Cebu Air Inc., the listed operator of budget carrier Cebu Pacific, is launching in August flights to Phuket, Thailand, allowing passengers to directly travel to the vacation hotspot famous for its beaches and world-class resorts.
Given the recent Senate elections indicating our people’s support for President Aquino’s governance, his goal of inclusive growth can now be better attained. PNoy identified three areas that best contribute to this goal: agriculture, infrastructure and tourism.
Bulacan may not have been blessed with white sand beaches and genuine waves, but “tsunami” wave pools in some of its 115 resorts have helped draw its share of tourists from Metro Manila and Central Luzon this summer.
The tour agency employed by the four German mountaineers who died along with their Filipino guide when Mayon Volcano exploded on Tuesday could lose its accreditation as a service provider of the Department of Tourism (DOT).
The government is spending P29 billion—P12 billion this year and P17 billion in 2014—on a tourism infrastructure program that will connect tourist spots to major roadways.
It’s not just “more fun in the Philippines,” it’s actually sizzling hot! The world’s second-largest archipelagic nation registered strong economic growth of 6.6 percent last year. Its over 90 million population is a young, vibrant and growing middle class with rising disposable incomes. Filipinos with extra cash in their pockets are now taking to the skies, setting an upward trend for air travel growth.
Greece will be offering residence to non-EU investors purchasing or renting property over 250,000 euros ($326,000), in a bid to revive its moribund real estate industry, officials said on Monday.
The Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park (“underground river” to all) in fabled Palawan is now a new Wonder of Nature in the world, and visitors to the capital city have increased considerably, from 18,000 to half a million today.
Tycoon Andrew Tan’s impeccable taste and discerning eye for all things refined are quite apparent in the way he does business.
The Philippines has taken off and recovered from the “fall” of the aviation industry, President Aquino claimed Wednesday, citing the International Civil Aviation Organization’s recent lifting of the “significant safety concerns” tag on the country.
The Philippines may have reached investment-grade status but its corporate watchdog, the Securities and Exchange Commission, is languishing at sub-par payroll levels and now faces an exodus of key officers.
The Lopez-led First Philippine Holdings Corp. plans to join the bidding for the P17.5-billion Mactan-Cebu International Airport passenger terminal redevelopment project.
