Sarawak readies for impact at IMEX Frankfurt 2024

BESarawak is leading the charge to drive Sarawak as a dynamic and impactful business events destination in ASEAN.

With a theme of “Business Events Support Community Development”, Eight exhibitors will be championing Sarawak at this year’s IMEX Frankfurt.
With a theme of “Business Events Support Community Development”, Eight exhibitors will be championing Sarawak at this year’s IMEX Frankfurt.

Sarawak’s business events industry is preparing to make a strong return to this year’s IMEX Frankfurt in Germany, with the team bringing innovative event solutions to position the East Malaysian state as a top-tier, impact-driven business events destination in Southeast Asia.

This year’s IMEX Frankfurt centres the theme of “Impact”, with a mission to bring the global events community together to do business and drive solutions on big issues challenging the people and planet.

In alignment with this, the Sarawak pavilion will be themed “Business Events Support Community Development”, celebrating the industry’s priority on leading social and economic change through business events.

The pavilion’s key talking points will be the Post Covid-19 Development Strategy 2030, Legacy Impact of Business Events, and the International Journal on Business Events and Legacies (IJBEL) – with the latest edition to be unveiled at the trade show, focusing on sustainability aligned with the global industry’s emphasis on sustainable meetings.

“IMEX Frankfurt is a prominent trade show to promote Sarawak as a business events destination and make us recognisable and identifiable to the world,” said Dato Sri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah, Sarawak’s Minister of Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts.

Amelia Roziman, CEO of BESarawak, added: “The Sarawak pavilion is a strategic decision to gather valuable market insights and continue building our status as the legacy capital of business events in Malaysia and Borneo. Sarawak’s strong presence on the show floor is a powerful tool to be recognisable and identifiable while reinforcing that business events hosted in Sarawak can, and will, make a huge impact on the society and economy.”

Local flavours on full display

Pavilion organiser BESarawak will partner up with the Culinary Heritage & Arts Society (CHASS), UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) Kuching Creative City of Gastronomy, and food and beverage provider, The Bibber’s Tale, to illustrate the relationship between business events and the creative communities.

Visitors to the booth will step into the fascinating world of cuisine and culture, spotlighting the creativity and novelty of combining ingredients native to Sarawak to create new flavour profiles.

IMEX Frankfurt visitors will also meet this year’s co-exhibitors at the Sarawak pavilion:

  1. Business Events Sarawak (Convention Bureau)
  2. Borneo Adventure (Destination Management Company)
  3. Borneo Convention Centre Kuching (Venue)
  4. Cat City Holidays (Destination Management Company)
  5. Hemisphere Hospitality (Hospitality and Tourism Services Provider)
  6. Place Borneo (Professional Conference Organiser)
  7. Pullman Miri Waterfront Hotel (Hotel and Venue)
  8. Pullman Kuching Hotel (Hotel and Venue)

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