Tour packages to RWMF 2012 by SONGLINES Music Travel revealed KUCHING, 25 November 2011 - Staged annually in London, World Travel Market, the leading global event for the travel industry - a vibrant four-day business-to-business exhibition for the worldwide travel and tourism industry presenting a diverse range of destinations to UK and International travel professionals. It is a unique opportunity for the whole global travel trade to meet,...

Kuching: Sarawakians had their say at the Borneo Jazz Festival (BJF) and Rainforest World Music Festival (RWMF) Official T-shirt Design Competition held at the Kuching Waterfront Godown Amphitheatre recently as they voted for their favourite T-shirt design to be produced as official merchandised items at both upcoming music festivals. 45 students from UiTM Samarahan submitted their entries. This year’s competition marked the first time that the ...

Kuching: Rainforest World Music Festival (RWMF) has been voted for the second consecutive year as one of the Top 25 Best International Festivals by renowned world music magazine, Songlines. This most recent award adds yet another feather to its cap and elevates its status in the international music scene as a festival which has well and truly put Sarawak on the world tourism map. According to the editorial team at Songlines, “This year’s selecti...

Kuching: A group of 6 high profile media from Switzerland is currently on a visit to Sarawak as part of their tour to the East Malaysian states of Sabah & Sarawak. They arrived in the capital city from Kota Kinabalu. Accompanying them was representative for Tourism Malaysia PR Agency in Switzerland - Panta Rhei. Tourism Malaysia, Frankfurt and Singapore Airlines, Zurich. Whilst in Sarawak the group visited the Semenggoh Rehabilitation Centre...

The designs will be used to produce official merchandise items at both upcoming music festivals.  The event was officiated by CEO of Sarawak Tourism Board (STB), Dato’ Rashid Khan. The competition was open to undergraduates in Kuching and UiTM Samarahan (UiTM) submitted a total of 45 entries. This year’s competition marked the first time that the public were invited to vote for the winning design and the votes from today’s event will be collat...

KUCHING: Yuichiro Tokuda, an emerging star in the Japanese music scene will be making his debut in Malaysia at the Borneo Jazz 2011. He studied at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston and returned to Japan to form the Yuichiro Tokuda Quintet whose first album was acclaimed as "the cutting edge of the present progressive form of jazz" in Jazz Life magazine. In 2008, Tokuda received an award as the “New Face of the Year in Art & ...