Event date: 2 October 2010
Event time: 8 pm
Venue: Arena of Stars

Package of return flights (including taxes and surcharges) + hotel stay + concert ticket available:

-          2D1N package from RM322 per pax

-          3D2N package from RM383 per pax

Booking period: Now – 24 Sept 10 | Travelling period: 28 Sept – 6 Oct 10

For more packages available, please click http://www.fireflyholiday.com/promotions/jeff-chang

FORMER Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash is slated to  perform at the Surf Beach in Sunway Lagoon Theme Park. The Slash Live  Concert on Aug 5 is brought here by low-cost carrier Firefly.

According to Firefly Sdn Bhd marketing and communications head  Angelina Fernandez, this will be the carrier’s first-ever concert in  Kuala Lumpur and the first of many concerts organised to promote  Malaysia.

“This concert will give Slash fans here and abroad the opportunity to  watch their idol performing live as well as enjoy the many wonders of  Malaysia,” said Angelina.

Slash (below) is acknowledged as one of the best guitarists around.  He was ranked by Time Magazine as No.2 on its list of the 10 best  electric guitar players of all time in August last year.

Born Saul Hudson, the 45-year-old is a British-born (naturalised  American) musician who is best known as the former lead guitarist of the  hard rock band, Guns N’ Roses, between 1985 and 1996.

After a falling-out with lead singer Axel Rose, Slash left the band  to form the eponymous Slash’s Snakepit. He later co-founded another  super band Velvet Revolver with his former bandmates Duff McKagan and  Matt Sorum.

He released his self-titled debut solo album in April this year.

Slash’s concert here will feature his own songs as well as tracks  from Gun N’ Roses such as Sweet Child of Mine and Paradise City.

Firefly also plans to showcase local talents as opening acts.  Guitarist Jaya Sepitar has already been confirmed for the Slash Live  Concert while local singer Prema Yin might make the cut, according to  concert promoter Wilson Teoh of Tangerine Dream.

Firefly has also scheduled special holiday packages for the Slash  Live Concert which include hotel stays and concert tickets.

There are also special packages for fans who wish to book their  flights on Malaysia Airlines flights coming through KLIA.

DUBAI, May 5 (Bernama) — Firefly Holiday, billed as Malaysia’s first full-fledged travel portal now offering worldwide holiday packages with a do-it-yourself feature, was officially launched in conjunction with the ongoing Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2010 here Wednesday.

Doing the honours was Malaysian Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen, who also launched the 1Malaysia holiday packages offered by Malaysia Airlines.

“Firefly Holiday is ideal for the general traveller as it offers convenience from time of booking to point of arrival at the preferred destination,” she said at the event held at the Malaysia pavilion.

For tour operators, it provides one touch point for all ground arrangements.

“In essence, they are the online local partner, hence the convenience extends not only to the travellers but also to agents,” Dr Ng said.

Since its inception in April 2008, Firefly Holiday has evolved from offering Malaysian and regional packages only, to more than 100 Malaysia Airlines destinations worldwide via its international holiday packages.

Firefly Holiday is a subsidiary of Malaysia Airlines.

Firefly managing director Datuk Eddy Leong said: “We’ll be working aggressively with travel agents here at the ATM to partner with us and market Firefly Holiday to their customers.”

Since the commencement of its services into Singapore in July 2009, Firefly airline has since connected travellers from Singapore into various points of Malaysia, namely Kuala Lumpur via Subang, Terengganu, Ipoh and Kuantan.

Meanwhile, the “1Malaysia Summer Specials” are being offered by MASholidays, the travel arm of Malaysia Airlines.

The holiday packages start from as low as 2,446 dirhams (RM2,150) per person, inclusive of return economy class travel on Malaysia Airlines, four-day/three-night accommodation and daily breakfast.

The travel period is from now till July 31, 2010.

