PUTRAJAYA, April 17 (Bernama) — Malaysia Convention & Exhibition (MyCEB) today announced that the non-profit organisation’s Chief Executive Officer, Dato’ Sri Dr. Abdul Khani Daud, is retiring as Government Officer effective 21 April 2023. Dato’ Sri Dr. Abdul Khani’s retirement will bring to a close remarkable career of 38 years of service in the tourism and business events industry.
Dato’ Sri Dr. Abdul Khani, the former Director General of Islamic Tourism Centre from 2018 – 2020 played a pertinent role in spearheading efforts to develop a Muslim-friendly Accommodation Recognition programme and created global awareness on Malaysia as tourism destination for Muslim travellers. He is also a pioneer in the tourism sector where he began his career in Tourism Malaysia (TM) in 1985 until he was promoted to Acting Director General. As he earned his stripes at TM, he was posted as an overseas Director to undertake global markets which include Tourism Malaysia’s offices in Australia, Singapore, South Africa and Thailand. His outstanding expertise in marketing is proven by an increase of 60% tourist arrivals from Singapore between year 2000 to 2004. During his service period, a 45% growth for Latin America was recorded, opening the market for Argentina.