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GEORGE TOWN: Penang expects to welcome tourists by the third or fourth quarter of this year following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.

GEORGE TOWN, May 14 -- Penang expects to welcome tourists by third or fourth quarter of this year following the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.

GEORGE TOWN, 14 Mei — Pulau Pinang menjangkakan bakal menyambut ketibaan pelancong menjelang suku tahun ketiga dan keempat tahun ini susulan penularan pandemik COVID-19.

GEORGE TOWN, 14 Mei -- Pulau Pinang menjangkakan bakal menyambut ketibaan pelancong menjelang suku tahun ketiga dan keempat tahun ini susulan penularan pandemik COVID-19.

BUILDING the confidence level is essential to reviving the business events in the state as well as nationwide, says Penang Convention & Exhibition Bureau (PCEB) chief executive officer Ashwin Gunasekaran.

THE state government is working on a policy pertaining to the next normal in the tourism industry, which is indeed the worst hit industry due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

It’s full steam ahead for the ICCA Asia Pacific (AP) Chapter with a newly elected executive committee, headed up by Ashwin Gunasekeran, CEO of the Penang Convention & Exhibition Bureau (PCEB). We caught up with him to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the region’s association meetings industry, what the chapter is doing to aid its recovery and what plans the new committee has...

Penang Convention & Exhibition Bureau (PCEB) is honoured to share that our CEO Ashwin Gunasekeran has been elected as the new Chairman for the ICCA Asia Pacific Chapter Executive Committee (EXCO) for the term 2020 – 2022. He takes over the outgoing Chairman, Jason Yeh (Founder and CEO of GIS Group).

Dubbed the Pearl of the Orient, Penang is renowned for its tourism and business events allure. In June this year, it made headways when it was listed second on CNNTravel’s “Best places to visit for the ultimate Asia experience”. Ashwin Gunasekaran, Chief Executive Officer of the Penang Convention & Exhibition Bureau expounds on the excellent potential of the business events...

Mr Gunasekeran, CEO of Penang Convention & Exhibition Bureau, takes over from outgoing chairman, Jason Yeh.