One of the myriad things I like about being in the tourism industry is the opportunity to discover new places to spend time in with...

Apart from dominating the skyline of Cebu City’s downtown area with its majestic 21-storey building, Radisson Blu Cebu stands tall, as it continues to keep...

Early last week, my group of Board Members of Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) visited Mark T. Lapid, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Tourism Infrastructure...

Our Department of Tourism (DOT) continues to energize the tourism industry with interesting events, now that domestic and international borders have opened. People all over...

Those of us in the tourism industry are now grinning from ear to ear as we see the surge of events that signal the movement...

For the past many decades, visitors enjoy Dumaguete, the capital of Negros Oriental, because, aside from its interesting attractions, its residents are so friendly and go about their...

“Guavas are ripe, guavas are ripe, the mayas sang one day…” used to be one of the nursery rhymes I’d sing in primary school in...

Leave it to the multi-awarded Conrad Manila to come up with a noteworthy event that raises awareness of our countrymen on certain important issues. The...

(Part 2) During that extended dinner conversation we had at the new Ormoc Museum with the city’s First Couple – Congressman-elect Richard Gomez and Mayor-elect...

(Part 1) Ormoc City was where my siblings and I, as gradeschoolers, would spend our summer vacations. Mama would always be proud to show us...