Clearer picture

05/04/2020

Income reports for the first quarter of the year are starting to paint a grim picture for many companies adversely affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The impact on businesses is mostly unfavorable, except for a very few…

Effect explosion and the coronavirus

Randy David 03/09/2020

Less than two months after Chinese authorities acknowledged the emergence of an infectious outbreak from an unknown coronavirus in the city of Wuhan in central China, the world is witnessing an explosion of effects never before seen…

Corona-phobia

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 03/08/2020

The fear of the coronavirus disease, officially known as COVID-19, is affecting every single person in the planet that it has practically changed the way people live.   Nowadays, one can’t enter an office building, shopping mall,…

‘Ursula’ prompts flight cancellations in Cebu

Rosalie Abatayo 12/24/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Two airline companies have already cancelled flights to and from Cebu as Typhoon Ursula intensifies into a severe tropical storm a day before Christmas, December 24, 2019. In an advisory released by GMR…

Best travel deals await Cebuanos at Grand Travel Bazaar 2019

Immae Lachica 07/07/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Travelling is the best way to learn the different cultures around the world. It is also the perfect escape from our busy schedules. This year, the Cebu Tours and Travel Association (CTTA) again paved…

Cebu airport, airlines gear up for expected Sino tourist surge

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/13/2018

Tourism stakeholders in Cebu are preparing for the expected influx of Chinese tourists in the next few months especially since there are more flights to China and from different parts of China to Cebu, and the biggest…

MCIA runway repair set in Sept

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/13/2018

Airlines told to reschedule flights Passengers are advised to plan their travels ahead with the scheduled nighttime closure of the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) runway in September to facilitate asphalt overlay. Mary Ann Dimabayao, public information…

Train effect: Airlines mull bringing back fuel surcharge

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/10/2018

  Many Cebuanos spend hours looking for cheap airfares to Domestic and International destinations, especially the millennials. The hunting gets even bloodier when airlines announce that they will be having overly low fares for certain destinations in…

Flying etiquette

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 09/08/2017

I’m on seat 9C en route to Jakarta, Indonesia, from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — and I’m fuming mad at this man with his Android phone on his right hand as he is enjoying the time of his…

Travel agencies oppose plan to charge airlines for BOCs personnel OT

Inquirer.net 06/14/2017

An association of travel agency operators is opposing the plan of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to charge the overtime fees of airport personnel to airlines. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Philippine Travel Agencies Association…

SilkAir to launch non-stop Singapore-Hiroshima flights

PR 06/05/2017

SilkAir, the regional wing of Singapore Airlines, will be launching non-stop flights between Singapore and Hiroshima, Japan, this year. Starting October 30, this return flight service will run three times a week – on Mondays, Thursdays and…

Asiatravel.com, MLhuillier ink deal, target Pinoy travellers mart

Victor Anthony V. Silva 03/02/2017

WITH more airlines offering low-cost flights and the increasing spending capacity of Filipinos, more people in the Philippines are now able to fly to different destinations in the country as well as all over the world. Nemilyn…

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