Every November, we all know what’s coming: sales, and we have three major November sales which are Singles’ Day, Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Like Halloween, these two days are here due to influences from American pop culture, and Singles’ Day as a shopping spree came into existence thanks to Jack Ma’s Alibaba. While it’s […]
Much like Halloween, the foreign tradition of Thanksgiving was pretty much unknown in Malaysia except among some expatriates. Thanksgiving is celebrated among most North and South American countries including Canada, the United States, and Brazil. It is a harvest festival where people gave thanks for the blessings they have received for the past year. The […]
Deepavali is familiar to most Malaysians as an Indian celebration. However, not everyone knows what it is actually celebrating, with many confusing it with Thaipusam, the Indian New Year. With that in mind, let’s look deeper into it to understand what exactly is Deepavali and how it relates to everyone. Deepavali or Diwali? You might […]
Due to the effects of COVID-19 felt all over the world, more companies have started looking into digitising events. This is not something new, as the advent of social media and the proliferation of digital accessibility has prompted few parties to pave the road to digitisation a few years back. COVID-19 was the catalyst that […]
As we are currently combatting a global pandemic, let’s not forget that there is a disease that is far deadlier than COVID-19: breast cancer. As October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM), also known as Pinktober, let us take a look at the reason why we should raise more public awareness about this issue. Breast […]
Halloween used to be a fun tradition that’s only done in certain countries such as the UK and the US. However, thanks to Hollywood and the influx of American media, most Malaysians are made aware of the celebration of Halloween. A few things come to mind: dressing up as monsters or witches, going door-to-door trick-or-treating, […]
This year, we are seeing a marked increase in local tourism due to the fact that overseas travel is prohibited under the RMCO until the end of the year. We interviewed En Mohamed Sallauddin Mohamed Shah, General Manager of Aviation Marketing and Development for Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB), to get his opinion on how […]
Thanks to the overwhelming success of the KLIA Crazy Sale & Cuti-Cuti Malaysia Mini Travel Fair that was held at KLIA from 26 to 31 August and then extended until 5 September due to an exceptional response from the crowd, Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB) has decided to hold a second edition of the KLIA […]
Every year, we enjoy several big Malaysian events where we would jostle about in huge crowds trying to score the best deals available. Unfortunately due to the COVID-19 situation, jostling about is no longer allowed for the sake of public safety. March saw the introduction of the Movement Control Order (MCO) which caused all public […]
Due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, the Malaysian economy took a fall because people were not able to travel and retail during the Movement Control Order (MCO) so that we could help bring down infection rates to a manageable level. Thanks to the continued cooperation of everybody, Malaysia is able to gradually lift its strict […]