For those who registered, please check out the Programme pages for further information about our programme.

See you in Penang!!

Below are those hotel which the shuttle bus will stop to pick up participant:

• Hotel Royal
  website : www.hotelroyalpenang.com
• Hotel Malaysia
  website : www.hotelmalaysia.com.my
• Hotel Continental
  website : www.hotelcontinental.com.my
• 1926 Heritage Hotel
  website : www.1926heritagehotel.com

Shuttle bus time table:

Date : 1st Oct 2010

Time : 1900 – 2000 – Hotel to Welcome Dinner Venue (QE II on the sea Restaurant)

Time : 2200 – 2300 – Welcome Dinner Venue to hotel.

Date : 2nd Oct 2010

Time : 0800 – 0830 – Hotel to Blogfest venue Wawasan Open University

Time : 1700 – 1730 – Blogfest venue to hotel.

Time : 1730 – 1800 – Hotel to Blogfest venue (Dinner with Penang Tradisional show and Mybloggercon Award & Asia Blogger Choice Award)

Time : 2300 – 2330 – Blogfest venue to hotel.

Date : 3rd Oct 2010

0800 – 0830 – Hotel to Blogfest venue

1730 – 1800 – Blogfest venue to hotel.

We’re going to stick Blogfest.asia poster on our shuttle bus, feel free to hop on those bus with Blogfest.asia’s poster !

This contest is open to all blogger who registered & attend 2nd BlogFest.Asia @Penang. What you need to do is just blog about your best experience during your stay in Penang while attending 2nd BlogFest.Asia.

Prizes

1^st Prize : RM 1,500
2^nd Prize : RM 1,000
3^rd Prize : RM 500

Contest Guidelines & Rules

1. All entry must completed & submitted to jaime@motour.gov.my by 10.00am, 3rd Oct 2010
2. All entries must blog about your best experience and most memorable experience in Penang during the 2^nd BlogFest.Asia (from 30^th Sept to 2^nd Oct).
3. Your entry must be your true experience and shall not copy from other blogs, websites or any other materials.
4. All entries must be in English
5. Entries that are lewd, obscene, pornographic, disparaging of the Sponsor or otherwise contain objectionable material may be disqualified in the Sponsor’s sole and unfettered discretion.
6. By participating, you give us the rights to use the story in Ministry of Tourism Malaysia or Tourism Malaysia’s website or other marketing promotions related to Penang & Malaysia
7. This contest is open to all the registered bloggers who submitted the entry before the deadline.
8. Announcement of result & presenting the prizes will be on the closing ceremony of 2^nd BlogFest.Asia.
9. Winners must be present to receive the prizes. If the winner is not present, Ministry of Tourism Malaysia will have the rights to replace the winner.

How to Take Part?

1. Place the  logo in your blog and link back to Ministry of Tourism Malaysia (www.motour.gov.my) website
2. Post your best experiences during your stay in Penang in your blog
3. Submit your blog entry to jaime@motour.gov.my by 10.00am, 3^rd Oct 2010

Judging Criteria

All entries will be judged by a panel of judges based on the following equally weighted judging criteria  :

1. Novelty & Originality of the blog entry
2. Unique Review & experiences
3. Quality of Audio-visual used
4. Blog popularity

Note : Decisions of judges are final and binding

The Submission :

1. Ministry of Tourism Malaysia or BlogFest.Asia committee is not responsible for electronic transmission errors resulting in omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operations or transmission.
2. Ministry of Tourism Malaysia or BlogFest.Asia committee is not responsible for theft or destruction or unauthorized access to or alterations of entry materials, or for technical, network, telephone equipment, electronic, computer, hardware or software malfunctions or limitations of any kind.
3. Ministry of Tourism Malaysia or BlogFest.Asia committee is not responsible for inaccurate transmissions of or failure to receive entry information by Tourism Malaysia or BlogFest.Asia committee, on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Web site or any combination thereof, except to the extent that any death or personal injury is caused by the negligence of the Tourism Malaysia or BlogFest.Asia committee.
4. Ministry of Tourism Malaysia or BlogFest.Asia committee reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest.
5. Ministry of Tourism Malaysia or BlogFest.Asia committee reserves the right to select winners from eligible entries received as of the termination date.
6. Ministry of Tourism Malaysia or BlogFest.Asia committee further reserves the right to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process.

