MITEC reopens facilities as business events resume

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysia International Trade & Exhibition Centre (MITEC) re-opens its facilities to offer Malaysian businesses a platform to showcase, connect and trade with buyers, vendors and investors in an endeavour to springboard business recovery.

Business events sector contributed RM9.2bil in revenue in 2019, prior to the Covid-19 pandemic.

“With the re-opening of Business Events we look forward to welcoming back all conferences and exhibitions," acting chief executive officer Mala Dorasamy said in a statement today.

MITEC, she said, has contributed in strengthening SMEs and significantly contributed to job creation. "We have generated more than 841,000 gig worker labour hours and created jobs for over 100,000 people since our inception.” Mala said.