Come and meet Yuna at WITM-MATTA Fair 2013

Eager to travel: Customers visiting the Malaysia Airlines pavilion during the WITM-MATTA Fair 2013 at the Putra World Trade Centre.

KUALA LUMPUR: Travel bugs who are fans of local songbird Yuna – here’s your chance to get the best travel deals and also meet the performer at the same time. The singer-songwriter is set to have a meet-and-greet session at the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) pavilion at the WITM–MATTA Fair 2013 at PWTC today.

MAS regional senior vice-president for Malaysia Muzammil Mohamad said Yuna would be at their pavilion on the mezzanine floor of Hall 1 at 2pm. “Besides Yuna’s performance, we will also have our special discounted rates and packages, not just for MAS but for all our subsidiaries too,” he told a press conference here yesterday.

Since the fair started on Friday, the MAS booth has been the centre of attraction with visitors waiting to snap up the over one million seats on offer by the airline. The national carrier’s subsidiary Firefly is also offering 500,000 seats with fares from RM49 under its current Everyday Low Fares.

On ticket sales, Muzammil said that over 100,000 segments were sold on the first day with 80% of the purchasers opting to travel this year. MAS has also extended its ticket validity period from one month to three months for this fair.

“Also for this fair, economy fares from all over Peninsular Malaysia to international points are common-rated. Visitors to the pavilion can also drop by the social media counter to stand a chance to win one of six tickets to domestic and international destinations, along with other prizes.

The airline is also offering special fares to its new destinations – Kochi, Darwin and Dubai, as well as popular routes like Perth, Bali, Manila, Kathmandu, Guangzhou, Kunming and Hong Kong.

MASholidays is also offering a free ground package for one child aged below 12 years with every two paying adults, along with all-in group departures to Turkey, Beijing, Kathmandu, India Golden Triangle, Osaka, Medan, Hanoi and Dubai.

-thestar online.