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Friday, December 6, 2019

Music | Bonfire | Balloon Drop | Games at Langkah Syabas Beach Resort NYE Beach Party...


WELCOME 2020 IN STYLE!

Have a cracking good time with Sabah's hippest, most happening New Year Beach Party only at Langkah Syabas Beach Resort this 31 December 2019.
At just RM99 per adult and RM50 per child, you get to enjoy one drink, delicious buffet dinner, and midnight snacks.
Call now 088-752 000 and see you there!


Christmas Eve Candlelight Dinner on the 24th Dec 2019 at Langkah Syabas Beach Resort.


Yuletide is just around the corner. Celebrate your Christmas this year with family and friends at Langkah Syabas Beach Resort with the Resort's scrumptious and specially curated menu. Get into the spirit of Noel with Carols by Candlelight on 24 December 2019.
Call 088-752 000 and make your reservation now.

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Best Overseas Tour Operator Awards Goes To...Amazing Borneo! Congratulations!


SABAH TOURISM AWARDS 2019

Congratulations to each & every members of the Amazing Team, as Amazing Borneo has won the BEST OVERSEAS TOUR OPERATOR: SINGAPOREWell done & proud of everyone's commitment & dedication!


On top of that, we would like to congratulate our tour guide, Ryan Temmu, for winning the BEST TOUR GUIDE in Sabah.You definitely deserved it!

Congratulations also to our tour guide, Tan Kian Seng, for being in the TOP 3 finalists for MOST PROMISING TOUR GUIDE. Keep up the great work & you will surely achieve it!


We want to extend our heartfelt appreciation to YB Datuk Christina Liew, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment of Sabah and Sabah Tourism Board members and judging committee for the recognition and awards presentation.

Congratulations Sutera Harbour Resort! Gerard Tan DCEO leading a successful team through out the year!

Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Gerard Tan received the awards on behalf of Sutera Harbour Resort from Deputy Tourism Minister YB Assaffal P. Alian together with Mr Adrian Rozario The General Manager of The Magellan Sutera Resort.

Honouring experience and enterprise excellence in Sabah’s tourism industry.
Sabah Tourism Awards is held as a tribute to individuals and organizations that have excelled and contributed to the development of tourism and hospitality in Sabah. The awards is an incentive for participants to strive for higher level of professionalism in both service and product quality.


Congratulations Sutera Harbour Resort!

Sutera Harbour Resort receive two prestigious awards during the Sabah Tourism Awards 2019 held at the Magellan Sutera Hotel.

Excellence In Hotel Services (5-STAR) category
The Magellan Sutera Resort (Sutera Harbour Resort)

Best Dining Experience category
FERDINAND'S (The Magellan Sutera Resort)


Gerard Tan DCEO Sutera Harbour Resort group photo with guests and friends

Congratulations to all the awards recipient 

TOURISM MALAYSIA LAUNCHES VISIT MALAYSIA 2020 CAMPAIGN WEBSITE



In conjunction with Visit Malaysia 2020 (VM2020), Tourism Malaysia has launched the VM2020 Website Campaign which can be accessed at vm2020.malaysia.travel.

The campaign is a digital initiative by Tourism Malaysia to support the Visit Malaysia 2020 campaign and to portray Malaysia as one of the top destinations to visit in 2020.


YBhg. Datuk Musa Yusof, Director General of Tourism Malaysia said, "With an enhanced digital experience and experiential content, we hope to entice more international and local tourists to visit the various destinations in our country, in support of Visit Malaysia 2020."


The campaign aims to feed both the international and domestic travellers with valuable information on Malaysia’s numerous tourist attractions, including recommended destinations, ‘must-try’ meals, travel itineraries, and things to do in Malaysia.



Users are able to know more about Malaysia through diverse informative articles which have been categorised into adventure, wildlife, nature, islands and beaches, waterfalls, caves and forests, food, and family, among others.

Other information such as deals and packages as well as events and happenings in the year 2020 are also featured in the website.

A unique feature of the website campaign is the “Insta Worthy” section which is powered by user-generated content (UGC). Travellers’ Instagram photos and videos may stand a chance to be featured in this section, as long as they are tagged with Tourism Malaysia’s official Instagram page (@malaysia.truly.asia) and includes #VisitMalaysia2020, #MalaysiaTrulyAsia and #CutiCutiMalaysia hashtags upon posting. All photos and videos included in the section will be credited to the original user. The goal of including the ‘Insta Worthy’ section is to strengthen the relationship with the community, especially with millennials.


The addition of new exclusive features are also planned for the future development of the campaign, while content for the website will be updated from time to time to share fresh news.

A chatbot will be utilized to provide FAQs and is expected to provide an enhanced user experience across the website. Besides that, industry players will be introduced to an online form submission as an efficient platform for all merchants to submit their special deals and packages to be promoted in the VM2020 website. The campaign also aims to boost community engagement and extend the implementation of UGC by developing a platform for travel experiences and recommendations submission.

