Penang keeps its events vision on 2030, as CVB reports 156 events held in 2020
Despite the halt on international travel and limitations for business events, the Malaysian state of Penang recorded a total of 156 events with 19,283 participants and 48,963 room nights in 2020.
The figures were announced by the Penang Convention & Exhibition Bureau (PCEB) at a short ceremony followed by an Iftar dinner event The Wembley hotel.
The PCEB 2020 Business Events Penang Annual Review was attended by CEO Ashwin Gunasekeran; The Rt. Hon. Chow Kon Yeow (chief minister of Penang); The Hon. Yeoh Soon Hin (PCEB chairman and Penang State Exco for Tourism and Creative Economy) and other legislators.