During the COVID-19 pandemic, the tourism industry in Malaysia experienced significant job losses, which affected 3.6 million employees. A study revealed that many workers were not formally retrenched but indirect causes such as pay cuts and unpaid leave led to voluntary resignations.
Sunway University and Universiti Tuan Andul Rahman (UTAR) collaborated with RapidKL to develop a model predicting bus section travel time with point and interval estimations, yielding promising results for bus service reliability.
This article explores the transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly ChatGPT, on the tourism and hospitality industry. While ChatGPT offers numerous benefits, such as improved customer satisfaction, reduced costs, and increased revenue through personalised recommendations…
The study of how Asian tourism contributes to climate change is crucial for meeting the terms of the UN Climate Change Conference's and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Despite recent efforts, there is still much research to be done in this area. A new paper examines the risks posed by…
Research tools such as surveys, spatial analysis, social media analytics, and art walks are increasingly used in art implementation to better understand the impact of public art projects on communities and urban environments. These tools benefit artists, urban planners, and city officials in making…
Smart cities aim at enhancing the living standards of their citizens by making use of advanced technologies to innovate various sectors. The optimisation algorithms are widely used in applications relating to smart cities (e.g. routing and estimation). Optimised swarm-intelligence algorithms such…
Food waste continues to be an alarming problem for the world and very significantly in Malaysia. Without proper education and awareness, the general public continues to increase food waste.
The Sunway Institute for Global Strategy and Competitiveness and the School of Mathematical Sciences, Sunway University co-organised a virtual Southeast Asia Housing Affordability Symposium that brought together stakeholders from the industry, academia, policymakers, and the general public to dive…
In the Pacific island states, tourism growth was significantly affected due to the pandemic and climate change. The vulnerabilities of these nations have led to the need to seriously consider setting-up the appropriate coping mechanisms for the local communities to ‘prosper’ once again.
