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novative Chapter Award
by Pacific Asia Travel As-
sociation (PATA) for initia-
tives by Tourism Malaysia in
leadership and commitment
to community practices in
sustainability, technology,
connectivity, and education.
The third award received
was the second place as Best
Asian Tourism Board by Go
Asia.
ITB Berlin, held from
March 4-8, 2015, is the world’s leading travel trade show connecting tourism buyers
with destinations from around the globe.
Malaysia takes home three
awards at ITB Berlin
Malaysia
recently won the first prize
for its print advertisement featuring
the traditional ‘wayang kulit’ at ITB
Berlin’s Golden City Gate award. The
award-winning advertisement is part of
TourismMalaysia’s on-going advertising
campaign to promote the Malaysia Year
of Festivals (MyFest) 2015. Malaysia also
received two other additional awards at
the awards ceremony, wrapping up a
successful show at one of the world’s
most prestigious travel trade event.
One of the two awards is Most In-
What’s Buzzin’ Across The Region This April
Swiss Watch Gallery Showcases
Contemporary Timepieces at
Watch Masters Exhibition
Swiss
Watch Gallery, the premier Ma-
laysian owned regional luxury watch
retailer presented Watch Masters, an
11-day exhibition showcasing the best
timepiece novelties for the first time at
Gurney Paragon Mall, Penang.
Invited guests were mesmerised by the
world’s most sought after and prestigious
Swiss made brands which included
Graham, Longines, Maurice Lacroix, Oris,
Tag Heuer, Tissot and Tudor.
Held in collaboration with its lifestyle
partners – Four Points by Sheraton,
Broker’s London Dry Gin, AutoBavaria,
Gurney Paragon Mall and The Star, the
exclusive events let the esteemed guests
to discover all the timepieces up close
from all the participated brands at the
MIMMA 3 Set to be the Most Elec-
trifying Season Thus Far!
The
Malaysian InvasionMixedMartial Arts
(MIMMA) is back and once again sending
shock waves to rattle the regional MMA
scene. This year (2015) will also see the in-
troduction of two new
categories to further
expand the immen-
sity of the invasion.
Female Catchweight
Division (Above 48kg
to below 56.7kg)
will be introduced to
fulfil the dire need of
female MMA fighters.
TheMMA scenewill not be completewith-
out female fighters to continue the legacy
of our very ownMalaysianMMA Princess
AnnOsman, who is also one of Tune Talk’s
warrior. Other than that, Foreign Pride
Catchweight Division (Above 61.2kg to
below 70.3kg) will also be introduced for
amateur foreigners interested to fight in
MIMMA.
To top it all off, Tune Talk will organise
Mixed
Martial A’RRRR!: Terror on the
High Seas
which will be the first fighting
event held on a cruise ship in international
waters. The four days three nights (Penang
– Phuket – Krabi – Penang) mixed martial
arts cruise crossover will start from theMay
31 till June 3, 2015.
A series of nationwide tryouts will take
place in Johor, Penang, Sabah, Sarawak,
and Selangor. Fighters who are interested
to join the invasion can fill in their details
on www.malaysianinvasion.com
exhibition.
Guests were also seen enjoying them-
selves sipping on cocktail by Broker’s
London Dry Gin, whilst being served
with an array of sumptuous selections
of
canapés
and desserts courtesy of Four
Points by Sheraton while being treated
to special performances by local jazz
chanteuse
Winnie Ho, Diana Liu and
other interactive activities lined up.