- Wednesday, November 06, 2013
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A “mad scramble” for tourism
freebies and discounts looms at the forthcoming International Travel Festival (ITF)
2013 as airline tickets to famous foreign tourism destinations and free hotel
accommodations will be given away to many lucky visitors.
The
raffle prizes at the ITF include 10 gift certificates for overnight stay in
choice Philippine hotels for two, 10 international flight seats, and free trips
for two to Thailand, Malaysia and Bali, Indonesia, all with hotel
accommodations for three days, two nights.
Big
discounts will also be available at the ITF’s component events such the Travel
Philippines Show, Teambuilding Destinations Sale, Extreme Adventures Sale,
Travel and Tours Christmas Sale, Hotels & Resorts Asia Christmas Sale, and
Airline Tickets Sale for Asia, Europe and USA.
For
local tours, free online travel reference services will be offered by Choose Philippines
of ABS-CBN TV network in its exhibit booth.
The
freebies and discounts are expected to bring in thousands of local and foreign
visitors to the ITF, which will be held at the Mall of Asia’s SMX Convention
Center Metro Manila on December 10 and 11, right at the peak of the travel
season when tourists pour in droves to experience the country’s unique
Christmas celebration.
The
sale, involving also the destinations for teambuilding and extreme adventures,
is seen to similarly attract hordes of corporate clients for their human
resource development requirements and market engagement activities.
“Shoppers
are likewise expected to join the massive influx of visitors looking for unique
Christmas gifts that come in the form of packaged tours and travel souvenirs,
thus turning the entire ITF into a fun-filled yuletide festivity for families
and friends,” said chief executive officer Mitch Ballesteros of festival
organizer Exlink Events.
“With
our family activities and raffle draws spicing up the festival, our guests will
have two full days of fun and amazing travel deals,” Ballesteros added.
Leading
the global exhibitors in the ITF are executives of worldwide service provider
Amadeus and members of the British, Turkish and European chambers of commerce and
other Manila and foreign-based organizations.
Their
big number will be matched by the local industry players and government travel
marketers from the various regional offices of the Department of Tourism
nationwide and its attached agency Tourism Infrastructure Enterprise Zone
Authority.
Among
the hundreds of local exhibitors are tourism destinations in Luzon, Visayas and
Mindanao – from as far north as the Cagayan Valley to as far south as General
Santos City and as far west as the island province of Palawan.
“It
will be a complete two-way tourism traffic, with both inbound and outbound
tourism players doing brisk business from both ends of the supply chain and all
the segments in between,” Ballesteros pointed out.
“They
(exhibitors) include airlines, international hotel and resort chains, travel
agencies, tour operators, MICE (meetings, incentive travel, conventions and
events) organizers, shopping malls and global retail brands,” Ballesteros said.
Also expected to
participate in the ITF are transfers and transport firms, cruise ships and
domestic passenger vessels, telecommunication companies, destination owners and
managers, banks and financial institutions, and the academe and various service
providers, among many others.
More information about the ITF can
be obtained from Exlink Events (tel: 632 6433887; mobile: 0920 9242532, 0920
9814376; email: info@exlinkevents.com; or visit www.exlinkevents.com).
- Tuesday, November 05, 2013
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Time flies so fast and the 2nd Customer Loyalty and Rewards Conference and Expo is over. As the industry continues to grow we will be seeing a lot of players attending this event and listening to great speakers.
- Saturday, October 26, 2013
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The
OFW remittances in the country continue to grow. Just recently, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
(BSP) reveals that remittances from January to August amount to $14.5 billion,
5.91% higher compared to the $13.733 billion for the same period last
year.
Security
Bank, one of the leading financial services and solutions providers, offers its
remittance and loan products for OFWs and their beneficiaries. These products respond to the needs of OFWs
as investment and savings options that will allow their money to grow.
This is the reason why Security Bank is
supporting the 10th MegaBalikbayan OFW Expo, an advocacy expo that
promotes entrepreneurship and business to OFWs and Balikbayans.
Security Bank will present various
remittance products to potential OFW entrepreneurs to explore business
opportunities from the traditional cash pick-up services to real-time credit to
bank fund transfers and the cutting edge cardless ATM withdrawal. For
individuals, the Bank will offer card products, and Home and Auto Loan services.
Security Bank believes that if OFWs will invest their money they can enjoy a
better and sustainable quality of life upon their retirement to work.
