Hotel specials

Agoda.com makes it easier to visit Palawan, the Philippines’ last frontier

SINGAPORE – Agoda.com, Asia’s leading hotel booking site and part of Nasdaq-listed Priceline Group (Nasdaq:PCLN), is showcasing a selection of great hotels in Palawan, one of the ...

22nd World Economic Forum on East Asia

In pursuing reforms, listen to people, say Myanmar and Philippine presidents

NAY PYI TAW, Myanmar – Necessary political and economic reforms must push forward because that is what citizens want, the leaders of Myanmar and the Philippines said in the closing session of ...

22nd World Economic Forum on East Asia

Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia and Philippines agree to work on ASEAN common visa

NAY PYI TAW, Myanmar – Ministers and tourism authorities of Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia and the Secretary of Tourism of the Philippines have expressed their intention to collaborate with ...

Philippine Carrier Axes New Taiwan Route

Cebu Pacific cancels service to Taiwan

MANILA, Philippines - One of the Philippines' biggest airlines said Wednesday it had cancelled the planned launch of a new Taiwan route because of tensions over a Taiwanese fishermen being killed ...

Philippines' Toursim

Philippines eyeing to double its tourism receipts to $8 billion in 2016

MANILA, Philippines - In line with heightened efforts to boost the country’s tourism industry, the government is eyeing to double its tourism receipts to $8 billion in 2016, a tourism official ...

Taiwan-Philippines Tourism

Taiwan issues "red" travel alert against Philippines, refunds tourists

TAIPEI, Taiwan - The Tourism Bureau announced yesterday that tourists scheduled to go to the Philippines can receive full refunds after deducting a certain amount of regulated fees after the ...

Arabian Travel Market presents New Frontiers Award

Philippines recognized for efforts after 2012 typhoon

Arabian Travel Market (ATM), the Middle East’s premier travel and tourism exhibition, has named the Philippines as the recipient of the New Frontiers Award 2013 during a special seminar event ...

Mayon volcano erupts in Philippines

German tourists, tour guide killed in Philippine volcano eruption

Three German tourists and their Filipino tour guide were killed yesterday when the Mayon volcano exploded into life, spewing massive boulders "as big as cars" and a giant ash cloud.

Philippine Tourism

Philippines to pitch diving as leisure activity for foreign tourists

MANILA, Philippines - Philippine Department of Tourism (DOT) 7 will intensify its marketing campaign for various tourism products of the Philippines, but particularly high-value diving as a ...

Philippines' tourist arrivals up 10 percent

Minister: Philippines' tourism numbers reaching unprecedented heights

MANILA, Philippines - Tourists from China, South Korea, the United States and Japan topped the number of arrivals of visitors in the country in the first two months this year, which showed a ...

Boracay tourism

Philippine government: Holy Week tourists safe in Boracay

BORACAY, Philippines - The government said today that security measures are in place to ensure the safety of tourists who will be spending the Holy Week here.

Tourists come to Tan-awan to swim with sharks

Whale sharks draw hundreds of tourists to sleepy Philippine village

TAN-AWAN, Cebu, Philippines - Two years ago, it was a sleepy village that never saw tourists unless they were lost or in transit.

Philippines climbs from No. 94 spot in 2012 to being 82nd in 2013

Philippines' global tourism standing up 12 points

MANILA, Philippines — It’s getting more fun for the Philippines.

Philippine Airlines customers may now access special Agoda.com hotel deals

Agoda.com and Philippine Airlines team up

SINGAPORE – Agoda.com, Asia’s leading hotel booking site and part of Nasdaq-listed Priceline Group (Nasdaq:PCLN), has teamed up with Philippine Airlines (PAL) to offer customers of the ...

Asia-Pacific Region

Indonesia and Philippines lead Asia-Pacific in consumer confidence surge

Consumer confidence in Indonesia and the Philippines spiked in the second half of 2012, leading positive sentiments recorded across most of 14 markets in Asia and the Pacific, MasterCard’s ...

Chinese globes removed from bookstore shelves in Philippines

Chinese-made globes irk Philippines

MANILA, Philippines - Chinese-made globes depicting "misinformation" by reflecting Beijing's claim to almost the entire South China Sea have been removed from bookstore shelves in the ...

Spain Wants Visitors From The Philippines

Spain looks for tourists from ex-colony

The Philippines could be an important source of tourists for its former colonizer Spain—especially Filipinos who are planning to hold conferences or conventions abroad, Spain's ambassador to the ...

Philippines wants tourism to become major source of foreign exchange

Philippines aims to boost number of foreign visitors to 10 million a year

MANILA, Philippines - The government targets to boost the number of foreign visitors to the Philippines to 10 million a year, eager to make tourism one of the country’s biggest sources of ...

Hospitality abuzz in the Philippines

A new kid on the block

PHILIPPINES (eTN) - The Philippines continued to generate positive economic forecasts from foreign institutions following a surprise third-quarter growth in 2012.

Travel to Boracay

Revisiting Boracay and myself

Visa and tickets? Check.

Suitcases and a 24-hour pink lipstick? Check.

Protective sunglasses and a one million dollar smile? Double check!

Chinese Tourism To Philippines

Chinese still find Philippines attractive tourist destination

MANILA Philippines - Despite the bitter territorial dispute in the high seas that has grabbed headlines here and abroad the past year, the Chinese still find the Philippines an attractive tourist ...

Chinese Tourism To Philippines

Philippines: Chinese tourists are back

Tourism Assistant Secretary and DOT spokesman Benito Bengzon said Chinese tourists are arriving on chartered flights after a minor slump in the past months.

Tension over disputed islands map

Philippines irked by the map of disputed islands in new Chinese e-passport

MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Friday that visa processing for Chinese tourists who carry the new e-passport that include a map of the disputed islands in ...

Philippines Department of Tourism Targeting Londoners

Philippines launches London taxi tourism campaign

The Philippines Department of Tourism (PDOT)has launched a London taxi campaign, targeting those who opt for a Hong Kong or Singapore city break, with taglines such as ‘Paradise…only 2 ½ ...

Travel to Philippines

Philippines to expedite processing of tourist visa extensions

MANILA, Philippines - The Bureau of Immigration (BI) assured Wednesday foreign tourists who wish to prolong their stay in the country that the processing and approval of their applications for ...

wellness indulgences in paradise At Eskaya Beach Resort and Spa

Seduced to a honeymoon in Filipino style newlyweds experience romantic moments

Eskaya Beach Resort & Spa lures honeymooners with a new package from the European autumn to Bohol, an island in the southern Philippines.

Philippines' Tourism Up

Philippines' visitor arrivals up 9 percent

Visitor arrivals in the Philippines increased by 9.08 percent or 3.1 million tourists in the first nine months of the year, according to the Department of Tourism (DOT).

The votes are in

Is Asia Pacific ready for global tourism leadership role?

At the Lyceum of the Philippines University yesterday (September 27), around 360 tourism students listened to the travel industry debating the motion: “This house believes that to realize a new ...

Travel Mart opened in the Philippines

PATA CEO says Next Gen momentum is gathering pace

MANILA, Philippines - The PATA Travel Mart 2012 opened today in Manila, Philippines.

Chinese tourism to Philippines up

Chinese tourists flock to Philippine's Central Visayas

Relations between China and the Philippines may have been tense due to a territorial dispute of islands at the West Philippine Sea, but this did not stop Chinese tourists from visiting Central ...