JPPH) and the president of the Board of Valuers, Appraisers, Estate Agents and Property Managers (BOVAEP).
SRC trial: Najib cannot be charged with money laundering as predicate offence has not been proven, says defence
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 23): The defence in Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s RM42 million SRC International Sdn Bhd trial has argued that the former premier cannot be charged with money laundering, as the predicate offences — criminal breach of trust (CBT) and abuse of power — have not been proven.
JPPH and RISM sign MoU to foster strategic alliance
PETALING JAYA (Oct 2): The Department of Valuation and Property Services (JPPH) under the Ministry of Finance Malaysia and the Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia (RISM) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today to foster public and private strategic alliances with each other.
趋势：旅游年将至，但酒店业仍在苦撑
虽然2020大马旅游年即将到来，但酒店业并不预期该旅游年能为行业带来显著的激励。 大马酒店业协会（MAH）首席执行员Yap Lip Seng表示，即便距离旅游年仅剩少于6个月的时间，但目前仍未看到有任何大型的旅游促销活动。 他向Edgeprop.
Bugged by protests, more Hong Kong folk are interested in MM2H
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 21): Property consultants have revealed that interest in the Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) programme has increased significantly from Hong Kong residents this year.
Hotels facing headwinds
Visit Malaysia Year 2020 (VMY2020) is around the corner, but the hospitality sector does not have high hopes that it will be a key performance driver for the sector.
Number of Chinese tourists to Malaysia increasing
PETALING JAYA (Aug 9): China’s recent economic slowdown has not seemed to curtail its citizens from holidaying abroad, and Malaysia has been one of the beneficiairies of it.
BNM freezes 35 bank accounts, seizes RM4m of cash and properties in joint operation
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 3): Eight premises related to Magmatrans (M) Sdn Bhd, Vonstar Resources Sdn Bhd and Vonstar Sdn Bhd in the Klang Valley and Penang were raided during a joint operation involving Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), the Royal Malaysia Police and the Immigration Department Malaysia yesterday.
