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Ms. Pinky Tiong, the Founder of Memoires Events Management Sdn Bhd was invited to share her insights on ‘Coordination of The Environment & Thematize the Event’ for a total of 50 undergraduates who enrolled for Events Operations module offered by the School of Hospitality, Tourism and Events (SHTE).


Memoires Events Management Sdn Bhd is an event company specializing in event analysis, event coordination, ballroom design, backdrop design, professional emcee, live entertainment, celebrity booking and video highlight. The webinar was conducted via close FB group Live. Event speaker series is an effective initiative for the students to learn from industry experts and gain different perspectives on how the real events industry works.

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Ms. Pinky had shared videos from her previous themed Gala Dinner to show the difference in set-up requirements and the atmosphere that the event has brought for the audiences. Besides that, students also had the opportunity to learn from Ms. Pinky on how to design for themed virtual event. By showcasing her virtual events, students were able to witness the usage of technologies like AR/VR and immersive 360, in holding successful events with compelling graphics, real time production engine and immersive experience.


They have prepared a very nice virtual event site, with the virtual background, slide and Ms. Pinky as the host standing and presenting the content to the audience. This has showed the students that having a green screen is also very important for virtual event and event planner can do a lot of creative things with the green screen and make the virtual events more interesting and offers a better event experience to the audience. Some other key points for the students to takeaway are event planners should carefully choose the event venue for a physical event.


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After completing his internship with TUI International Holiday (Malaysia), Imran was offered a position at the company as a product portfolio officer. Considering that the company is part of TUI AG, currently the world’s largest travel & tourism company, this was an opportunity that could not be missed, and he immediately accepted the offer without any hesitation. TUI International Holiday (Malaysia) is TUI AG’s newest business venture in the South East Asian region focusing on the development of future source markets and a new business model which is airline partnerships and data driven online dynamic booking systems.


Starting off as a product portfolio officer, Imran’s main role is to manage aspects of tourism and travel products with an end-to-end perspective which includes understanding Market/customer needs and trends, formulating requirements for flights, accommodations and ancillaries. This is achieved by working together with their data analyst to merge business sense and analytical perspectives, i.e. for portfolio analysis and gap identification, benchmarking with competitors, and price/yield management.


After working successfully for 2 years with the company, Imran was promoted as product portfolio executive. With the new role, his responsibility has expanded and covering portfolios of other partner airlines such as MHolidays and Qatar Airways Holidays. As the travel & tourism industry is moving towards digitalization, Imran’s inspiration for his future career would be to bridge the gap between digital developments in the tourism industry. He believes it is important to have a better understanding of technology and digital advancements in the tourism industry which is required for an enhanced customer experience.

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Dr. Benjamin Loh Yew Hoong, Senior Lecturer, School of Media & Communication published an op-ed on the investigation into the Freedom Film Network on the necessity to keep authorities in check. Dr. Benjamin comments on how the law needs to allow space for NGO organizations to keep authorities in check.


This includes being able to investigate government wrongdoing, abuse of power, the misuse of public funds, and corruption with the recent issue of custodial deaths in Malaysia has become alarming in recent months, more recently on the short film “Chili powder and Thinner” in mid-June as part of the Freedom Film Festival that portrays an animated recollection of a person’s dark experience while being held under police custody.




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