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Penang keeps its events vision on 2030, as CVB reports 156 events held in 2020
Despite the halt on international travel and limitations for business events, the Malaysian state of Penang recorded a total of 156 events with 19,283 participants and 48,963 room nights in 2020.
The figures were announced by the Penang Convention & Exhibition Bureau (PCEB) at a short ceremony followed by an Iftar dinner event The Wembley hotel.
The PCEB 2020 Business Events Penang Annual Review was attended by CEO Ashwin Gunasekeran; The Rt. Hon. Chow Kon Yeow (chief minister of Penang); The Hon. Yeoh Soon Hin (PCEB chairman and Penang State Exco for Tourism and Creative Economy) and other legislators.
Malaysia s Penang Hosted 156 Events in 2020 07 May 2021
Despite the halt on international travel and limitations for business events, Penang recorded a total of 156 events with 19,283 participants and 48,963 room nights in 2020.
This was announced by the Penang Convention & Exhibition Bureau (PCEB) through a small launching ceremony held at The Wembley, followed by a ‘buka puasa’ or Iftar dinner served to the guests by the hotel personnel.
Being their first official event of the year, launching the 2020 Business Events Penang Annual Review together with PCEB CEO Ashwin Gunasekeran were The
Rt. Hon. Chow Kon Yeow (Chief Minister of Penang) and
The Hon. Yeoh Soon Hin (Penang State Exco for Tourism and Creative Economy).
A documentary on Penang s favourite pop group Alleycats titled Hingga Akhir Nanti is a highlight on April 4. Photo: Handout
Interstate travels may not be allowed just yet but that doesn’t mean you can’t walk about the island state of Penang this weekend.
O:PEN - A Weekend in Penang is all set to give vacation-deprived Malaysians the break we need with a line-up of online and physical events from today till Sunday (April 4).
This new initiative by the Penang Arts Council (PAC) is supported by the Penang State Exco for Tourism and Creative Economy (PETACE).
“O:PEN is a testimony of the resilience of Penang’s creative forces in the face of lockdowns and closures over the past 12 months, ” says Joe Sidek, PAC’s chairman.
Facing torture, a servant girl turns her eyes to the heavens and sings of love.
Her soprano voice swirls high and fills the room as she declares her resolve of unrequited devotion to a prince in disguise.
After her heart-wrenching aria, there is a moment of stunned silence before the audience erupts in applause.
Such was a scene from Puccini’s
Turandot staged at Penang’s Dewan Sri Pinang in 2003.
The opera, followed by
Carmen that was staged the year after, was among the last large-scale performances by the Penang Arts Council (PAC) that brought numerous operas and operettas to Penang.