January 2018

Korea’s largest online marketplace 11 street has launched its Lunar New Year shopping campaign in Malaysia. It’s no secret according to Bruce Lim, vice president of merchandising that, 11 street has a large and growing pool of online shoppers in the country and during the festive seasons such as the Chinese New Year, that the company sees a peak in online sales.

Recently a nationwide survey was conducted to understand the psyche of online shoppers in Malaysia, with a total of 1,854 respondents participating. An interesting fact revealed is, Malaysians are prone to last minute shopping, and the survey concur that family and friends mattered most among Malaysians.

The survey disclosed that 70 percent of participants were willing to spend on their family and loved ones during Chinese New Year, with three times more spending to purchase items for gifting purposes, rather than for themselves. Among the top five activities the respondents wished to partake in with their family included dining out, visiting friends, shopping for those they cared about, watching a movie together, and travelling to a foreign country.

Through the Gong Xi Wang campaign, 11 street has tailored a more bespoke offering for its online shoppers during this festive season such as: a variety of gift hampers; e-vouchers for restaurants; attractive travel deals; 48-hour delivery service within the capital city; and a click & collect service to eliminate wait time for shipment and; online shoppers can collect their purchases at selected physical stores nationwide.

Results of the nation wide survey was presentated at the Lunar New Year luncheon organised by 11 street. Guests also participate in the tossing of the salad Yusheng or Yee Sang to symbolise abundance and prosperity.

Picture this, the property is set across a sprawling 160 hectares of open space of greenery with a golf course nearby and, located about half an hour from the city centre of Kuala Lumpur. The Saujana Hotels & Resorts has a story to tell. There is the luxury spa, afternoon tea at the Club, deluxe rooms, a ballroom and meeting rooms, Whiskey bar, swimming pools or, simply enjoy the tranquility of the tropical vast expanse of the property, as far as the eye can see.

Corporate clients and representatives of the media, were invited to spend an afternoon to participate in the everyday workings of the property which is rarely experienced and sometimes unknown to guests – telling an engaging story of the Saujana Hotels & Resorts – helping guests to become an insider of the property.

The narrative of the story begins by crisscrossing the large expanse of the property. Firstly to the luxury spa centre, where group members give each other a shoulder massage and do some stretch exercises at the Vitality room.  Moving on to yoga work-out, a dance routine and, preparing a special dish with the chef after which eating what you have made.

Walk across the garden for a quick game of selecting golf balls of the same colour from a hammock in one minute. Then head for a deluxe room to do a bit of housekeeping work of cleaning the bathroom, making the bed with fresh linen, vacuuming the carpet and checking the coffee and tea counter for refills – all to be completed in 15 minutes.  Moving on further to the Whiskey bar, the group was divided to those who are tasked to crack open thorny Durians, an all-time favourite fruit of Malaysians and eating as much as you can.  While others headed for the bar upstairs to mix their own concoction of a cocktail.

Finally participants are encouraged to post on social media telling the Saujana Hotels & Resorts story, as well as sharing their experience with everyone.

The afternoon ended with a picnic on the property’s lawn by the pool with winners of the event walking away with some exciting prizes.

The motor show is scheduled to be held from November 23 to December 2 at the newly opened Malaysia International Trade and Exhibition Centre (MITEC) in Kuala Lumpur.  The organiser, Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA) announced this after a pause of five years. Only this year, the MAA has decided to organise the show said the president, Datuk Aishah Ahmad.  This is in anticipation of the opening of the newly built venue which has the exhibition space of 50,000 square metres required by the motor show to accommodate more than 100 participating exhibitors.

She mentioned the recently completed construction of Malaysia’s largest state-of-the-art exhibition centre was an impetus for the return of the Kuala Lumpur International Motor Show and MITEC will be home for the event.

This year marks the 9^th edition of the event which is Malaysia’s most established and significant automotive show.  It is expected to attract more than 350, 000 visitors during the 10 days.  What visitors and motor enthusiasts can expect at the show is: the largest gathering of automotive industry brands; car retailers; accessories suppliers; and auto-service related providers.

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The Kuala Lumpur International Motor Show was officially launched on January 10 at MITEC by the Minister of International Trade and Industry of Malaysia, Dato Sri Mustapa Bin Mohamed.  He also witnessed the signing of agreement between the president of Malaysian Automotive Association, Datuk Aishah Ahmad and chairman of Trade-Link Exhibition Services Sdn Bhd, Datuk Zainal Abidin Ahmad.

The 8th Expo Project Fair for International Cooperation is set to be held from June 25 to 27 in Hangzhou International Expo Center with the theme: Globalisation, Interconnection and Create. It is one of the leading B2B events in China and has, over the years, built a database of over 1,000 trade visitors. At the same time welcomed a total of 10,000 conference and exhibition professionals from 36 countries.

Organised by China International Conference and Exhibition Magazine, Machinery and Automobile Exhibitions Federation, and China Union of City Convention and Exhibition Industry Associations, the combined effort of these three strong industry players is, expected to greatly promote the development of the Chinese convention and exhibition industry.

During the three-day event, there will be a number of forward-looking forums on niche aspects of the conference and exhibition industry. Several international speakers are invited to participate in dialogues, face-to-face communication with local participants as well as, share latest information on MICE.

Aside from the plenary opening ceremony, activities planned during the event includes: theme forums; round-table meetings; high-end interviews; theme promotional conferences; exclusive matching meeting conference; a theme cocktail party and networking dinner – providing multiple opportunities for participants to network and do business.

For more information visit www.epfic.com

MICE in Asia is a media partner of EPFIC 2018.