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Chocolatier extraordinaire — Harriston

Feb 07

Malaysian chocolatier Harriston serves up over 10 million chocolates to customers worldwide.

Tourism Ministry planning strategies to help industry tackle Wuhan virus

Feb 04

PUTRAJAYA (Feb 4): The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (MOTAC) today held its first Tourism Recovery Action Committee meeting to discuss its planned strategies in light of the novel coronavirus outbreak.

Coronavirus outbreak a threat to Asian tourism industry

Jan 29

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 29): The novel coronavirus outbreak is threatening the health of more than just the general public – gloom and doom have also fallen on the various Asian tourist destinations that draw the Chinese market.

Government to maintain VMY2020 arrival target of 30m amid coronavirus outbreak

Jan 28

PUTRAJAYA (Jan 28): The government will be maintaining its Visit Malaysia 2020 (VMY2020) target of 30 million tourists, amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus.

Pesat Bumi in JV to build Geo Antharas at mid-hill Genting

Jan 18

PETALING JAYA: Pesat Bumi Sdn Bhd is planning another development at Pahang’s Genting Permai after successfully delivering its geo38 Residence in the same area in January 2019, six months ahead of schedule.

Chow Kit, Sabah in NYT’s annual list of 52 places to visit this year

Jan 10

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 10): Kuala Lumpur and Sabah made it into the New York Times (NYT) 52 Places To Go in 2020, according to a list published yesterday.

Be one with nature at these 5 waterfalls in Selangor

Dec 21

Cascading rapids somehow hold a certain lure that makes them favourite spots for a weekend escape.

Budget hotels working on app to boost business

Oct 31

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

Oct 30

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.