Tourism Malaysia first started operation on the 36 th floor of the Transamerica Pyramid Building in San Francisco with Malaysian Trade and Investment Commission in Western USA (which was therefore a tripart office). The office then covered the whole of North America – USA & Canada.

Trade and Investment Commission moved to Los Angeles , leaving Tourism Malaysia behind, which was forced to move to a smaller space on the 8 th Floor.

When Malaysia Airlines announced their intention to use Los Angeles as their pacific gateway of their flights to the US , the Tourism office relocated to 818 West Seventh St., Los Angeles, with a lease term of 10 years.

MTPB opened an office in Vancouver . With the establishment of MTPB Vancouver, MTPB Los Angeles market was limited to USA concentrating its marketing activities in California . During the VMY '90 campaign, the office was asked to increase its coverage to service the whole USA . This area of coverage was later increased to include Mexico and Latin America when MAS announced their flights to Mexico and Buenos Aires.

MTPB opened the New York office, covering Eastern Region USA & Caribbean, therefore, leaving MTPB Los Angeles to cover Western Region USA & Latin America.

CURRENT NORTH AMERICAN OFFICES:

The current Vice President of MTPB Los Angeles is Mr. Mohamed Amin Yahya and current Senior Deputy Director, Ms. Robinder Kaur, and current Deputy Director, Mr. Norazmi Omar.

The current Vice-President of MTPB New York is Mr. Mohamed Taib Ibrahim and current Deputy Director, Mrs. Norizah Abidin.

The current Vice-President of MTPB Vancouver B.C. Canada is Mr. Abdul Haris Hadi.