Awards & Interesting Facts
- Kuala Lumpur was ranked as the 4th shopping destination in the world by CNN Travels in 2012, beating big cities like Paris, Madrid, Hong Kong, Buenos Aires, Vienna and Dubai.
- Kuala Lumpur is the 2nd best shopping city in Asia Pacific, edging other major cities like Singapore, Bangkok, Seoul, Tokyo and Sydney (Global Shoppe Index 2012).
- Malaysia has been rated the world's top Muslim-friendly holiday destination over Egypt, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Singapore in a survey released by Singapore-based Muslim travel consultancy Crescentrating.
- Pavilion Kuala Lumpur is the winner of 24 local and international retail awards.
- 1Utama is the largest shopping mall in Malaysia, and the fourth in the world. The Mall covers 5 million square feet, combining the New Wing and Old Wing.
- Datuk Jimmy Choo, the famed shoe designer actually started to make his own shoe at the age of 11 and hailed from Penang.
- Zang Toi captured the attention of the world’s fashion elite when he won the 1990 Mouton Cadet Young Designer of the Year award which recognizes the top, young U.S. designer of the year.
- Ling Tan is the first Supermodel from Southeast Asia who has changed the face of fashion with her exotic beauty.
- Berjaya Times Square Kuala Lumpur set a Guinness World Records in 2013 for building the world's largest capsule vending machine in celebration of the shopping mall's 10th Anniversary campaign, aptly titled The Big Ten-Rific Bash.
- Sunway Pyramid shopping mall is easily recognizable with its Egyptian-inspired architectural marvel featuring a sphinx.
