Attended by:

President, Madam Christina Toh

Honorary Secretary General, Dato' Megat Shahrul Azman Abas

Date: Thursday, 21^st July 2022

On the 21^st of July at the Brickfields Asia College (BAC) Performing Arts Centre, Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH) together with Reliance College and the BAC Education Group had launched a specialist jobs portal for the hospitality and food & beverage industry. The specialist job portal in question can be found at https://hoteljobs.my/.

President Madam Christina Toh as well as the Honorary Secretary General Dato' Megat Shahrul Azman Abas attended the event for the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between MAH and Reliance College for the creation of the specialist job portal as well as presiding over its subsequent launch.

The job portal is one of the efforts by MAH to address the labor shortage that had been plaguing the industry. This alliance with Reliance College together with BAC Education Group aspires to bring new blood to the hospitality industry and to support and retain them within the industry. To that end, this strategic partnership between the associations will also include activities beyond the job portal such as actively organising career fairs and employability programmes targeted to all categories of job seekers.

The website’s itself will include many services that are related to employment opportunities, training programmes and assistance with incentives and other enquiries as added values.

Some of the services that will be made available through the portal includes:

•   Career advisory services
•         ProfilingReadiness Assessments
•         Individual Placement Support
•         Upskilling, Reskilling and Training Opportunities
•         Graduate Empowerment Programmes
  
•         Monthly Programmes organized by MAH and Reliance College

About the Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH)

Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH) is the umbrella body for hotels in Malaysia formed in 1974 and initially established by a group of concerned and dedicated hoteliers to bring about a more dynamic hospitality industry aimed at building a workforce of highly skilled, innovative and disciplined individuals. Its long-term goal was to enhance the efficiency of the hospitality industry, thus, bringing about a more dynamic Malaysian hospitality industry. MAH, as the official national network for the hotel industry, represents more than 900 hotels throughout Malaysia supplying a total of 155,287 rooms which is about 65% of the total number of hotel rooms available as guest accommodation in this country. With 13 chapters across the nation, MAH acts as a voice of the industry, working as one body to promote, protect, represent and advance the interests of its members.

About MAHTEC

MAHTEC Sdn Bhd commenced its fiscal year in 1998 to profile MAH as a human resource development provider and to upgrade the skills and knowledge of staff-in-service in the industry. MAHTEC is the training arm of the Association specializing in developing quality human resources in the hospitality industry. Highly specialized in the areas of Hospitality Skills Training and Managerial Development Training, all programs are facilitated by experienced and qualified Trainers through workshops and practical session.