Focus: Malaysia Bats For More |
 Malaysia moved five spots up in the latest ICCA city rankings. The Malaysia Convention & Exhibition Bureau (MyCEB) wants to attract more business events over by implementing a holistic approach. MyCEB CEO, Zulkefli Hj Sharif, said they have increased staff resources, begun pushing for government and industry collaboration, initiated educational programs for industry professionals and strengthening marketing efforts.
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Welcome to Shanghai! A city known for its culture of inclusiveness where the East meets the West, where tradition meets innovation, and where impossible becomes possible.
Arriving in Shanghai, you will immediately be overwhelmed by the vibrance of a thriving city: its colours, its people, its futuristic skyscrapers…
Shanghai is a city to be discovered something new every day. A new restaurant, a new bar, a new shop, a new unique venue…
Shanghai is a destination which makes the hearts of the organizers, the delegates and the guests of an event beat faster. Delectable cuisine and vibrant lifestyle offer you great options to party all night.
Enhanced by its excellent  hotels, state-of-the-art venues and facilities, professional support and metropolitan lifestyle, Shanghai is becoming one of the world’s premier destinations for world-class association and corporate meetings, rewarding incentives and innovative global events.
To discover more for your events, please visit
www.meet-in-shanghai.net
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CHINA: Fairmont Peace Hotel Opens in Shanghai |
 The Fairmont Peace Hotel opened on July 28 in Shanghai after a three-year comprehensive restoration program. The original art deco building was built in 1929 as Cathay Hotel and later became Peace Hotel in 1956. The beloved landmark served as a glamorous playground for the elite of Shanghai.
Fairmont Peace has 270 rooms and suites. All guestrooms feature state‑of‑the‑art technology and frills such as 400‑thread‑count Egyptian cotton bed linens and illy espresso machines. The ballroom, Peace Hall, features the property’s original sprung‑wooden dance floor and is touted to be Shanghai’s most famous ballroom. The hotel has other meeting and event facilities. A new extension houses a sky‑lit swimming pool and the Willow Stream Spa.
www.fairmont.com/peacehotel
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AUSTRALIA: Pan Pacific Enters Australia |
 Pan Pacific Hotels is scheduled to open three properties in Australia by 2011.
The three new properties in Australia will be PARKROYAL Darling Harbour, Sydney (rebranded from Crowne Plaza Darling Harbour) and PARKROYAL Parramatta (rebranded from Crowne Plaza Parramatta) in Sydney. The third will be Pan Pacific Perth in Perth, Western Australia (rebranded from Sheraton Perth). All three hotels are owned by Pan Pacific Hotels Group.
The 486-room Perth hotel will be rebranded Pan Pacific Perth and opens in January 2011. The hotel offers great views of the Swan River and boasts extensive meeting and banqueting facilities with 11 spacious function rooms, as well as an entire level dedicated to seven boardrooms with state-of-the-art technology.
www.panpacific.com
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SINGAPORE: A Bigger Carlton Hotel Singapore |
 From its original 915 rooms, Carlton Hotel Singapore grew by 287 with the opening of its new wing, the Premier Wing.
The new wing has the Premier Club lounge for members, a Gravity Bar, new gym and spa and extensive meeting facilities. Guests also enjoy personalised check‑in and check‑out with exclusive access to the Premier Club Lounge on the top floor with panoramic harbour and city views, serving complimentary breakfast, afternoon tea and evening cocktails with hors d’oeuvres.
www.carlton.com.sg
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PHILIPPINES: New Luxury Resort in Cebu |
 Deluxe Crimson Resort and Spa Mactan recently opened in Cebu. The six-hectare beachfront resort features world-class accommodations with amenities and facilities. It has 250 suites and rooms, 40 villas with 38 plunge pools.
It is also home to the 2,000-square meter spa, Aum, the distinctive Grand Coral Ballroom and four unique food and beverage outlets.
The 315-square meter ballroom can accommodate 600 pax, theatre-style, and is divisible to three smaller function rooms.
The resort offers a Grand Coral Ballroom divisible to three smaller acoustically sound and versatile function rooms.
The beachfront and the pool areas may be reserved for private parties.
www.crimsonhotel.com
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IDEAS: Carbon-less Meeting |
 China World Hotel, Beijing’s newly launched Carbon-less Meeting Program gives meeting organizers the option of going all‑out green.
Meeting organisers receive a certificate of appreciation that recognises them for choosing the green meeting over the normal meeting package.
Two percent of revenue received from this programme goes into a green fund for sustainable projects with a local beneficiary school. The hotel is currently exploring a development of an environment‑related module that will educate schoolchildren about their environment.
On top of encouraging meeting organisers and attendees to organize paperless meetings, they are given the choice to take up carbon‑less options such as use of hybrid car and carbon‑less sightseeing excursions.
Based on a three‑day meeting for 30 people, the Carbon‑less Meeting Program is estimated to save 1,095 kilograms of CO2 emission.
www.shangri-la.com
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In The Air
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JAL to launch services from Haneda |
The Japan Airlines (JAL) Group on October 31, 2010 will inaugurate seven daily flights from Haneda Airport to six international destinations, namely Paris, San Francisco, Honolulu, Bangkok, Taipei’s Songshan Airport and Singapore.
Reservation and ticket sales began on July 1.
JAL currently flies five times daily to four short-haul Asian cities from Haneda, namely Seoul (Gimpo), Shanghai (Hongqiao), Beijing and Hong Kong.
Haneda Airport is conveniently located in the centre of Tokyo and will be open round the clock.
www.jal.com
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MAS Offers More Flights to Sydney and Brisbane |
Malaysia Airlines will offer two additional direct flights from Kuala Lumpur to Sydney and three new flights from Kuala Lumpur to Brisbane effective 31 October 2010.
Collectively, MAS will offer 14 weekly flights to Sydney.
Customers will also enjoy five weekly flights to Brisbane except for Tuesday and Thursday. The three additional flights will depart Kuala Lumpur every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday
Apart from Sydney and Brisbane, Malaysia Airlines also connects to Melbourne 14 times weekly, Perth 10 times weekly and Adelaide four times weekly.
https://book.malaysiaairlines.com
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