Born in 1975, Rosemarie grew up in Singapore and left for boarding school in England at aged 14. In 1997 she graduated with a Diploma in Interior Design at Chelsea College of Art & Design, London, and in 1998, with a 1st Class BA (Hons) in Fashion (Textiles) at the renowned Central St. Martin’s College of Art and Design, London. After nearly a decade there, she returned to Kuching to join her family business.

She started out in the field of construction, property management and then took the helm at Arena Sukan, Kuching’s 1st multi-sport complex, as the company’s Director in 2008. She’s been actively running it since, and has successfully introduced in-house tournaments and sports coaching for the youths.

In 2011, her entrepreneurial spirit led her into her first hospitality venture. She conceptualised, designed and rebuilt 2 shophouses along Kuching’s Main Bazaar. A year later, the Ranee Boutique Suites , Kuching’s first luxury boutique hotel was launched. Consisting of 24 rooms, each with its own individuality, charm and character. The Ranee has received many accolades. On Trip Advisor, it was ranked the #1 hotel in Kuching for the last consecutive 5 years.

Her second venture into the hospitality industry is called The Marian Boutique Lodging House , Kuching’s first heritage boutique lodging house which opened in May 2017. Restored from an all-girls St Mary’s School boarding house which is more than 100 years old, it has been painstakingly restored over 5 years, to reflect its heritage and history and now comprises 40 rooms and an infinity swimming pool.

Adjacent to The Marian, as part of its services, is Kuching’s first massive warehouse style dining hall which has been built by the restoration of an old warehouse called The Granary Kitchen + Bar.

During her years in the hospitality industry, she has acquired great knowledge and insights into the hotel and travel industry, gained invaluable experience and been actively involved in related events, the various Tourism Ministries and the travel trade.

Rosemarie is also greatly inspired by old buildings and Sarawak’s rich colonial past. She has an intense passion for old furniture, local traditional arts and crafts and enjoys giving old things a new lease of life. Rosemarie supports over 50 independent local and rural artisans, charities and NGOs. By creating, re-designing and re-packaging their products, she is able to create new demands and greater opportunities for their products to sell.

With 2 standalone gift shops called The Ranee Artisan Gallery, her most successful projects are the development of new handicraft products like upcycled fan covers, hand woven baskets and place mats made by the ladies in the longhouses that she has adopted.

She is currently the Treasurer of Sarawak Heritage Society and the President of Jawatankuasa Agrokraft Borneo, a newly formed committee to encourage the development of rural community products.

Amelia Roziman is one of the outstanding pioneers of Business Events Sarawak by Sarawak Convention Bureau (BESarawak), Malaysia’s first convention bureau. She has over 13 years of experience in branding, marketing & Public Relations and has contributed towards a total win of 15 awards for Sarawak in creative marketing campaigns. She has also assisted the destination in securing national and international Business Events (BE) over the last 10 years; which have translated to both economic and social impacts that cover significant ground beyond the general Tourism umbrella of Sarawak.

Her efforts on Legacy Impact have been recognized as the first of its kind within the Asian Pacific Region; taking its cue from various Western case studies that seek to measure intrinsic values and impacts beyond Tourism. Sarawak has since been touted as the most progressive of three destinations currently spearheading the Legacy Impact Movement worldwide.

As the current Acting Chief Executive Officer of BESarawak, she is responsible for the development of the Bureau's strategies, high level government liaison, ensuring execution of operational policies, fostering employee alignment with organisational goals, whilst functioning as the main representative of BESarawak. With her prolific talents and jet-setting work values, she has spearheaded various organizations in refining their branding, marketing, and PR efforts.

To date she has won 5 internationally acclaimed professional awards and was recently selected as 1 out of 2 recipients globally for the European School of Management and Technology Berlin (ESMT Berlin) Women’s Scholarship for Executive Transition Programme.

Dona was born in Sibu of American-Iban parentage. Her father, Don, came here as a wood working consultant in the 60s and helped to set up some of the earlier plywood factories. Annual family holidays back to her mother’s longhouse when she was a child instilled a great sense of pride in her Iban heritage, a rich cultural history she now wishes to take an active part in preserving.

Married to Richard Wee, a member of a traditional Hokkien family, Dona has gained an insight into local Chinese customs and practices. Now that her four sons have all grown up, she is active in the the Trefoil Guild Girl Guides (former Girl Guides) where she is the current Chairman, the Sarawak Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SSPCA) where she holds the post of President, as well as the being President of the Sarawak Eurasian Association, publishers of the award winning “Legacy Cookbook” – a compilation a stories of the origins of Sarawak’s Eurasian families mixed in with their favourite family recipes. After winning the “Best Local Cuisine Book in the World” Gourmand World Cookbook Award, Dona was invited, during the Ministry of Tourism Arts and Culture’s Tourism Taskforce Workshop, to start the Sarawak Culinary Heritage Committee with Marian Chin, Gracie Geikie and Datin Esther Balan. Dona is also a committee member of the Friends of Sarawak Museum, as well as in Kelab Mirage Sarawak. Dona was also invited to be a TedX Kenyalang speaker in 2019 where she spoke on “Animals and our Environment : We are all Connected.”

Being so involved in the work of NGOs, Dona has helped to organize numerous workshops, festivals, bazaars and international conferences, working on these events from conception to completion to evaluation, whether it is regarding animal welfare or international tourism promotion through our local culinary delights. Many a family birthdays and weddings have been seamlessly produced tailored to each celebrants’ needs.