In the center of action
THE newest addition to the AccorHotels properties stands 25 floors high in the middle of the ever-busy Araneta Center in Cubao.
The Novotel Manila Araneta...
Travel expo draws large crowd as tour agencies offer cheap rates
ONE of the Philippines’ most popular travel trade shows, Travel Tour Expo (TTE), has closed its curtains after three days of long lines which...
Iloilo’s Dinagyang Festival gets Korean spice
Text and photos by
Louine Hope U. Conserva
ILOILO CITY’s annual Dinagyang Festival, held every fourth weekend of January, is similar to Cebu’s Sinulog and...
Tons of flying fish grilled in Bangsi Festival
MAITUM, SARANGANI -- Visitors and local folks feasted over two tons of flying fish grilled along the main street of the town as the...
Scottish islanders don helmets for Viking fire festival
LERWICK, UNITED KINGDOM — Residents of Scotland’s remote Shetland Islands brandishing swords and shields celebrated their Nordic roots on Tuesday at a spectacular fire...
Baybay: beach, heritage and adventure
FOR THE TYPICAL Filipino traveler, the beach would always be on top of the list of desired destinations. And as an archipelago of over...
Ian McKellen to host London bus tours for Shakespeare film season
LONDON — Having tackled Shakespeare’s works on stage and screen, actor Ian McKellen will host bus tours of locations used in his movie adaptation...
Shopping + beaches + mountains = Davao
By Maya M. Padillo
DAVAO CITY -- A number of tour packages in the Davao Region covering April 3 to May 1 will be offered...
Beyond surfing
THE ISLAND of Siargao has become synonymous to surfing, and for good reason. After all, in 2012 this once obscure island in Mindanao’s Pacific...
Top of the city
By Zsarlene B. Chua
SEEKING to be the “top-of-mind hotel in the area” (in the words of general manager Frank Reichenbach during a press lunch...
Coming soon: Mövenpick Boracay
By Zsarlene B. Chua
MÖVENPICK Hotel and Resorts have added another Philippine property to their portfolio as they are set to open Mövenpick Boracay in...
Sky high
A KILOMETER away from Tagaytay’s famous Taal Vista hotel sits a new entrant to the city’s growing hospitality market, one from a family who...