Penang’s India Roadshow moves to a hybrid format
The Penang Convention & Exhibition Bureau is moving its annual Penang Roadshow to India event into a hybrid format.
The event will feature a dinner hosted in selected Indian cities, but will take place virtually. It will stop through Kochi on 18 January, followed by Chennai on 20 January, and Mumbai on 25 January.
The event aims to connect sellers from Penang and other parts of Malaysia with Indian buyers from different sectors including business events, leisure travel, weddings, teambuilding events and more.
The virtual show has a total of 25 registered sellers from Penang and the larger Malaysia travel and business events industry, and will be welcoming more than 200 buyers in total.
Malaysia’s Penang Launches Virtual Roadshow to India 18 January 2021
The Penang Convention & Exhibition Bureau (PCEB) will be carrying out its 4th annual Penang Roadshow to India.
This year’s show will see the B2B sessions carried out fully virtually with a Penang Night special dinner hosted in selected cities in India. This hybrid format ensures maximum outreach of the roadshow to one of Penang, Malaysia’s largest travel markets.
Beginning the roadshow in Kochi on 18th Jan, the roadshow will continue on to Chennai on 20 Jan, New Delhi on 22 Jan and Mumbai on 25 Jan to predominantly connect Penang and Malaysian sellers to qualified Indian buyers from different industry segments including business events, leisure travel, weddings, teambuilding events and filming.
KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 12): Malaysia Aviation Group Bhd (MAG) subsidiary Firefly Airlines will start narrow-body jet operations next month (January 2021) from its northern hub in Penang to Kota Kinabalu (KK), Kuching and Johor Bahru (JB) as part of MAG’s strategy to respond to Covid-19 pandemic-driven challenges in the global aviation industry.
TTG Asia, quoting Firefly chief executive officer Philip See, reported yesterday (Dec 11) that FireFly, which currently only operates turbo-propeller service in the form of ATR-72 500 aircraft, will start its narrow-body jet operations with twice-daily services between Penang and KK and Kuching, and thrice-daily services between Penang and JB. These services will be operated with a trio of Boeing 737-800 narrow body jets using excess aircraft from sister company, Malaysia Airlines (Bhd),” TTG Asia reported, quoting See, who was speaking at the fifth edition of [email protected], a two-day virtual conference organised by the Penang Convent
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