What Clients Have Found Useful About Our Work
Engagements vary in scope and sector, but the questions we hear most often are about whether the process was practical and whether the written output was worth the investment.
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Engagements completed
4.7
Average client rating
9
Years in practice
3
Sector specialisations
Client Feedback
Norzaidi Hamid
Development Director, Johor Bahru
We brought in Tanjung Method for the Coastal Property Advisory as we were at an early stage of a waterfront resort development. The site visit was thorough — they identified regulatory dimensions we had not fully considered. The written report gave us something concrete to work from. Worth the engagement.
March 2025
Tan Chee Weng
Operations Manager, Port Klang
The Maritime Economy Consultation was helpful for us. We had some internal disagreements about our positioning within the port ecosystem, and having an external perspective helped us clarify the questions we were actually trying to answer. The process was a bit more time-intensive on our side than I had anticipated, but the output justified it.
February 2025
Faridah Rashid
General Manager, Langkawi Resort Group
The Tourism Destination Strategy engagement gave us a framework that we have returned to several times since. It was particularly useful that the advisor understood the Langkawi context specifically — not just generic destination marketing thinking.
April 2025
Suriani Kamaruddin
CEO, Penang Heritage Tourism
We found the engagement straightforward. The scope was agreed clearly in advance, the timeline was kept to, and the framework document was substantive. I appreciated that the advisor was honest about areas where the evidence was genuinely ambiguous rather than presenting everything with false certainty.
March 2025
Ahmad Yusof
Director, Kuala Lumpur Maritime Group
The advisor came with a genuine understanding of how the maritime sector in Malaysia actually works — the relationship between port operators, shipping agents, and the various regulatory bodies. That background knowledge saved us a lot of time in the context review phase. Good experience overall.
January 2025
Lim Hui Shan
Managing Director, Sabah Eco Tourism
We had worked with a couple of generalist consultants before and found their reports too distant from the realities of operating in Sabah. Tanjung Method was different — the advisor had actual familiarity with Borneo's tourism environment, which came through in the observations. The engagement ran close to the longer end of the timeline, but the output was thorough.
April 2025
Selected Engagement Summaries
The Situation
A marina developer in Johor was navigating overlapping state and federal regulatory considerations for a planned expansion. Internal views on the right path forward were not aligned, and the team needed an external read on the landscape before committing further resources.
The Engagement
Tanjung Method conducted a ten-week engagement including two site visits, conversations with regulatory contacts, and a review of the relevant planning and environmental documentation. The engagement concluded with a written report setting out the key considerations and the areas where further clarification would be needed before proceeding.
What Followed
The developer used the report to structure their subsequent regulatory engagement. The written document gave them a consistent reference point in conversations with multiple stakeholders. The expansion proceeded in a staged manner over the following eighteen months.
"The report gave us a shared language for the regulatory discussion that we had been struggling to find internally." — NH, Johor
The Situation
A boutique resort operator in Langkawi was seeing shifts in visitor profile and wanted to understand whether their positioning was still well-suited to the direction the island's tourism market was moving. They were uncertain whether to invest in repositioning or hold their current approach.
The Engagement
An eight-week engagement covering destination context, conversations with the operator's team and selected guests, and a review of comparable positioning in the region. The framework document set out the key dimensions of the positioning question and offered structured observations on how each dimension might be approached.
What Followed
The operator used the framework to guide a modest repositioning of their marketing approach and made targeted adjustments to the guest experience. They noted that the framework helped them make the decision more deliberately rather than reacting to short-term signals.
"We appreciated the lack of prescription — the document helped us think through the question more clearly rather than just telling us what to do." — FR, Langkawi
Contact Information
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+60 3 2382 7493Address
Level 19, Menara Maxis
Kuala Lumpur City Centre
50088 Kuala Lumpur
Office Hours
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Saturday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Practice Affiliations
Malaysian Institute of Management
Affiliate Practice — 2019 to present
PEMANDU Associates Advisory Network
Recognized practice member — 2021
Malaysia Port Operators Association
Advisory network participant — 2020 to present
Tourism Malaysia Industry Partner
Registered consulting practice — 2018 to present
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