Mercury Rising by Bob Zozobrado
Vancouver’s haven for Pinoy foodies
Every time I travel out of the country, after about a week, I hanker for Pinoy food, and if I...
Where on earth is Dawson Creek?
At first, I thought this was the setting of that 1998 TV drama series, Dawson’s Creek, but I later learned...
Beautiful British Columbia
In all my more than 50 years of traveling all over the world, I have never set foot in Vancouver....
Heavenly flavors of the Orient
When people talk about excellent Chinese food, Conrad Manila’s China Blue, more often than not, dominates the conversation. Small wonder,...
Come to the great outdoors
Before the pandemic, tourists were content with simply taking photos of the attractive destinations they traveled to, but now, they...
Clark revs up for next year’s MICECON
If you ask our local tourism stakeholders which segment of the tourist market they would like to have, I’m sure...
The Philippine Experience project
Taking advantage of the surge of “Relief Travel” (I prefer to use this phrase instead of that very negative “Revenge...
Rekindled tourism industry spirit signals thrivingcomeback
I’m very happy to see that our tourism industry is now in a frenzy with activities popping up on all...
Contemporary art in our hotels
There was a time when we had to go to reputable art galleries or museums in order to satisfy our...
Makati, DOT, Yehey, HoHo
Every time I visit a city, I always take advantage of its Hop On-Hop Off facility. Not only is it...
Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.