TM PROVIDES ENHANCED EFFICIENCIES FOR HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY PLAYERS

TM SME BizFest features the latest solution from TM, enabling businesses to focus on their core operations

Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) today launched its latest business solution specifically catered for the hospitality industry, Hospitality Entertainment Solution, targeting buildings with high tenancies particularly hotels nationwide. This latest solution from TM is a package comprising In-Building Broadband Solution (IBS), TM’s IPTV service – HyppTV and a Call Centre service.

Not only targeting hotel businesses, the Hospitality Entertainment Solution is also beneficial to retreat owners, resort owners/operators, hospitals, apartments, condominiums and any high tenancy buildings that require wired/wireless Internet access and uninterrupted TV viewing via TM’s IPTV service HyppTV.

Azizi A. Hadi, Executive Vice President, SME, TM (centre) activating the remote, signifying the launch of TM’s latest business solution, Hospitality Entertainment Solution at the opening ceremony of the Klang Valley edition of TM SME BizFest 2013, held earlier today. Looking on are Jeremy Kung, Executive Vice President, New Media, TM (left) and Khaidhir Elias, Vice President, SME, TM (right).

Subscribers of the service can look forward to a seamless, unlimited high speed Internet connection and entertainment solution, coupled with a 24x7x365 support system provided by TM through its call centre service. Hospitality Entertainment Solution offers businesses 60 IPTV channels to select from – seven (7) Free To Air (FTA) channels such as TV1, TV2, TV3, ntv7, 8TV and also TV9 and 53 world-class premium channels such as Travel Channel HD, HyppSports HD, SCM Legend and SyFy HD just to name a few.

Azizi A Hadi, Executive Vice President, SME, TM; Jeremy Kung, Executive Vice President, New Media, TM; Khaidhir Elias, Vice President, Sales, SME, TM and Datuk Zaini Maatan, State Vice President, TM Selangor were present at the launch of Hospitality Entertainment Solution and the official opening of TM SME BizFest 2013 Klang Valley edition.

Commenting on the latest solution, Azizi said, “As Malaysia’s Broadband Champion, TM continues to provide Malaysians with innovative communications solution, including for SMEs and businesses. With Hospitality Entertainment Solution, our subscribers can focus more on their core daily activities, which is hosting their guests and leave the technical operations of their entertainment offerings to us. TM is committed to empower Malaysian SMEs; and aspire to become the preferred communications and solutions partner to SMEs in Malaysia – to be a one-stop business solutions provider with a comprehensive range of tools to help your business grow. We live up to our tagline; Business Made Easier with TM!”

Members of the media having a taste of TM’s IPTV service – HyppTV – at the opening ceremony of the Klang Valley edition of TM SME BizFest 2013, held earlier today.

The launch of Hospitality Entertainment Solution was held in conjunction with TM SME BizFest 2013’s Klang Valley stop at Sunway Convention Centre, Petaling Jaya, Selangor. Held for the second year running, the SME-specific event with this year’s theme of ‘Expanding Further’, is targeted at the mass SME market comprising Micro and Small markets including those operating businesses from home.

Among the highlights of the event were business networking sessions, seminars by business icons and a wide range of ICT solutions on exhibitions by TM and its business partners. SMEs will be able to empower their businesses through knowledge sharing and acquisition while also interacting and establishing networks among themselves and TM at the event.

Known as BizSpotz sessions, participants were invited to attend seminars which feature successful business icons who shared and imparted their journey and views in the business world. Among the business icons appeared at the knowledge sharing sessions were Giulio Xiloyannis, Marketing Director, Zalora Malaysia; Datuk Wira Dr. Haji Ameer Ali Mydin, Managing Director, Mydin Mohamed Holdings Berhad; Azizan Afandi Head, Planning and Coordination Secretariat Department, Broadband Management Division, Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC); and Kenny Hoo, Founder & Chief Researcher, Good Feng Shui. These sessions were facilitated by Wayne Lim, CEO & Group Chief Editor, MALAYSIA SME Business Newspaper.

Media delegates taking a tour of the exhibition booths at TM SME BizFest 2013.

“In line with our ‘Business Made Easier’ approach for SMEs, this year, the focus will be for in-office and out-of-office solutions. In-office solutions include Office-in-a-Box, UniFi Biz, HyppTV, SmartMap, and TM Voice, whereas out-of-office solutions encompass TM WiFi, BizApp Store, and Marketing Tools. We have a comprehensive suite of more than 40 innovative products and services designed to increase SMEs productivity and efficiencies. We would like for SMEs to know that; from basic telephony services to advanced ICT innovations, they can always count on TM to be their reliable business partner. This is also evident through the launch of TM’s latest solution for buildings with high tenancies, the Hospitality Entertainment Solution, which comes not long after the launch of our HyppTV for Business solution,” added Azizi.

TM’s various products and solutions which further enhance business processes and in turn, increase productivity and business revenue are available at a very special rate throughout the TM SME BizFest 2013.

With SME Corp on board as the official event endorser, and NAZA, Lelong.my, Microsoft, RSH Malaysia and KTM Bikes Malaysia participating as its partners, TM SME BizFest 2013 – which was also held earlier in Johor – is expected to attract more than 10,000 participants from the SME business community in Malaysia. Guests and attendees of the event will also get to participate in exciting games which offer various rewards and prizes to be won, all under one roof.

“Being the nation’s leading telecommunication service provider, TM is committed to become a major catalyst for local SMEs, bringing them to the next level in the value chain and achieve a competitive edge, leveraging on our diverse and comprehensive ICT solutions as well as extensive networks nationwide. TM SME BizFest is one of the many special platforms that we have prepared for Malaysian SMEs. We really hope that the participants will find the event benefits them and their business and the main objective of holding this event is met,” Azizi ended.

After Selangor, TM SME BizFest will cross the South China Sea and make its final stop in Kuching, Sarawak at Borneo Convention Centre on 18 June 2013.

For more info on TM SME BizFest 2013 please log on to www.tm.com.my/sme or call our hotline at 1800-2-BizFest (24933).