Malaysia Premium Travel Fair and Global Cruise Tourism Conference 2014

By Anthony Tan | Virgin Communications

email: anthonykhtan@yahoo.co.uk

 



 Panoramic view of the cruise along Danube River

             

Malaysian Premium Travel Fair (MPTF) 2014 and Global Cruise Tourism Conference (GCTC) 2014 are scheduled to be held this month at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre from Aug 7 to 10.
 

This luxury yacht has 25-cabin for private charter cruising in Malaysia water

GCTC will be held on Aug 7 and 8 at the Plenary Hall from 9am to 6pm while MPTF will be held from Aug 8 to 10 at Hall 5 and 6 of the convention centre, from 11am to 8pm.

 

MPTF and GCTC 2014 organising Chairman Datuk Mohd Khalid Harun (Past President of MATTA) said the industry was heading towards luxury tourism and sees there was a demand for it.

 

“Malaysia is ready to promote high-end tourism to the world. Malaysians are becoming more affluent and with that, they want a certain lifestyle and luxury benefits.

 

“They are willing to pay for premium and niche products. So, both the events are ideal opportunities for the travel and tourism industry to reach out to over 30,000 high-end consumers,” he said during a press conference to announce both the events recently.
 

Charter Private Jet by high end holiday seekers landing at Skypark Subang  



Datuk Azizan Noordin

Also present at the press conference is Tourism Malaysia deputy director-general Datuk Azizan Noordin said “Tourism Malaysia will be taking up 20 booths at the MPTF 2014 and will focus on five areas during the fair that is hotels, spa, helicopter tour, Menara Kuala Lumpur and luxury vehicles.”

 

He further added that for the hotels sector, Tourism Malaysia would be bringing in The Settlement Melaka to promote boutique hotels. Azizan said the helicopter tours which are popular among Middle Eastern tourists and is considered as one of the cheapest in the world. He believed the conference will help put Malaysia on the cruise tourism the map and there were 512,400 cruise passengers landed in Malaysia last year.

 

 

Helicopter tour in Sabah



Entrance to the luxury CHI Spa @
Rasa Sayang Resort and
 Spa in Penang

Pahang Tourism and Culture Committee chairman Datuk Mohd Sharkar Shamsudin, who was present said Pahang Tourism had been given an opportunity to be chosen as the Favourite Domestic Destination Partner for the fair this year.

 

Mohd Sharkar added “I hope with our participation in the fair, we can achieve our target of 12 million tourists and RM8.5bil in tourism receipts for Pahang in conjunction with Visit Malaysia Year 2014. Pahang which is famous for its eco-tourism, had 10.5 million tourists arrival and received RM7.5bil in tourism receipts last year.” 

 

There will be a total of 220 booths and 55 exhibitors, including operators and providers of helicopter tour services, theme parks, premium spas and wellness facilities, cruise liners and yacht clubs, high-end transportation vehicles as well as state tourism organisations.

 



Luxury holidays includes fine dining and a popular restaurant in
Penang is the Ferringhi Grill at Rasa Sayang Resort & Spa