AirAsia opens first restaurant serving dishes from in-flight menu


AirAsia group CEO Tony Fernandes(centre) is so confident the carrier’s Southeast Asian fare will be popular with diners on the ground that he is aiming to franchise the concept internationally, with a New York outlet an ultimate goal. NSTP/MOHD YUSNI ARIFFIN.

KUALA LUMPUR: Airline food has long been the butt of travellers’ jokes, but AirAsia Group Bhd is seeking to turn that notion on its head - opening its first restaurant on Monday featuring dishes based on its in-flight menu.

AirAsia group CEO Tony Fernandes is so confident the carrier’s Southeast Asian fare will be popular with diners on the ground that he is aiming to franchise the concept internationally, with a New York outlet an ultimate goal.

“Our dream is to have one in Times Square,” he said.

The carrier, which pioneered the budget airline model in Asia - including charging extra for food - launched its flagship Santan and T&CO restaurant at a mall in Kuala Lumpur, marking its first foray into the retail food business.

General manager of Santan Restaurant and T&CO Cafe, Catherine Goh, said 30 per cent of the restaurant’s menu come from AirAsia’s existing in-flight menu, which includes classics such as Pak Nasser’s nasi lemak.


The name “Santan“, already used on AirAsia’s in-flight menus, is taken from the coconut pulp milk that is a staple in Southeast Asian cooking.

Goh said a product development team of five chefs and culinary arts students took nine months to come up with the rest of the menu.

“For example, they would meet with our Philippines colleagues, who shortlisted the best restaurants where they would try the dishes and try to replicate the flavours,” she told Reuters.

“Once they’ve developed the product, they will send it to the Filipino team to get their feedback, whether it’s authentic enough.”

AirAsia plans to open five outlets this year, and 100 over the next three to five years.

“We decided to own several restaurants but the bigger business would be franchising, really, because we feel we want to harness young entrepreneurial talent around the region who would like to be part of this business,” said Aireen Omar, group president of AirAsia’s non-airline subsidiary RedBeat Ventures.

Aireen said AirAsia’s digital business, focused on e-commerce and lifestyle offerings, has the potential to overtake its airline business.

AirAsia embarked on a diversification drive to become an asset-light, digitally focused firm after the US$1 billion sale of its leasing business in March 2018.

Its non-airline businesses include financial services BigPay, and travel and lifestyle arm AirAsia.com, which Fernandes said are targeted to be earnings positive in 2021 and next year, respectively. - Reuters

Monday, December 2, 2019

Celebrate Asia with Gerard Tan DCEO of Sutera Harbour Resort: Travel back in time on Borneo’s oldest running steam train

The North Borneo Railway steam train is the oldest running one in Sabah. (Photo: Sutera Harbour Resort)
Fancy stepping back into the colonial charm of British North Borneo? A distinctly memorable way to enjoy Borneo’s verdant greenery is to indulge in the luxury of steam train travel aboard the North Borneo Railway. 

You would be enjoying the views from the vintage Vulcan steam engine, manufactured by the Vulcan Foundry Ltd, in Lancashire, UK – the last of a fleet of locomotives that have travelled across Borneo since the 1880s.


The North Borneo Railway is a joint project between the Sutera Harbour Resort and the Sabah State Railway Department launched in 2000 to commemorate Kota Kinabalu achieving city status. It is the only train that services the island of Borneo, and runs twice a week from Tanjung Aru in Kota Kinabalu.

Covering 38.5km between Kota Kinabalu, the state capital of Sabah, and Papar, an agricultural town known as the “rice bowl of Sabah”, thanks to the paddy fields that dominate the area, this railway offers a unique sight-seeing experience for visitors, from views of the South China Sea to protected forests.




ALL IN THE DETAILS

For train enthusiasts – or fans of Agatha Christie or Harry Potter, for that matter – riding the North Borneo Railway train promises to be a treat in itself. The Vulcan has been beautifully maintained and remains in mint condition. The non-air-conditioned train allows passengers the opportunity to enjoy the fresh air as it travels through the rainforest of Borneo.

It is the only train that services the island of Borneo, and runs twice a week from Tanjung Aru in Kota Kinabalu in Sabah. (Photo: Ananya Pictures)

Painted a rich deep teal and cream, the train and its carriages bear the gold emblem of a tiger holding a wheel. Inside each carriage are eight two-person seats set face to face and separated by a table. These seats are elegantly upholstered in regimental striped-fabric. The wooden frames are polished and all bear the railway emblem.



“The carriages were designed in the 19th century with unique oakwood, fabric seats and panel lamps that go back a hundred years,” shared Gerard Tan, deputy chief executive officer of Sutera Harbour Resort.

The interiors of the train retain its old-school charm. (Photo: Ananya Pictures)


He added that to get and keep the steam engine going, an age-old fuelling method is employed. “This train uses only a very unique wood called mangrove. To get the mangrove wood is not easy. You have to cut and then you have to dry it and it’s very expensive.”

Incidentally, Sabah has the largest mangrove area of any state in Malaysia – over 232,000 hectares. However, much of this area is protected under conservation laws as mangroves are home to diverse flora and fauna.

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