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7 B M & T ••• September/October 2022 ••• www.blackmeetingsandtourism.com Center Dr, Miami Beach, FL HOW:This offer is for new business accounts and valid only for the following 2023 event months: July, August, and September. Must book by December 30, 2022, with promo code: MEETMBCC-2023. Parking onsite and additional services available upon request at pre- vailing rates; cannot be combined with any other discounts. Bookings are made directly with the MBCC Sales Team by calling or emailing, 786-276-2600 or sales@miamibeachconvention.com Additional information can be obtained from the MBCC website by visiting https://www.miamibeachconvention.com / CONVENTION CENTRE IN MIRI TO COMPLETE BY 2025 The Miri Business Events Committee (MBEC) paid YB Dato Sri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah a courtesy visit on 24 August morning to present the latest calendar of activities for Miri and discuss matters on the pro- posed convention center for the northern region of Sarawak. MBEC's goal is to develop Miri as an attractive business event city for international meetings, conferences, exhibitions and other business- related events of all scales. The morning began with an introduction of the Committee, where there are five sub-committees leading stakehold- er, product, destination marketing, human capital, and business devel- opment; followed by a presentation of the latest 2022 calendar of activ- ities for Miri which will include industry training, product testing, and a familiarization trip for selected potential conference and incentive organizers. Attracting international conventions, exhibitions and other business events to Miri will require the right infrastructure. "Miri has plenty of potential as a business events city especially with international corpora- tions opening Asia Pacific offices in Miri and the surrounding areas", said Dato Sri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah, Sarawak's Minister of Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts. "A new convention center will attract more business visitors to Sarawak—at the same time, become a versatile venue for festivals, sporting and other public events". The Minister is encouraging more industry and non-industry players to come forward and propose new convention and exhibition topic ideas. MBEC Chairman Adam Yii, who is also the Mayor of Miri, revealed that most of the city's business events are being held in hotels but now require a more suitable venue to meet the rapid demand. "Miri's value proposition would increase tenfold with a purpose-built convention cen- ter," said the Chairman. "The Committee is very pleased to collaborate closely with Dato Sri Abdul Karim to make Sarawak's second conven- tion center a reality. We will work closely with other industries to fully uti- lize the center by developing the right programming." In the same discussion, Business Events Sarawak's (BESarawak) CEO Amelia Roziman added that "MBEC will draw a Miri Business Event Masterplan to navigate the growth and regulate present and future devel- opment of Miri. BESarawak will support this activity to ensure that Miri's development is in line with the Post Covid-19 Development Strategy 2030, where business events play a major role in achieving the strategy's aspirations." Other activities for the year in Miri include a legacy workshop, Congress Certification Programme Plus workshop, #TRIBESPIRIT team building for industry partners, and launch of Ambassadors Club in conjunction with TriBE Assembly @ Miri. For more information on MBEC's activities, please email Elynnie Dominic Jaul at elynnie@sarawakcb.com .