MegaBalikbayan OFW Expo is slated this
December 10 to 11, 2013, SMX Convention Center. The event continues to
grow in assisting OFWs and Balikbayans in finding business opportunities and
legal financial investments.
The highlights of the event are business
opportunities, free learning sessions and the 5th Outstanding OFW
and Balikbayan Reputation Award (OBRA).
This event is produced and organized by
Ex-link Management and Marketing Services Corp. For inquiries call 643-3887/
234-1341 or 42 or email at info@exlinkevents.com.
- Friday, October 25, 2013
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Boogs Software Solutions, a marketing
service provider, supports the 2nd Customer Loyalty Conference and
Expo at New World Hotel Makati, October 24.
Boogs believes in the power of customer
loyalty programmes. It incorporates in its business process a service package of
running a program that keeps your customers away from your competitors.
Furthermore, its purpose is not only to
gain more customers for its clients but to keep them loyal to their brands.
Since 2002, Boogs has been serving various
industries through its roster of
marketing solutions. Tracing its roots, it started off as a creator of online
and mobile games before hitting the corporate world.
Amspec, manufacturer of Crayola and
Monggol, tapped Boogs to develop an interactive,
user-friendly and fun-filled game application for kids. Until then, it was
considered to be a milestone for this organization.
Moreover, it was able to produce more than
30 games and mobile security application. Pinoy Central and National Telecommunication
Center are some of those companies that recognized its existence and expertise.
From game applications, it now shifted to
offer diverse marketing services such as the following:
- Direct Message
Marketing (Text blast)
-Full-Service
Rebate Loyalty Card Programs and Digital and Social Media Marketing
- Digital and
Social Media Marketing
Boogs exists not only to give solutions but
to establish a relationship with its business partner throughout its business
operations.
Being a sponsor for this year’s Loyalty
Conference and Expo, Boogs view this as an avenue to implement its mission and
to expand its network.
2nd Customer Loyalty Conference
and Expo aims to gather thought leaders to share their knowledge in having smarter
and more strategic ways of keeping your customers loyal.
The event is produced and organized event of Ex-link
Management and Marketing Services. For more information about the event, call 643.3887 or email info@exlinkevents.com.
- Thursday, October 10, 2013
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All events must come to an end. There are two main reasons: 1. This is the nature of the event; 2. Ending an event means we the power to improve it the next run.
- Monday, October 07, 2013
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The day 2 of the International Beauty, Health and Wellness Expo (IBHWEX), Sept. 26-28, 2013 at SMX Convention Center. The day can be summed-up as educational.
- Monday, October 07, 2013
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Still fresh from our memories the breakthrough event that promises to be bigger next year. The International Beauty, Health and Wellness Expo (IBHWEX), Sept. 26-28, SMX Convention Center is the event for the beauty, health and wellness expo in the Philippines in the years to come.
- Monday, October 07, 2013
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So it came to pass!
The first Big Data Conference in the Philippines has ended. The conference is akin to the velocity of big data. It passed like a blur but it leaves a lot of questions and opportunities.
Here is the video recap. We will see you next year for a bigger and deeper discussion of Big Data.
- Monday, October 07, 2013
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iPlus Intelligent Network, Inc., the
managed I.T. services firm of ePLDT led a host of thought leaders in the first
ever Data Conference at the Crowne Plaza in Ortigas Center.
A first leg of what is envisioned as an annual
gathering of the Philippine business sectors’ thought leaders, iPlus’ workforce
and management integration systems head, Mr. Junie Aguirre, familiarized a
diverse crowd of executives from various industries with the concept of big
data and the relevance of the burgeoning aptitude to curate, analyze, store,
share, and use large chunks of data to achieve business goals in the
information age.
As the integration of business with
information technology continues to flourish, Aguirre said that “data is
becoming a key basis of competition underpinning new waves of productivity,
growth such as hard assets and human capital, innovation and modern economic
activity.” In the various aspects of an organization’s operations, data
requires analytics for any value to be driven out of it. Telecom companies need
sufficient data to gauge mobile phone usage of their consumers and ultimately
map out strategies that could give their subscribers improved or better user
experience.
With technology and the dizzying changes
that force companies how they do business, knowing how to accurately capture,
store, analyze, and share definitely enables operational efficiency and
flexibility to face imminent challenges.
- Thursday, October 03, 2013
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