Sabah to hold premier post pandemic business event
KOTA KINABALU: Borneo Expo 2024, Sabah’s premier post pandemic business event, is set to be held from May 3 to 5 at the Sabah International Convention Centre (SICC) here.
It will be organised by Borneo Referral Group (the managing company of BNI Sabah North) and will focus on nurturing business collaboration among Sabah entrepreneurs as well as introducing Sabahan businesses to the locals and other countries.
Borneo Referral Group CEO and BNI Sabah North Region Area Development Director Brandon Chin told a press conference other than an entrepreneur exhibition, there will be a business matchmaking session, talks, fun run, association networking session, gala dinner and live entertainment.
“With the new initiative, Borneo Expo 2024 aims to help our local SME entrepreneurs to broaden their networks, creating domestic/international business relationships, knowledge exchange and a platform to showcase their products/services as well as promoting Sabah.
“At the same time, we will be in collaboration with business associations such as Persatuan Usahawan Maju Malaysia (PUMM), Junior Chambers International Moyog Chapter (JCI Moyog), Federation of Sabah Industries (FSI) and many more in discussion in order to bring the local and national business communities to participate in this first ever business expo in Sabah,” he said.
According to Chin, there will be more than 200 booths for the entrepreneur exhibition comprising about 10 industries such as automotive, business services, building materials, construction and interior, events and weddings, finance, health and wellness and tourism.
“We are thankful to have some international brands such as BYD and Coway as well as local brands such as TCT Trading, Onaki, HAG Store and Cocoa Kingdom participating in the expo,” he said.
Chin added that the expo’s programmes are designed to cater to the business community with the Borneo Talk, a K2B emphasis, community involvement and students from local schools as well as family oriented actitivies.
Their target visitors are those who want to find new products or services,suppliersormanufacturers who want to venture into overseas market and also those who want to learn from the K2B initiative, said Chin, adding that they expect about 5,000 visitors to visit the expo and target a revenue of about RM3 million during the three-day event.
During the press conference Borneo Referral Group signed agreements with the Borneo Expo 2024 co-organisers.