Merina Abu Tahir, Malaysia Airlines’ regional general manager for the Middle East, Africa and South America, said: “Customers have a choice of a wide array of destinations ranging from shopping in Kuala Lumpur to the sunny beaches of Penang and Langkawi as well as eco-tourism in Sabah and Sarawak.”

“For a wholesome experience of these destinations, customers can also choose from more than 55 optional tours available from as low as 41 dirhams (RM36) per person,” she added.

 “Malaysia Airlines practices open storefront concept, and we are proud to have Firefly Holiday – our very own subsidiary in providing an innovative approach in flight and holiday bookings.  Customers experience has always been our top most priority, this new innovation will offer our customers the convenience of hassle free bookings,” said Bernard Francis at the launch event today.

 The portal launch was attended by the media, online travel portals and also travel bloggers at the Boulevard Hotel, Mid Valley Kuala Lumpur.

“Firefly Holiday has come a long way since its inception. It started with offering packages only to Firefly destinations about two years ago and now it is fully equipped to offer holiday packages to more than 100 Malaysia Airlines worldwide destinations. This will certainly spur positive growth towards Malaysia Airlines’ passengers reach. We are very confident that with Firefly Holiday’s new innovative distribution method of Malaysia Airlines flights, inbound travellers into Malaysia will also see a significant growth,” said Bernard Francis.

“The ability to offer customers the option to book MAS flights on Firefly Holiday will expand both Malaysia Airlines and Firefly’s reach to millions of visitors worldwide. Customers will now have a variety of over 50,000 hotels to select from, with reliable and efficient ground and tour arrangements to plan a hassle-free holiday,” added Bernard.

In a Press Conference today, Ms Lau Yin May, Head of Firefly Holiday said that customers are given full flexibility to customize and select their preferred flight timings, hotels and complement their holiday with optional transfers and tours. It has literally a Do-It-Yourself (DIY) capability to suit everybody’s holiday needs.  Firefly Holiday has proven to be convenient and reliable, offering value-for-money packages since it was set up two years ago.

 “With the offerings of Malaysia Airlines destinations worldwide, we are looking at our bookings to be more than double this year.  We will now aggressively tap markets that were not within our service offerings radar then. It is time for Firefly Holiday to go International,” she added.

FIREFLY HOLIDAY

Firefly Holiday, a wholly owned subsidiary of FlyFirefly Sdn Bhd, is an online travel portal offering worldwide packages which are accessible anytime, anywhere, 24hrs, 7 days a week at a click at www.fireflyholiday.com. Hassle-free, easy and fast, in just 4 simple steps a holiday reservation complete with return flights, accommodation, transfers and tours is done with an immediate online confirmation.  

For booking details, please visit

www.fireflyholiday.com.

 “A wise traveler never depreciates their own country” – Carlo Goldoni

After reading the article from Asian Geographic’s magazine- “I care because…” written by Irene Ang. (Acted as ‘Rosy’ in Phua Chu Kang) I’m sure a lot of you know her.

In her article, she told me the story of how she became a person who takes part in caring about the environment, on how the little things we can do as individuals, to save our big world.

There are many ways in which a person can contribute towards saving the environment. For me, the plastic bag is a big issue here in Malaysia and so I did my part in caring for the environment through these little steps.

Start from home
Firstly, I recycle plastic materials at home. Plastic bottles such as shampoo, conditioner, lotion and washing liquid bottle are segregated into a section. This section will be placed at the dustbin area for the garbage collectors to collect and recycle.

They may sell it to recycling centres or simply deliver it there.

Either way, it saves me the hassle of taking the recyclable material to the centre myself. Besides plastic, I can also sort out my rubbish into paper and glass. Newspapers, magazines and used printed papers can be recycled when the newspaper man come and collect them. In recycling, I get extra allowance as well!

Remember, you just need to separate your rubbish from the recyclable material so that the workers can sort it out easily.

It’s just that easy!

