Year: 2024

Malaysia is advancing steadily to emerge as a leading global healthcare destination in 2025, with the success of the healthcare tourism sector chalking up a RM2.25 billion revenue in 2023. In just a year before the completion of the Malaysia Healthcare Travel Industry Blueprint 2021-2025, the aspiration to fulfil the ‘Best Malaysia Healthcare Travel Experience’ by 2025 can be achieved following a growing number of health tourists making their way to Malaysia. Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC), an agency under the Ministry of Health (MoH), told Bernama that the country recorded 353,000 health tourist arrivals in the first quarter of

Barisan Nasional (BN) must secure victory in the Nenggiri state by-election to amplify the opposition’s voice in the Kelantan State Assembly, said UMNO secretary-general Datuk Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki. He said that a BN win in the by-election would boost the presence of opposition parties in the Kelantan State Assembly, thereby enhancing the state’s system of checks and balances. ‘Most importantly, we aim to introduce another opposition representative to provide effective checks and balances, as the outcome of the Nenggiri by-election will not alter the government in Kelantan. ‘Therefore, there’s no harm in adding another representative who can advocate for the

Southeast Asia’s largest integrated car e-commerce platform, Carsome Group, aims to boost revenue by 20-40 per cent in 2025 by expanding its business, particularly its ancillary services such as financing and insurance. Chief executive officer Eric Cheng said with operations in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines, ancillary services contributed 20 per cent to its total revenue in the first half of 2024. ‘So, our goal is to balance all key metrics from revenue and gross profit to EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) and net profit. We aim to achieve this balance as we move into

Malaysia’s golf platform, Deemples Technologies Sdn Bhd, aims to expand its global listing of golf courses while enhancing marketing efforts to attract more golfers to its platform, thereby boosting golf tourism in Malaysia. Deemples, a platform designed to connect golfers worldwide one city at a time, currently has a strong presence in Malaysia and Batam, Indonesia. Its founder/chief executive officer David Wong said the platform partners with travel agencies across various markets to position golf as a key activity in Malaysia. “One reason it’s easy to promote Malaysia as a golfing destination is the low cost of golf here, combined

As the cyberattack landscape grows more complex, businesses face unprecedented challenges in maintaining data integrity, availability, and security while ensuring compliance with intricate local data protection laws. Hitachi Vantara chief technology officer for Asia Pacific Matthew Hardman said that with data volumes surging, organisations must prioritise the resiliency of their data infrastructure. He said the evolving digital environment demands robust measures to protect critical information, necessitating a proactive data management and security approach. ‘It is time for organisations to consider the resiliency of their data infrastructure as data volumes surge and their protection becomes ever more critical. ‘Many organisations are