The highly anticipated Borneo Inspires Legacy Awards (BILA) 2025, organised by BESarawak, is set to celebrate the outstanding legacies across the business events sector, including journalists, to recognise achievements in legacy, sustainability, and innovation.
Submissions for BILA 2025 will be accepted from 1 March to 1 June 2025, inviting nominees from various sectors to showcase their efforts in creating positive, enduring legacies. The awards are open to business event planners, industry vendors and suppliers, journalists, and other professionals from Malaysia and around the world.

“It’s exciting to expand the iconic Anak Sarawak Awards into the Borneo Inspires Legacy Awards, a global awards ceremony. We have many strategic partners around the world whose actions have made an impact on Sarawak’s business events sector and they deserve to be seen and recognised,” said The Hon. Dato Sri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah, Minister for Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts. “It’s a chance to recognise those who are directly or indirectly contributing to the success of Sarawak’s Post COVID-19 Development Strategy 2030.”
“BILA is a platform to inspire our industry and showcase how business events can deliver value beyond the event itself,” said Dato Sri Abang Haji Abdul Karim bin Tun Datuk Abang Haji Openg, Chairman of BESarawak. “We are the first and only in Malaysia and Borneo with an award programme focusing on the all-round impacts of business events.”
BILA nominees must have made their achievements between 2023 and June 2025. Nominations can be made by individuals and organisations connected to the business events sector. Self-nominations are accepted and nominations are open globally.
Winners will be announced at the Borneo Inspires Legacy Awards 2025 gala dinner set for 1 November 2025.
All nominations must be submitted through the official BILA 2025 online platform. For submission guidelines and further details, visit https://legacy360.businesseventssarawak.com/.