Plantation Bay resort to open shopping strip this year

Aileen Garcia-Yap 08/25/2016

THE Plantation Bay Resort and Spa in Mactan will open a shopping strip within their property this year. Resort manager Efren Belarmino said they noticed a lot of their guests really look for a place to buy…

Cebu’s Chinese visitors up 100%, says DOT

Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/19/2016

Jan. 2016-April 2016 report shows Koreans still Cebu’s top market Visitors from China registered the highest growth rate among the five top foreign visitors in Cebu in the first four months of the year. According to the…

King for a day

Jeff Ruffolo 07/16/2016

SINGAPORE — I truly was … King for a Day. Actually it was more like King for a Week. However you want to call it, taking a seven-day cruise on Royal Caribbean is totally and completely top…

Nine guides, operators, motorcycle drivers tested positive for drug use

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/12/2016

At least nine tour guides, operators and habal-habal drivers in the southern town of Badian have tested positive for illegal drugs use according to the Cebu Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Office (CPADAO). Carmen Remedios Durano-Meca, CPADAO head, said…

Day-tripping in Liverpool

Adam Brown 07/02/2016

SOMETIMES hearing a city’s name can instantly bring to mind the history, a landmark or a famous product. For instance, San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge, Athens and the Acropolis or Venice and the famous canals.…

‘International Night’

Jaime Picornell 06/25/2016

Part 145 IN 2007 Amigos de España en Cebu, presided by Amparito Lhuillier, presented the book “81 Years of Premio Zobel” during a luncheon meeting at the Casino Español de Cebu. The book had been launched in…

Yamaha PH holds Grand Touring in Cebu

06/21/2016

YAMAHA Motor Philippines, Inc. and the Yamaha Club rode together in Cebu’s streets for another adventure last June 4 and 5. The Grand Touring in Cebu allowed riders from the different Yamaha clubs in Cebu to test…

DOT accreditation for canyoneering operators – expert

06/17/2016

TOUR operators at Alegria-Badian canyoneering area will soon be required to secure accreditation from the Department of Tourism (DOT) to hold canyoneering activities there. Ecotourism consultant Joselito Costas of the Cebu Investments Promotion Office (CIPO) said the…

Excellent customer experience gives businesses market edge

Victor Anthony V. Silva 06/16/2016

Amid stiffer competition within the tourism industry, businesses should stand out in terms of customer experience to differentiate themselves from the rest of the market. Hotelier and tourism advocate Merril Yu said a brand is not only…

Marriott holds familiarization tour for kids

06/15/2016

To end the summer season, Cebu City Marriott Hotel (CCMH), in coordination with the University of San Carlos (USC) Pathways Organization, spent an afternoon with incoming Grade 10 and 11 students from Canduman, Talamban, Mandaue City Comprehensive…

Leni relaxes with family in Bohol, Cebu

Carmel Loise Matus, Leo Udtohan 06/14/2016

LESS than two weeks before she officially assumes the second highest post in the country, Camarines Sur Rep. Leni Robredo decided to take a time off with her family. She quietly flew to Bohol on Monday with…

Back home

Adam Brown 06/11/2016

WHEN people find out that I’m from the United States, they usually follow up by asking exactly where in the country. When I tell them that I am from the city of Cincinnati, they usually say “Oh…

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