The Faculty of Information Science and Technology (FIST), Multimedia University (MMU), is proud to celebrate the outstanding achievement of our students from BCS (Hons) (AI): Mr Loh Jinsen, who, together with his teammate Mr Ang Zhen Loong, formed Team Malayan Tiger and emerged victorious at the prestigious China–ASEAN Artificial Intelligence + Cultural Tourism Innovation Competition 2025.

Competing against 506 registered teams, with only 50 advancing to the finals, Loh Jinsen and his team secured both the Grand Prize and the Most Outstanding ASEAN Award, along with a cash prize of 200,000 RMB. Their innovative project, TravelMate AI, is a multilingual intelligent tour guide and personalized itinerary planning platform that impressed the judges with its creativity and practical impact in cultural tourism.

The competition, jointly organized by the Beihai Municipal People’s Government, Guangxi Department of Culture and Tourism, China Data Development Bureau, Guangxi International Expo Bureau, and others, culminated in the finals on September 16, 2025, in Nanning, Guangxi. In the ASEAN University Category, Team Malayan Tiger stood out against strong contenders from the University of Malaya, National University of Singapore, and the Republic of Indonesia Defense University.

In recognition of their success, the Organizing Committee has invited the team to showcase TravelMate AI in the “Competition Achievement Zone”, jointly built with the Beihai Municipal Government, where their innovation will be featured to leaders, experts, and the public.

This remarkable accomplishment is a testament to Loh Jinsen’s creativity, talent, and hard work, and it reflects FIST and MMU’s commitment to nurturing future-ready innovators in the field of AI and technology.

Once again, congratulations to Jinsen and Zhen Loong on bringing pride to FIST, MMU, and Malaysia!