INDUSTRY NEWS
Expedia holds first Travel Auction for the benefit of typhoon Haiyan victims
1st row L-R Miguel Capistrano, Darlene Chan, Pebbles Santos, Sharone Rellita, Jonathan Yabut, Kathy Salenga 2nd row L-R Darren Goh, Peter Lee, Celina Le Neindre, Michiel Ovaa
Expedia Inc., the world’s largest online travel company with its hotel partners in the Philippines held its very first travel auction last month. Dubbed “Travel Auction for a Cause”, Expedia together with venue partner Crowne Plaza Manila Galleria hosted a lunch buffet where the highlight was the auction of hotel vouchers, flights
and exciting packages which were so kindly donated by hotel partners of Expedia in Asia Pacific. Hosted by Expedia Philippines’ Sr. Market Manager, Kathy Salenga – the event kicked off with a special message from APAC Senior Director for Market Management Peter Lee. The event was made more meaningful with entertainment by Expedia’s very own Miguel Capistrano and Picasso Boutique Serviced Residences’ Bobbie Frondoza. Special guest auctioneer, commercial model and TV host Bobby Yan hosted the first half of the auction with exciting stays at Crimson Resort and Spa Mactan, Boracay Regency Resort and Waterfront Insular Davao all via Air Asia Zest. Guests were in for another treat as Apprentice Asia finalist Celina Le Neindre and the first Apprentice Asia winner Jonathan Yabut were called on stage for the second round of auction. Hotels around Asia Pacific such as The Banyan Tree in Bali, Mandarin Oriental Kuala Lumpur, Anantara Bangkok, Regal Shanghai East Asia, Shiba Park Hotel Tokyo participated in this good cause by providing hotel vouchers which were packaged with air tickets from Air Asia Zest and Japan Airlines. “We are happy to kick off the year with this humble event. We thank our hotel partners for participating in the auction which allowed us to raise enough funds to support the rebuild project of Habitat for Humanity, and to make a difference in the lives of those who lost their homes due to typhoon Haiyan”, Michiel Ovaa, Director for Market Management said.
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DAILY FROM MANILA TO HANEDA! Starting March 30, 2014
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MNL-HND flight will be operated using Boeing 767 from March 30, 2014 to April 30, 2014 Boeing 787 Dreamliner will be introduced starting May 1, 2014 ANA flights depart and arrive Manila using NAIA Terminal 3
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February 15, 2014