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PH will not stamp Chinese e-passport

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced on Wednesday, November 28, that the Philippine government has decided not to stamp its visas on China’s new electronic passport.

PATA members to celebrate World Tourism Day in Manila

Almost a thousand members of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) from all over the globe will celebrate the World Tourism Day on Sept. 27, not in Spain as designated for 2012 by the United Nations World Tourism Organization, but in Manila.

Oldest hotel in PH celebrates 100 years

On July 4,2012, the Manila Hotel celebrated its centennial anniversary.

Airlines allowed overbooking practice, under regulation

The DOTC-DTI-CAB has drafted Administrative Order No. 01, which sets guidelines regarding various airline obligations such as overbooking. It is set to be submitted for public consultation starting July 6.

PH agritourism needs strong collaboration of DA, DOT

Experts during the 1st National Agritourism Research Conference in UP Los Baños agreed that agritourism in the Philippines has a long way to go before becoming an economic driver of rural communities

AIT, SEARCA organize 1st PH agritourism conference

The Tourism Foundation, inc. of the Asian Institute of Tourism (AIT), in partnership with the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), is holding the First National Agritourism Research Conference on June 27 – 29, 2012

Sendong: Aftereffects in Tourism

Rachel Tabilin | Industry Like the tsunami that hit Thailand and neighboring countries back in 2004, the floods and landslides caused by the tropical storm Sendong, internationally known as Washi, came as much of a shock to the people in the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan as well as those in some parts … Continue reading

Who’s Behind the ‘Fun’?

Alethea Bravo | Industry The long wait is over. The much awaited reinvention of our country’s tourism branding campaign has finally been revealed to the public just this morning. The powerful seven-word slogan – IT’S MORE FUN IN THE PHILIPPINES – depicts what the Philippine tourism has to offer. “We need a line that is … Continue reading

Industry stakeholders elect new Tourism Congress officers

 AIT facilitates poll After two years of initial struggle and bitter rift with the Department of Tourism (DoT), the Tourism Congress—the private sector-led consultative body of the department mandated by RA 9593—convened on November 12 at the Philippine International Convention Center to elect its new set of officers, this time involving the Institute as commission … Continue reading

PAL to lay-off 2,600 employees

The country’s legacy airline shall be pushing through with its initial plan of outsourcing services such as catering and telesales operations in a survival strategy attempt to save US$ 10 to 15 million annually, affecting 2,600 employees, who, management says, will be transferred to third-party companies.