Clearing the issue

The leaders of the business community, together with the civil society and the academe recently or- ganized a forum on the Disbursement Acceleration Program entitled “To DAP or not to DAP” with Budget Secretary Butch Abad as the main speaker with First Credit Consultants Corp. president Grace Palma-Tiongco as moderator. The event held at the Rockwell One was well-attended and covered by the media. Panelists included Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry chairman, lawyer Mike Varela, Financial Executives Institute of the Philip- pines (FINEX) executive vice president Sherisa Nuesa, Management Association of the Philippines governor Peter Wallace, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas governor Felipe Medalla, Makati Business Club executive di- rector Peter Perfecto, Government Service Insurance System trustee and former Civil Service Commission chairperson Karina David, Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission chairperson Gina Lopez, Bayan Academy chairman, and former Asian Institute of Management dean Dr. Eduardo Morato, Jr., and FINEX national affairs committee chair Eddie Yap.

Sales blitz in Korea

Korea was, once again, the latest stop of Cebu’s Plantation Bay Resort and Spa’s hardworking marketing team. Led by Plan- tation Bay’s genial vice president for market- ing Efren Belarmino, the delegation, which included sales director Jid Velasco and the whole dancing resort staff, visited the cities of Busan and Seoul to host an “appreciation party” for all its media partners, travel agen- cies and friends from the industry. Plantation Bay has become very aggressive in joining sales missions abroad as well as conducting its own road shows to promote the world-class resort in Mactan Island and the Philippines as a whole as a prime tourist destination. Here’s to more travels and more business!