2010 Blogfest.asia to be held in Penang, Malaysia

2010 Blogfest.asia to be held in Penang, one of the best tourism place in southeast asia – Unesco Heritage Site.


Blogfest.asia is a festival for bloggers in Asia. This is the region’s 2nd cross-border gathering for blogger community.


Everyone is welcome to join the festival and meet hundreds of bloggers from the neighborhood community. Participants can learn to blog from fellow successful blogger about blogging, what else do you expect :)


The 3-day Blogfest.Asia ’2010 event program at-a-glance will consist of:

• One evening gathering / welcome dinner exclusively for participating bloggers (1st Oct evening)
• Half-day conference (2nd Oct)
• 2010 Mybloggercon award (2nd Oct evening)
• Workshops and group discussion (2nd Oct and 3rd Oct)

Blogfest.asia will support and work closely with associated blogger community and events in the region. 


It will also serve as an ideal hub, community exchange point, and action camp for bloggers in Asia to make technological and social impact for the benefit of the region.


Date: 1st to 3rd Oct 2010
Venue: Wawasan Open University


For further details, please visit http://2010.blogfest.asia/

1st Penang International Kids Storytelling Festival on Sept 18, Youth Park, 10 am - 6 pm

For the 1st time in Malaysia, some of the world’s best storytellers from US, UK, Japan, India, Singapore, Thailand, South Korea, Australia and Malaysia will come together for one day in Penang to tell their stories to children.

International storytellers:

Jeeva Raghunath (India)

Yoko Kami (Japan)

Cassandra Wye (UK)

Dr Wajuppa Tossa & Dr Prasong Saihong (Thailand)

Dr Margaret Read Macdonald (USA)

Sheila Wee (Singapore)

& others

Malaysia storytellers :

Mama Tok

Yusof Gajah

Ng Kok Keong

Mamasham and others

These world-class storytellers will share with the children some of life’s most crucial lessons on the love for our earth and people through stories

This is a very rare opportunity indeed for families to enjoy and learn, and at the same time be mesmerized by the stories that will be told by professional storytellers from around the globe who specialise in telling stories to children.

The event will be held at Youth Park, (Taman Perbandaran) Penang on September 18, 2010.

Date : 18 September 2010 (Saturday)

Time : 10.00 am - 6.00 pm

Venue : Youth Park (Taman Perbandaran), Penang

TARGET GROUPS

Preschool and Primary school children (from 4 to 12 years old) and their families . There will be special sessions dedicated to storytelling to younger children (below 5 years old ) and children with special needs.

LANGUAGES

The storytelling will be mainly in English, with some storytellers telling in Bahasa Malaysia, Mandarin,Tamil and other languages as well.

STORYTELLING BY KIDS

Although this event is not about storytelling by kids and neither is it a competition, nevertheless there will be platforms provided for children to tell their stories as well. Please check with your child’s school to register.

For further information, please visit http://www.seri.com.my

Find Hotel's Freebies From Priceline.com

Priceline.com just launch a new website that allow it's potential guest to find freebies by searching Priceline.com's extensive database of hotels all around the world.

According to Tim Gordon, priceline.com SVP, Hotels. "For many travelers, freebies are as important as nightly rates in making a booking decision. This new service allows priceline.com to satisfy those customers and further strengthen our image as the pre-eminent brand for travelers seeking maximum value for their dollar."

Types of freebies offered are Room Upgrade, Discounts, Spa Credit, Free Breakfast, Free Parking, Free Night, Golf Credit, Extras, and Resort Credits.

To find a hotel freebies, please visit http://travela.priceline.com/hotel-freebies/

Just type the hotel location, let say you want to get interesting offers from New York hotels, just type New York and click Find My Deal

Priceline will list down all the hotels in New York that offer freebies. You could sort the list according to price, hotel name and location.

To fine tune your search, just filter your search by clicking the freebies that you want and the site will short list the hotels and their freebies.

Check the date to confirm whether the freebies is available on your check in date. Once you have chosen your best deal, you could easily reserve the room with few simple clicks.

It's a good site for customers to refine their search of hotel based on hotel's freebies.