• ZAW ZAW MYO LWIN (Myanmar blogger society, Yangon, Myanmar) – (F)
• Kyaw Zay Ya (Myanmar Blogger Society, Myanmar) – (F)
• CHAN Soratha (Development and Partnership in Action, Cambodia) – (F)
• NAN CHEN (eCauses, China) – (F)

Note: (F)ull / (P)artial

The list above is the 3rd batch from the selection process. The detail of travel funds subsidy will announce by email soon.

Make sure you registered and come out to BlogFest to get one!  Here’s a sneak preview of the shirt design.

• TAN SIEW KIAN (OMY Singapore) – (F)
• YANGKI IMADE SUARA (ECO-INDONESIA) – (P)
• Ardhyanto Restu Widodo (Voca Erudita – Sebelas Maret University Indonesia) – (F)
• FUNG PO LING EVA (Hong Kong Blogger Conference) – (F)
• MARIA KRISTINA EDUARDO (Philippine) – (F)
• ANTHONY IAN MEMIJE CRUZ (TXT Power.org, Philippine) – (P)

Note: (F)ull / (P)artial

The list above is the 2nd batch from the selection process. There will be 3rd batch — to be announced shortly. Please come back and check. The detail of travel funds subsidy will announce by email soon.

• Vũ Khương Duy (University of Technology and Engineering Vietnam national University , Hanoi, Vietnam) – (F)
• Nguyen Thi Ngoc Mai (SHAPC – STDs/HIV/AIDS Prevention Center, Vietnam) – (F)
• Tzu-Che Huang (Frontier Foundation, Taiwan) – (F)
• Tin Myat Htet (Myanmar Blogger Society, Myanmar) – (p)
• DAITHAOLUNG REMMEI (Nehemiah, India) – (F)
• Arvin Tiong Ello (Art Association of the Philippines, Digital Filipino, Linguists Group, Philstage, Ayala Museum, Philippines) – (p)
• Van Sereyboth (Computer Science Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia) – (F)
• Chan Sovannara (Royal University of Phnom Penh & Fulbright Alumini Association of Cambodia) – (p)

Note: (F)ull / (P)artial

The list above is the first batch from the selection process. There will be 2nd batch — to be announced shortly. Please come back and check. The detail of travel funds subsidy will announce by email soon.

We would like to thank every applicant for the interest and enthusiasm. The list in general shows a good diversity of geographic representation of Asia. The selected ones are the bloggers with strong dedication, passion and encourage. They represents true voice from their community as well as the gateway for the regional dialog of Asia / Asians.

A lot of bloggers will be traveling on their own cost and we truly thank them for the support as well. So, see you all soon in Penang, Malaysia !

Oh Yeah, is totally FREE !

Free Lunch, free dinner, free workshop, free seminar……You arrange your own accommodation and transportation, and we will take care the rest. (By the way, we’re not going to pay for your shopping, indeed…ha !)

Don’t wait ! please register as soon as possible @ Here.

For those who need to apply for travel subsidy, please summit the form @ Here.

Can’t wait to see you all in Penang, Malaysia !

Now we proudly announced – 2010 Blogfest.asia welcome dinner hosted by Ministry of Tourism Malaysia will be held in award’s winning restaurant – QE II On The Sea.

QE II On The Sea – the most unique party and dining destination in Penang, Malaysia. Where else in the world can you, dine and be fine surrounded by the beautiful waters of the Melakka Straits? Are you ready for a stylish experience of the carefully selected food and ambiance?

Kindly registered yourself now !

QE II, Tanjung City Marina, Church St. Pier,
8A, Pangkalan Weld, Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia.

1. Up to USD $500 for flight fares.
2. Local transportation (round trip airport-to-hotel & hotel-to-Blogfest.asia 2010 venue)
3. Two-night hotel accommodation.
4. 1 day tour of Penang 10 Icons Places

Blogfest.asia will also plan to provide partial financial support for qualified participants.

* Capacity: up to 20 people
* Participants will be responsible for his/her round trip flight fares.
* Local transportation (round trip airport-to-hotel & hotel-to-Blogfeat.asia 2010 venue)
* Two-night hotel accommodation.
* 1 day tour of Penang 10 Icons Places

You should submit your application and wait for the approval from blogfest.asia. The registration is open now.