Travel in Malaysia, Tourism Malaysia, Malaysia Travel Information » Events http://www.travelinmalaysia.com Travel information and gallery on Malaysia's beaches, islands, cities and highlands Sat, 12 Nov 2011 05:52:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Happy Merdeka 2010! http://www.travelinmalaysia.com/2010/08/happy-merdeka-2010/ http://www.travelinmalaysia.com/2010/08/happy-merdeka-2010/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:46:50 +0000 admin http://www.travelinmalaysia.com/?p=133 Happy 53 Merdeka to Malaysia and all Malaysian!

Since the independent day 53 years ago, Malaysia is still one of the best place to visit…in the past and in the future.

Jom, let’s travel!

Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka!

]]> http://www.travelinmalaysia.com/2010/08/happy-merdeka-2010/feed/ 0 Monsoon Cup 2009 http://www.travelinmalaysia.com/2009/10/monsoon-cup-2009/ http://www.travelinmalaysia.com/2009/10/monsoon-cup-2009/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:42:23 +0000 admin http://www.travelinmalaysia.com/?p=118 The Monsoon Cup 2005 celebrated its inauguration and debut as the 50th official event of the Swedish Match Tour (http://www.swedishmatchtour.com/), and serves as the Malaysian leg for the prestigious international sailing event. Dubbed ‘The Formula One of Sailing’, this professional sailing series was formed in 2000 to unite the world’s best match-race regattas under one banner.

The World Match Racing Tour comprises ten events in ten specially selected locations around the world. As the leading professional sailing series in the world, the Tour events are recognized as must-attend regattas on the match-race circuit. The Monsoon Cup for the 2009 offered the second highest prize money in the world (RM1 million) for a match racing event.

The Monsoon Cup 2009 was held at Pulau Duyong, Terengganu, from the 9th November 2009 to 6th December 2009 start with Asian Qualifier and then Malaysian Qualifier.

The Monsoon Cup is the tenth and final event on the World Match Racing Tour 2009. Twelve of the best match racing teams met on the waters off Terengganu in Malaysia from 1 to 6 December 2009 to contest the event. Once again the battle for the championship trophy will see the top sailing teams in the world pitting their skills against each other in the last leg of the tour.

Source: Wikipedia

]]> http://www.travelinmalaysia.com/2009/10/monsoon-cup-2009/feed/ 0 Nikolay Davydenko, Malaysian Open Kuala Lumpur 2009 Champion http://www.travelinmalaysia.com/2009/10/nikolay-davydenko-malaysian-open-kuala-lumpur-2009-champion/ http://www.travelinmalaysia.com/2009/10/nikolay-davydenko-malaysian-open-kuala-lumpur-2009-champion/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:33:52 +0000 admin http://www.travelinmalaysia.com/?p=114 Nikolay Davydenko from Russia has defeated Fernando Verdasco from Spain at here yesterday to win the 1st Malaysian Open Kuala Lumpur tournament. The winner won the final in straight sets with a 6-4, 7-5 results. After winning the Malaysia Open Kuala Lumpur final, Nikolay Davydenko holds a 6-1 head-to-head record over the tournament second seeded Fernando Verdasco.

Click here to find out the tournament full results.

]]> http://www.travelinmalaysia.com/2009/10/nikolay-davydenko-malaysian-open-kuala-lumpur-2009-champion/feed/ 0 Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur 2009 http://www.travelinmalaysia.com/2009/09/malaysian-open-kuala-lumpur-2009/ http://www.travelinmalaysia.com/2009/09/malaysian-open-kuala-lumpur-2009/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:41:20 +0000 admin http://www.travelinmalaysia.com/?p=112 Malaysian tennis fans, good news! The biggest Malaysia tennis event this year is coming. Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur 2009 – an official ATP World Tour 250 tournament and one of only five in Continental Asia will be held from 26 September 2009 to 4 October 2009.

The star players who participate in the tournament including Fernando Verdasco, Fernando Gonzalez, Nikolay Davydenko, Robin Soderling, Gael Monfils, David Ferrer, Tomas Berdych and Lleyton Hewitt.

The nine days event will be held at Putra Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur. The ticket price varies from RM11 to RM198. However, the entrance for first two days Single Qualifying is free of charge.

For more details and ticket buying, visit Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur 2009 official website.

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Carnival Sales 2009 has started last weekend (4 July), and will be ended by 31 August 2009. The 58 days event is targeted to occupy 30% of the tourist total spend during the sales period.

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Penang government together with KDU Penang are organizing a postcard photography contest in conjunction with the first anniversary of Georgetown being awarded as a World Heritage Site. The contest is open for public and contestants are required to send in their photo before 31 August 2009.

The theme for the contest would be Penang itself. It could be the state’s culture, heritage, landscape, food and people. The winning photos will be printed into postcard and distributes to tourists. The action is aimed to introduce Penang to more people all over the world.

All contestants will be given a participation certificate and the prizes for top three winners are RM2000, RM1500 and RM1000 respectively. Besides, there are also two consolation prizes worth RM200 to be won.

For more details, you can visit http://www.visitpenang.gov.my, http://www.kdupg.edu.my or call 04-2266368 （ext 154）.

]]> http://www.travelinmalaysia.com/2009/06/penang-postcard-photography-contest/feed/ 0 The Malaysia Savings Sale http://www.travelinmalaysia.com/2008/12/the-malaysia-savings-sale/ http://www.travelinmalaysia.com/2008/12/the-malaysia-savings-sale/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:42:17 +0000 admin http://www.travelinmalaysia.com/?p=82 Malaysia Savings Sale 2008 is now started! It would be last for 37 days from 29 Nov 2008 to 4 Jan 2008. The event which is previously known as the Malaysia Year-End Sale was renamed to the all new Malaysia Savings Sale could be due to the economy crisis which affects the country since last few months. However, the theme might not be so important providing the prices are low.

Go shop and save now!

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Hari Raya is just around the corner, and I believe all Malaysian are looking forward to the celebration. The festival will be fall on 1st & 2nd Oct 2008 (Wednesday and Thursday) and it could be a long break if applying for leave together with the weekend :)

For those who are going back to hometown or already planned for a vacation, enjoy yourselves and drive safely.

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri to all Muslim friends!

]]> http://www.travelinmalaysia.com/2008/09/selamat-hari-raya-aidilfitri/feed/ 0 MATTA Fair Kuala Lumpur 2008 http://www.travelinmalaysia.com/2008/08/matta-fair-kuala-lumpur-2008/ http://www.travelinmalaysia.com/2008/08/matta-fair-kuala-lumpur-2008/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:13:41 +0000 admin http://www.travelinmalaysia.com/?p=78 MATTA Fair Kuala Lumpur is here again! Would you get a lower price package after the petrol and diesel price decreased on August 22? Check it out by your own at PWTC from 5th to 7th September, 2008.

Time: 05 – 07 Sep 2008
Venue: PWTC, Kuala Lumpur

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