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.
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.
Clark International Airport saw a sharp increase in both international and domestic flights in the first quarter of the year as more passengers used the fast-growing budget airline hub in Pampanga.
A recent trip to Hong Kong had me exploring all the places that supply building materials and furnishings, places I used to scour some 15 years ago when I lived in this city-state. Between then and today, I’d still visit these places occasionally just to see what was new in the market. Sometimes, these visits were with a client as we looked for items we could not source back in the Philippines.
Tycoon Andrew Tan’s impeccable taste and discerning eye for all things refined are quite apparent in the way he does business.
Striving to return to the top of the heap in the local air travel industry, flag carrier Philippine Airlines has unveiled a new promo that lets customers use their discounted tickets almost as soon as these are bought.
Batan island in the province of Batanes is so remote that one has to time his or her trip on weeks that a typhoon or any weather disturbance for that matter is not expected.
The Covenant Car Company Inc. (TCCCI), the exclusive importer and distributor of Chevrolet automobiles and parts in the Philippines, follows the Filipino tradition of going on road trips during the Holy Week break by providing friendly reminders about the value of maintaining their Chevrolet vehicles for safer worry-free travels.
Isuzu Philippines Corp. (IPC) recently finished the second leg of a three-leg series of road trips that started mid-February starting with the Valentine season where members of the motoring media were invited to partake in an out-of-town road trip dubbed as “A Date with the Isuzu Crosswind.” Each participant was encouraged to bring a loved one as a road trip partner; some brought their better half while others came as a pair of siblings and there were even father-and-daughter teams.
“Huwag maging dayuhan sa sariling pamayanan, mag-cruise sa Asean.” (Don’t be a stranger in your own community, go cruising in Asean.)
Domestic airline passenger traffic rose by nearly a tenth last year, as lower plane fares encouraged more Filipinos to travel around the country by air, government data released this week showed.
Tourism growth, led by a better-than-expected increase in domestic travel, is set to contribute more to overall economic expansion this year, Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez Jr. said at the Philippine Economic Briefing on Wednesday.
