Looking good: (From left) Noordin, Mirza, Mohd Khalid and Jeffri admiring the latest MATTA fair posters during a joint press conference in Kuala Lumpur.

KUALA LUMPUR: KTM Berhad will offer discounts to visitors of the Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA) Fair 2013 which will be held from March 15 to 17.

KTM Intercity marketing senior manager Mohd Noordin Kimi said they would give a 25% discount to passengers who travel from March 14 to 18 using its Intercity service to visit the fair.

“This is for the two-way tickets to and from KL Sentral station to the fair only. This is applicable for a minimum of two adult passengers,” he said during a joint press conference yesterday.

Noordin said that another 25% discount coupon for KTM Intercity tickets, valid from March 15 to May 15, would be available at the company's booth at the fair.

They would also offer discounts on the yearly fees of KTMB I-Card Student and Tiger for first-time applications at the KTMB booth.

Malaysia Airlines and Asean regional senior vice-president Muzammil Mohamad said the fair would be an avenue to invite more customers to enjoy Malaysian hospitality.

“MAS will be offering airfares with discounts up to 47% off normal market fares for domestic travel.

“For international travel, economy fares are discounted up to 61% off market fares and business class fares are discounted up to 65% off market fares,” he said.

Muzammil said MAS would also give rebates up to 25% on fares to oneworld destinations.

“The fares will cover 25 European destinations, 12 US destinations, five Japanese destinations and nine Australian destinations,” he said, adding that this offer would be exclusive to the fair this year.

Tourism Malaysia director- general Datuk Mirza Mohammad Taiyab said the event provided opportunities for inbound tour operators to feature their products and services.

“This year, we have brought in 41 travel agents, 47 hotels and resorts as well as 22 local tourist attractions such as Aquaria KLCC,” he said.

MATTA president Datuk Mohd Khalid Harun said the event would be held at Hall 1, 1M, 2, 3, Linkway, and Legar Putra Hall at Putra World Trade Centre.

Also present at the press conference was MATTA Fair 2013 organising chairman Jeffri Sulaiman.

• Malaysia tycoon Vincent Tan plans IPO of football club Cardiff City
• Google, like Facebook, in talks to buy Waze for about US$1bil
• Crown selling entire 10% in rival Echo, partly owned by Genting(Update)
• First edition of 'Great Gatsby' to be sold at auction, can fetch US$150,000
• Malaysia leads the way in Basel III debt
• Markets face rough summer ride as Fed pullback feared
• Wall Street sags, HP hits 52-week high
• Commodities trader sues BP, Shell others for alleged oil price fixing
• Billionaire Icahn seeks up to US$7bil for Dell bid
• Google faces new federal antitrust probe
• Goldman Sachs unveils checks on conflicts in bid to fix tarnished image
• Air Asia's Tony Fernandes to ‘fire up’ investors
• Maybank bullish on growth, to expand regionally under new leadership
• Khazanah appoints Nor Mohamed deputy chairman
• Lafarge Malayan Cement to finalise next expansion plans by August

• London's Heathrow airport closed after emergency landing
• Far East quake felt in Moscow, tsunami warning lifted
• Police make new arrests in London soldier killing
• Britain's press demands jailing of Islamist preacher
• Tsunami warning in Russia's Far East after 8.2 quake
• US bridge collapse sends cars, people into river
• Strong quake strikes off Tonga
• Jury fails to decide on US murderer death sentence
• One killed in Brazil giant fuel depot blaze

• Kingston leads, McIlroy in Wentworth woe
• LPGA plans 12-hole rounds in water-logged Bahamas
• Ryan Palmer sizzles with 62 to seize lead at Colonial
• Kelly overcomes scare to clinch title in KLGCC
• Time to make amends Garcia wants to meet Woods to defuse racist row
• American Johnson back to defend Colonial crown
• Rain dampens debut of LPGA Bahamas event
• Tianlang adds another US event to schedule
• Clock ticking for next golden generation
• Nadal wants to create history at Roland Garros
• Serena out to tame French Open demons
• Zheng Jie stuns Wozniacki in Brussels
• British Open: Ramy Ashour racks up 38th successive win
• Nicol David sails into quarter-finals of British Open in 35 minutes
• BAM must stop rewarding mediocrity or be doomed

• Please wait.

• Air Asia's Tony Fernandes to ‘fire up’ investors
• Singapore GDP growth surprises, beats economists’ forecast of contraction
• KL car number plates to bear ‘W1A’
• Tian, Tamrin and Haris released after remand denied (updated)
• Inventions a-plenty, but no real innovation
• Robber shot dead after attacking out-of-uniform cop with meat cleaver
• Malaysia leads the way in Basel III debt
• Three held over May 13 statements
• Fernandes does his first firing in Apprentice Asia
• Wall Street sags, HP hits 52-week high