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SPEAKERS' PROFILE
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Albert Teo
Managing Director
Sukau Rainforest Lodge
Sabah, Malaysia
Professional Qualifications
Fellow – Hotel Catering & International Management Assocation (FHCIMA),.UK
Certified Hotel Administrator (CHA).USA
Tourist Guide - MOCAT
Working Experience (1977 - present )
Executive Director – Hotel Shangri-la (1986-1997)
Managing Director, Api Tours & Travel – (1986-1991)
Partner – Sabah Handicraft Centre (1986-present )
Managing Director - Borneo Eco Tours (1991-present )
Managing Director - Sukau Rainforest Lodge (1995-present)
Director – Sukau Ecotourism Research & Development Centre SERDC
(2001-present)
Hobby
A keen nature photographer, he has also published six photographic guide
books on Borneo and some 150 types of postcards on Sabah, Brunei and
Sarawak.
Company Recognition Awards
1. European Incentive and Business Travel Meetings Exhibition, Geneva,
Switzerland - Most Visionary Green Incentive Concepts (1994)
2. Green Globe Achievement Awards - 1996,1998 and 2000.
3. Sabah Best Inbound Tour Operator award 1997
4. British Airways Tourism for Tomorrow award 1999 – Best Lodge/Pacific
Region.
5. Travelasia Breakthrough Eco-Award 1999 – Best Tour Operator.
6. International Hotel and Restaurant Association - Environmental awards
1999/1ST Runners –up
7. IH&RA Green Hotelier Award 1999 – 1st Runners - up
8. Conde Nast Traveller Ecotourism Award 1999 – Best Tour Operator/Hon.Mention
Voluntary Associations
1. Chairman – Sabah Tourist Association 1985/86
2. Chairman - Malaysian Association of Tours and Travel Agents or MATTA
Sabah Chapter 1991/92, 1996-2001.
3.Board of Advisors – The International Ecotourism Society, USA. 1996 -
present
4. Marketing Committee - Sabah Tourism Promotion Corporation 1996 –
present
5. Committee – Sabah Environment Protection Association 1996/2000
International Projects
1.Organising Chairman – World Ecotourism Conference & Field Seminars
1999
2. Organising Chairman - Asia Pacific Ecotourism Conference 2002
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