Miri Marriott Resort & Spa, Marriott's first full service spa resort in Malaysia and its first property in Borneo, has established itself amongst the crème de la crème of the Malaysian hospitality industry by garnering two major awards and three finalist awards in the 6th edition of the highly-acclaimed Hospitality Asia Platinum Awards (HAPA) 2007-2008, Malaysia Series recently.
The HAPA awards, organised and managed by World Asia Publishing (WAP), which publishes the...
MIRI - An estimated 6,000 tickets will be sold out for next year Miri International Jazz Festival on May 9 and 10 in 2008.
The anticipated audience increase, according to organising chairman Michael Lu, is due to the growing interest of the people in this region towards jazz rhythms and variations performed by renowned bands made popular by two previous festivals.
"Held for the second consecutive year on May 11 and 12, 2007, the event had successfully attracted a...
The Miri Marriott Resort & Spa is spreading the joy of the festive season with a host of exciting promotions and events. From Christmas goodies and gift hampers to buffet dinners and New Year's Eve theme parties, there is something for everyone.
The international resort heralded the season with a glittering 'Christmas Launch' on Dec 7, which included the launch of its Christmas Wish Tree, a charity project supporting orphans, special children and children from...
MIRI, Dec 12 (Bernama) -- More jazz bands and a bigger crowd are among the promises for next year's Miri International Jazz Festival (MIJF) as the organiser looks towards consolidating the event as one of the premier tourism attractions here.
MIJF organising chairman Michael Lu said invitations had been extended to bands from Australia, Philippines, Korea, Cuba, Japan, Holland, United States, France, the United Kingdom and Canada to perform at the festival to be staged at the...
Kota Kinabalu: Air travel between Sabah and Sarawak is increasingly becoming easier for all, thanks to MASwings.
Since taking over the rural air services (RAS) from AirAsia's subsidiary FlyAsian Xpress (FAX) on Oct 1, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has made improvements through its two-pronged approach of providing reliable interlining services and connectivity.
This is besides the specially tailored programmes it has initiated, in line with...
MIRI: The flyover at Pujut Corner, the first such infrastructure built here to help smoothen the traffic flow, was opened to the public yesterday. This, together with the other flyover at Puchong, which would be completed before Chinese New Year in 2008, would put an end to the massive traffic jams along both stretches, especially during peak hours.
Additionally, the road from Pujut flyover would be linked to Pujut 5 and Pujut 7 roundabouts by three lanes, including a...
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 1 (Bernama) -- MASWings Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Malaysian Airline Bhd (MAS) starts its inaugural flight from Miri to Mulu today, the first of 451 weekly flights to serve a network of 21 destinations in Sabah and Sarawak.
"We are delighted to take to the skies today, offering more frequencies, better schedules and connectivity, and affordable fares to the communities in Sarawak and Sabah," MASWings managing director Dr Amin Khan Amin said.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airlines' wholly-owned subsidiary MASWings will start its operations in East Malaysia beginning next month. It will take to the skies with two Fokker 50 aircraft flights in Sarawak and Sabah flight MH3630 at 9.10am from Miri to Mulu and flight MH3014 at 10am from Kota Kinabalu to Lahad Datu, the airline said.
MIRI: World heritage site Mulu National Park and other attractions in Sarawak are back on the tourism market following the past year’s problems of connectivity.
International tour agencies operating more than 60,000 Global Distribution System terminals have restored the destinations in Sarawak onto their marketing list.
This follows news that MASWings would be taking over the rural air service sectors in Sarawak (and Sabah) from Oct 1.
MIRI: Good news for nearly one million rural folks travelling by air in Sarawak and Sabah.
MASWings, the airline that will take over the rural air service sector from Fly Asian Xpress (FAX) next month, has done away with airport tax and security charges for those flying out from rural destinations in the two states.
Both the charges ranged from RM11 to RM50 one-way depending on the sector.
MASWings managing director Dr Amin Khan said the airline took...
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