People Asia magazine celebrated Thanksgiving with a thanksgiving dinner of its own — an intimate and elegant dinner for its loyal advertisers and friends at the Tosca at the Dusit Thani Manila. The magazine’s publisher Babe Romualdez, president Kevin Belmonte and his wife, the svelte Rose Anne, general manager Beth Mendoza, marketing manager Ryan Ros Calmante and myself were happy to greet HSBC CEO Mark Watkinson, Jaguar chairman and president Willie Soong, stunning Universal Motors Corp. VP Beth Lee and stylish mom Helen, Thai Airways GM Nivat Chantarachoti, Singapore Airlines GM Andrew Budiman, Cathay Pacific GM Edward Higgs, Lucerne president Emerson Yao and pretty wife Lingling, QualiBet CEO Pinky Tobiano, Rustan’s VP for marketing Rhoda Campos-Aldanese, SSI ad and promo manager Malu Francisco, HSBC VP Johanna Garcia and AVP Cat Avelino, Singapore Airlines’ marketing services manager Rita Dy, Air France-KLM’s marketing support manager Tess Zulueta and Pamela Navarro, Cathay Pacific communications manager Jan Te-Agoncillo, Beverly Hills 6750 GM Suzette Hahn Lopez, Obagi’s Alexandra Santos and Dusit Thani Manila GM Prateek Kumar.
The thanksgiving dinner was a prelude to the 10th anniversary celebration of People Asia on Jan. 21 next year, during which it will honor once more its much-awaited “People of the Year.” Guess who...
Guests had a scrumptious dinner of pumpkin yogurt soup, stuffed chicken and panna cotta, paired with the best wines and champagne from Titania Wines.
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