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Rohizam Md Yusoff is known by many as the e-Tourism man. His many business innovations such as Virtual Malaysia, Packages2Go, Hotel2Go, Flight2Go and recently the Tourism Online Collaboration Platform (TOCP) known as the Standard Online Tourism Architecture (SOTA) has assisted the Tourism Industry to embrace online technologies and bridged the digital divide in the industry.
A Computer Science Degree graduate in 1992 from University Teknologi Malaysia, he subsequently obtained his Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from Ohio University in 1997. He was also part of a select group chosen to attend an entrepreneurship program at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston.
Rohizam's passion and interest in tourism and travel technologies has led his company to win various awards locally and internationally such as the MSC-APICTA Award Best of Tourism 2009, 2005, 2003, 2001, 2000; FINAS Best Editor (Documentary) Oscar Award 2005; Bridging Digital Divide (Finalist) E-Asia Award 2004; ICT Premiere Award 2003 and Computimes ICT Awards 2003 (Finalist) Internet Application of the Year.
He is also a sought after speaker and has addressed audiences in various national and international conferences. He currently serves as the Vice President of Research and Technology for the Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA) and also sits on the Executive Committee of PATA Malaysia.

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