Deputy Minister of Culture, Arts and Tourism, YB Dato' Teng Gaik Kwan visited Sukau Rainforest Lodge on 15th October 1999 prior to officiating the World Ecotourism Conference & Field Seminars in Kota Kinabalu on 17th October 1999. The Minister was accompanied by Albert Teo, the owner of Sukau Rainforest Lodge / Borneo Eco Tours.

Sukau Rainforest Lodge has been selected as a case study on ecotourism at the forthcoming APEC tourism working group meeting in Cairns, Australia in April 1999. The Managing Director of Borneo Eco Tours, Albert Teo has been invited by the Office of the National Tourism, Australia to present a paper on the environmental aspect of Sukau Rainforest Lodge and to share his expertise on ecotourism which has led to Sukau Rainforest Lodge winning several tourism awards in the last three years.