Recyclable bags
I’m sure most of you have one or two environmentally friendly bags at home.. Many companies have resorted to using these cute little bags when they give out goodies to their customers. These bags are not only cheap but functional such as serving me in the many of my little chores to the supermarket and even to work. I keep a few of these bags inside the car boot in case there’s any shopping or marketing to be done. So, instead of using plastic bags from the shop or supermarket, I use my own fashionable reusable eco-bag to store goods. Here’re some of mine that I have collected over the last few months during my duty travel. Below are 2 of my favourite eco-bags.

Work can be made fun
For work, I usually use this bag to store my food container. It is highly useful as it can be transformed into a usual bag to be carried around if you want to. It is also useful as it will not tear even if liquid was to leak from my container or water bottle. This is the bag which I use to keep my lunch.

This is a cute eco bag that I got from a travel fair. Looks lovely right? Fold it inside and it became a strawberry key-chain like item.

I’m also making the effort to recycle paper at work by not printing unnecessarily. I also use used paper by flipping it to the other side as sketch paper (normally used during brainstorming session). After that, the sketched papers are brought home to be recycled with the newspapers.

Fashionable at the same time
I’ve also since, started collecting recycling bags, as some of them are well-designed. They definitely ensure I remain fashionable even while using them at the supermarket or to work.

In Malaysia, we have designers like Carven Ong who designs eco friendly bags for Guardian Pharmacy. If you don’t already know, Carven Ong is Malaysia’s renowned fashion designer. His expertise is in designing exquisite elegant wedding gowns. But he does his part for the environment in his collection of eco friendly bags. Outside of Malaysia, we have Karl Lagerfeld, creative director for house of Chanel to create his own eco friendly bag. Being green is in indeed!

Today, Ikea has taken a big initiative in implementing this campaign to the public by charging RM0.20 for one plastic bag. Jusco supermarkets have also implemented a similar idea of not giving out plastic bag and pushes customers to purchase the Jusco’s eco friendly bag instead. Initially, both of these efforts are good to initiate a green-loving culture in Malaysia.

In other words, they are also educating Malaysia to care a little more about our environment as we are the only ones who have control over it.

It takes a little to achieve a lot. What we contribute now will have effect on our later generation. If everyone in Malaysia would just contribute just a little by all these small and simple steps that I have taken, Malaysia will be cutting the waste of plastic bags by half.

So, tell us why you care? The best written piece in less than 20 words wins a mystery gift from us. So, hurry up and submit your entries at the ‘comments’ column below.

I care because….

Dear all,

We have the winner for the Malaysia Through My Lens Contest. These 4 people have shown us their love for Malaysia and expressed generously through their writings.

The winners are :

1. Tan Kay Liang :ONE (1) FIREFLY RETURN ticket from Penang to Phuket

2. Cheong Sui Jin : ONE (1) FIREFLY RETURN ticket from Subang to Singapore

3. Kiran Kumar a/l Suraj Kumar : ONE (1) FIREFLY RETURN ticket from Subang to Medan

4. Low Shi Hao : ONE(1) FIREFLY RETURN ticket from Subang to Pekanbaru

Congratulations!!!

Have a great trip with us!

]]> http://blog.fireflyz.com.my/2009/09/congratulations-to/feed/ 0 http://blog.fireflyz.com.my/2009/06/belilah-barangan-malaysia-expo/ http://blog.fireflyz.com.my/2009/06/belilah-barangan-malaysia-expo/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:35:58 +0000 Natalya http://blog.fireflyz.com.my/?p=92 Here’s a quick sneak peek at our booth at Kuala Lumpur Convention centre over the last 5 days (24-28 June 2009).

Firefly Booth. Have a look at our merchandise at our Firefly Airlines Facebook.

Our ATR SIMULATOR

Not only the small ones got excited.

Even the big ones want to have a go!

Not forgetting the 2 VIPs who tried our SIMULATOR

Dato’ Seri Ismail Sabri checking out MASwings’ aircraft model. By the way, it is also ATR 72-500.

Getting to know our fantastic promotions and holiday packages.

Thank you! Hope to see you next year!