As a popular city resort, Tagaytay has been experiencing a boom of boutique hotels and bed & breakfasts. One reason is the reaction by visitors against the uniformity of standard urban hotels. Instead of basking in the grandeur of brand hotels in the city, the market is looking for homey rooms and personalized service in a resort city. Likewise, owners can peg a good price to make the business lucrative.
Fila Philippines is ramping up not only its footwear and apparel but also its branding. Although it targets the middle-of-the-road market, it makes its presence felt in elite sports such as polo and regatta.
To learn French, he took up a waiter’s job at a tea salon in Lausanne, the French-speaking part of Switzerland. As a management trainee at a luxury five-star hotel in Beverly Hills, he checked in celebrities at the front desk and ran errands for them. While working in the banqueting department of a famous New York Hotel, he helped organize political functions and celebrity weddings.
The New York Times calls it “my second act” or “my what’s next.” People who work after retirement simply see it as a new stage in their lives.
When architect Shamcey Supsup was training for the Binibining Pilipinas beauty pageant at the Araneta Center, she and the other contestants would run to Watsons at Gateway Mall to replenish their makeup or buy plasters for their blistered ankles. For her soft tresses, Supsup also swears by the Babyliss curling iron which she bought from the store.
In the midst of stiffer competition posed by new hotels, the Peninsula Manila recently launched its global brand campaign to remind the people about its distinction.
In 2011, fragrance manufacturer Joel Cruz, celebrated the 10th anniversary of his business with an audience of 87,000 at the parking lot of the Mall of Asia.
In 1984, Bernie Liu, then a fresh college graduate from Cebu, first worked in the family lumber store along North Edsa, Quezon City. “I was a salesman dealing with the hardware stores,” he recalls.
Alex Willats, Dusit Thani’s new general manager, cuts an imperious figure in the lobby, keeping a watchful eye on everything. “I like to spend time around the hotel. It’s important as management to have some visibility.” As big hotels can get impersonal, Willats hopes to bridge the gap between the staff and guests [...]
Back in the ’80s, people took to the streets to protest against government dictatorship. Linda Oliva Ramos, then an accounting major at the Polytechnic University, defied the student leaders who urged the youths to rally and fight.
When a man was looking for Bonifacio High Street, the cab driver took him to a new Chinese bistro with a terra cotta warrior horse on the façade. Only a month old, P. F. Chang’s at the W Global Center has become a hot spot in Bonifacio Global City.
In December 1997, the long queues at the first Starbucks store at 6750 Ayala indicated that a robust business was about to brew. The attraction was that Starbucks was an icon of American culture.
