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Lack of maximising the technology in today’s tourism ways of doing things is the main concern of one development and success in tourism sectors. Previous studies have proven the success rate of using the current innovation and trends in tourism sector help to increase in terms of the visibility of the tourist attractions and numbers of visitors in one tourist location. Hence, in the present study, it focuses on National Museum planning in its initiative to adopt new technology for the betterment of Malaysia National Museum popularity. Museum is a must visit location of one country as it acts to introduce ways of live and culture of its people. Yet, many of local and international visitors tend to neglect the importance of visiting museums. This is due to the portrayal of physical static museum leads towards unattractive environment and not aware of the high potential in understanding historical background of the place that they visited. Recent years, the numbers of people visiting national museum in Malaysia specifically are reducing. It is impacted due to the present movement order control since March 2020. The limitation of physical visitation to a tourist spot such as national museum has worsen the situation. Therefore, the present study aims to explore the use and application of 360o view technology in Malaysia National Museum. The present study collected images and 360 o videos using device namely Insta360 ONE R Twin Edition. Once completed, questionnaire was distributed to collect 50 viewers use and satisfaction on the onsite national museum videos and images output. Results explained that viewers agreed and enjoy using the 360 o video to explore the museum virtually. Furthermore, it also assisted visitor to expect what they will see and go for future visit as results shows the viewer acceptance and intention to use the 360 o video is positively significant.

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has had a significant effect on every country’s economy, particularly in the education sector. Some of the consequences include lockdowns, quarantines, social distancing and institutional closures. Adapting and adjusting to new learning standards was difficult due to a variety of demographic backgrounds among students, especially adult learners. Thus, the current research aims to investigate characteristics that contribute to adult adjustment and their influence on their knowledge of online courses. A quantitative study was done among 235 respondents in a Malaysian independent body namely the Malaysian Financial Planning Council located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Identifying the right elements will assist the training facility in giving the right and quality training to its audience.

The airfield site at Kelanang in Selangor, Malaysia was operated during World War II under the Japanese Occupation. During that time, it was noted for its air force surveillance centre which protected the area from Port Swettenham or previously known as Port Klang to Port Dickson. It also acted as a military logistics that planned and carried out the movement, supply, and maintenance of military forces to sustenance Morib area. Currently, this historical structure and its remains have no longer exist. The area has now been transformed to a palm oil plantation. As time goes by, this airfield has been forgotten and invisible to our young generation. In addition to that, there are lack of literature and studies about the history and its roles during and after World War II. This gap triggers this study on this airfield. Hence, the aim of the present study is to develop a literature review on the airfield. This includes to locate and to map the actual features of the airfield. To achieve this objective, field observation and in-depth interview were conducted. Official documents from the site location owners were obtained, as well as CIO HQ from air command centre in South East Asia Document was compiled to support the existence of the airfield. The findings from this study contribute towards the knowledge of this historical site, roles, and its contributions for the Government and public.

The cosmetic industry has seen an explosive growth in the past few years. Although many beauty conglomerates are leading the forefront of the global cosmetics industry, the beauty standards by them set are usually Eurocentric in nature. However, rapid changes with Fenty Beauty first appearance in cosmetic industry. The brand took the world by storm when they introduced an idea that resonated with a large community of makeup enthusiasts. Despite being in its infancy stage, the brand has made plenty of ripples to change the industry for the better through its inclusivity approach. The present study aims to gain a greater understanding on the brand’s social media engagement with their followers on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube as well as classifying the brand’s followers according to the social identity theory. Qualitative content analysis was applied in the present study to gain a better understanding of Fenty Beauty’s social media engagement efforts with their followers. The coding scheme implemented is adopted of Bales’ Interaction Process Analysis (IPA) Model to study how followers of the brand react to social media posts made by Fenty Beauty. The findings of the present study will be useful to the cosmetic industry as it will proof the potential of social media as a powerful marketing tool. The findings of the present research will be beneficial to companies in the cosmetic industry and marketing practitioners provides an insight as to what motivates online users to engage and interact with a brand.

This study aims to explore how learners and educators use social networking sites (SNSs) for education-related activities and identify the factors that influence their usage. The study was conducted at a private institute for higher learning (IHL) in central Malaysia involving learners at different levels of study and educators from various positions. A total of 200 respondents consisting of 100 learners and 100 educators participated in the self-administered questionnaire. Chi-square and regression analyses were used to determine the significance of demographic factors (education and gender) and other factors such as perceived privacy (PP), perceived security (PS), perceived trust (PT), web experience (WE), computer anxiety (CA), social norms (SN), enjoyment (ET), desire to give information (GV) and desire to get information (GT) towards their intention to use SNSs. The findings illustrate that other than external factors, demographic factors also influence the use of SNSs for both learners and educators. Copyright © 2019 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.

Logistics Department in one of the private higher education institution has encouraged its students to obtain information at the departmental level from its Facebook® account named Logistics Student Association (LSA) Facebook®. This study applies two models namely the Information System Success Model (ISSM) and the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT). Dimensions in the ISSM as well as in the UTAUT were used to investigate the perceptions from the logistics students pertaining to the LSA Facebook®. Data was gathered through questionnaires from 183 logistics students. Respondents provided their answers by perceiving the user satisfaction, system quality and information quality towards the behavioral intention to use the LSA Facebook®. Results indicated that system quality and user satisfaction are positively associated with the behavioral intention but not information quality. The standardized coefficients for user satisfaction was higher (β = .23) compared to system quality (β = .20) toward behavioral intention at p value