MyCEB , MACEOS continue to honour country’s best business events industry players
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia celebrated the best of the best in the business events industry, honouring a total of 27 outstanding winners at the third Recognising Award Winning Results (rAWr) Awards 2017.
The biennial rAWr Awards is a collaboration between Malaysia Convention and Exhibition Bureau ( MyCEB), an agency under the Ministry of Tourism and Culture Malaysia, and the Malaysian Association of Convention and Exhibition Organisers and Suppliers ( MACEOS).
The prest ig ious award recognises excellence, leadership, profe s s iona l st a nda rds , innovation and best practices within the Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions ( MICE) or business events industry.
The rAWr Awards was graced by the Deputy Secretary General (Tourism), Ministry of Tourism and Culture Malaysia, Nor Yahati Awang. Chief executive officer of MyCEB, Datuk Zulkefli Sharif and president of MACEOS, Datuk Vincent Lim were also in attendance to honour and celebrate business events industry partners who demonstrated excellence dedication and extraordinary leadership which contributed to the growth and development of the industry.
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Tourism and Culture Malaysia, Datuk Wira Mas Ermieyati Samsudin, said, “Business events is the catalyst for socio- economic growth, and it is a sector that has the potential to fuel widescale economic activity, drive new growth in our communities, generate job opportunities and increase economic earnings. The Ministry of Tourism and Culture will continue to play its part in ensuring that the infrastructure, policies and legislation required to smoothen growth in the sector are well implemented.”
Meanwhile Zulkef li said in order to choose the winners, all nominees of the rAWr Awards were judged by a pool of industry experts and professional judges within the Asian region namely Singapore and Philippines.
“The selection of nominees has gone through a stringent and rigorous judging process to help us select the very best among the best,” he said, adding that the rAWr Awards is the sole business events industry award ceremony in Malaysia.
“I hope that it will continue to play a role in elevating industry standards and continue to seal Malaysia’s position as Asia’s Business Events Hub.”
On that note, Lim commented that winning the rAWR Award elevates your reputation as an event professional that focuses on delivering high standards, raising the bar and continuously adds value to your industry clients as well as the industry.