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| Mr Albert Teo Chin Kion (Managing Director) |
(BEST) and Managing Director of Borneo Eco Tours, Malaysia. A graduate in Economics (Honours) from the University of London in 1977, Albert Teo has been in the tourism industry for the last thirty four years.Over the three decades, he has been a hotelier, tour operator, lodge and backpacker owner and operator, photographer, author, publisher, conference organizer, ecotourism consultant, speaker, lecturer and social entrepreneur. Albert is presently working on designing and building two new ecolodges in Sabah.
A keen photographer, he has trekked over 1,000km in Borneo and published over 200 postcards designs, motivational bookmarks and Photo CDs of Borneo, published ten books including the best selling Sabah -Land of the Sacred Mountain, Journey through Borneo, Saving Paradise-The Story of Sukau Rainforest Lodge and the latest book, A Souvenir of Sabah Malaysian Borneo. His companies Borneo Eco Tours and Sukau Rainforest Lodge have won numerous international ecotourism awards including Asia’s Leading Green Hotel at the 17th World Travel Award 2010. The success of Sukau Rainforest Lodge has encouraged him to share his experience of running the lodge in “Saving Paradise” which he co-authored with Carol Patterson in 2005 which documented the ten years of operation of the lodge. Albert Teo has organized four highly successful international ecotourism conferences in Malaysia including World Ecotourism Conference and Field Seminars 1999, Asia Pacific Ecotourism Conference APeco2002, Borneo Ecotourism Conference BEC2005. He co-convened the Borneo Tourism Conference BTC2007 in Kuching with Professor Ross Dowling of Edith Cowan University, Australia in September 2007. Albert is presently focusing his energy on developing social entrepreneurship through his for community/environment profit foundation, Borneo Ecotourism Solutions and Technologies or BEST Society www.bestsociety.org
A keen photographer, he has trekked over 1,000km in Borneo and published over 200 postcards designs, motivational bookmarks and Photo CDs of Borneo, published ten books including the best selling Sabah -Land of the Sacred Mountain, Journey through Borneo, Saving Paradise-The Story of Sukau Rainforest Lodge and the latest book, A Souvenir of Sabah Malaysian Borneo. His companies Borneo Eco Tours and Sukau Rainforest Lodge have won numerous international ecotourism awards including Asia’s Leading Green Hotel at the 17th World Travel Award 2010. The success of Sukau Rainforest Lodge has encouraged him to share his experience of running the lodge in “Saving Paradise” which he co-authored with Carol Patterson in 2005 which documented the ten years of operation of the lodge. Albert Teo has organized four highly successful international ecotourism conferences in Malaysia including World Ecotourism Conference and Field Seminars 1999, Asia Pacific Ecotourism Conference APeco2002, Borneo Ecotourism Conference BEC2005. He co-convened the Borneo Tourism Conference BTC2007 in Kuching with Professor Ross Dowling of Edith Cowan University, Australia in September 2007. Albert is presently focusing his energy on developing social entrepreneurship through his for community/environment profit foundation, Borneo Ecotourism Solutions and Technologies or BEST Society www.bestsociety.org
Albert has served in various positions in the tourism industry including Sabah Chapter Chairman of Malaysian Association of Tours and Travel Agents MATTA, Chairman of Sabah Tourist Association, Advisor of The International Ecotourism Society TIES, USA, marketing committee of Sabah Tourism Board and member of Sabah Tourism Consultative Council STCC. Albert was a member of the finalist selection committee for the Tourism for Tomorrow Awards of World Travel and Tourism Council WTTC for six years from 2005-2010. In the last few years Albert travelled around the Asia Pacific countries as a keynote speaker on ecotour and ecolodge operations. In October 2006, Albert was appointed Adjunct Lecturer by Edith Cowan University, Australia for his contribution to the ecotourism industry.
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