Your Home Away From Home at Regina Hometel

  Its always good to get together with friends and colleagues on special occasions, what better way to do it in a relaxing place, and I found out a nice place to have it, right in the heart of Makati, The Regina Hometel, which you will feel at home, for an affordable price you can't resist. That could save you alot of stress from traffic, much more on time.

And we just had our Bloggers party here, everyone was so glad and happy to have attended, the ambiance was friendly, and natural air at the rooftop of the hotel.

And if you and your company is planning a stay in seminar or team building, this would be a good place as well.

 The rooms are air-conditioned,  with w/flat screen TV, bathroom, free WIFI.

WPT National Philippines Festival of Poker Runs Jan. 2-8; Features $1,650 Buy-in Main Event and $200,000 Buy-in Super High Roller

Los Angeles, CA - Hot on the heels of the wildly successful WPT® National China Main Event at MGM Grand Sanya, where 882 players competed for their share of a nearly $1.4 million main event prize pool, World Poker Tour® today announced the schedule for the Season XIV WPT National Philippines festival at the luxurious Solaire Resort & Casino from January 2-8. For a second-consecutive year, Solaire will play host to a $1,650 buy-in WPT National Main Event and a diverse selection of side events, including a $200,000 buy-in super-high roller, the largest buy-in tournament held in World Poker Tour history.

The action kicks off on January 2 with the $275 buy-in, $50,000 guaranteed Poker King Cup, then heats up on January 3 with the start of the two-day, $200,000 buy-in Super High Roller. Organized by Poker King Club and Cali Group, the Super High Roller will pit top professionals against wealthy enthusiasts to compete in this massive buy-in event.

Php334B Needed For Biodiversity Conservation In The Philippines

The Philippines is one of 17 mega diverse countries, harboring more diversity of life per hectare than any other country in the world. Yet encroachment in forested areas, pollution, over fishing, poor land management practices, are leading to biodiversity loss at an alarming rate. 

To address these threats, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB) with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), other national government agencies, academe, civil society and development partners, has developed the Philippines Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (PBSAP). The PBSAP is the country’s road map in conserving biodiversity and critical ecosystem services for the next 13 years. 

The Outlook of Thailand’s Exhibition Industry

The Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) expects that in the fiscal year 2016, international business travellers to Thailand will increase by about 5 percent or to 1,060,000 delegates,  generating an income of around USD2.56B.

According to the Trade Fair Industry of Asia 2015,  the exhibition industry in Asia grew in 2014 by 6.8 percent  in terms of space sold, compared with a year-on-year increase of 6.6 percent in 2013, and 2.7 percent in 2012.

Macau was the fastest growing market in 2014, up 38 percent, followed by Indonesia (9.2 percent), Taiwan (8.8 percent), Philippines (8.8 percent) and Thailand (8.6 percent).

Markets in Southeast Asia performed strongly. Thailand grew well above the regional average, posting growth of between 27 percent and 33 percent. In 2014, net space sold was up 8.6 percent - following a 9 percent mincrease in 2013. S pace sold jumped from 506,250 square meters in 2013 to 550,000 square meters in 2014.

The Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau Expand Business Opportunities in ASEAN

Extra benefits offered through ‘Thailand Extra Exhibition

The Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) in cooperation with the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) and the Chamber of Commerce of the Philippine Islands (CCPI) mounts a road show in the Philippines to promote Thailand’s businesses potential, provide networking opportunities with Thailand’s seven leading professional exhibition organizers in automotive & logistics, food & agriculture, energy, and health & wellness.

The new global marketing campaign “Thailand Extra Exhibition” is being launched to offer the Philippines business with extra benefits and better connections, with Thailand‘s  wide spectrum of services.

Thailand – Philippines Bilateral Trade Relationship

Official diplomatic relations between Thailand and the Philippines were established on June 14, 1949 and it has always been characterized by harmony, dynamism, and warmth, strengthened when they became founding members of the Southeast Asian Treaty Organisation i(SEATO) in 1954 and the ASEAN in 1967.

Several bilateral agreements have since been signed on defense, investment, environment, tourism, air services, and scientific, technical, agriculture, and telecommunications exchanges. Thailand and the Philippines signed agreements on taxation, and business cooperation during a high-level Thai delegation’s visit to the Philippines.

STUDIO-GRADE SOUND QUALITY FOR SMARTPHONES AND CONNECTED DEVICES: JUST ADD MOJO!

  Chord Electronics, with their exclusive distributor Beyond Innovations, Inc, has launched Mojo, a British-built headphone amplifier and DAC that enables smartphones and connected devices to deliver recording-studio sound quality from any headphone (Php 30,990).

Chord Electronics, a world leader in digital audio, has launched Mojo. A contraction of ‘Mobile Joy’, Mojo is a headphone amplifier and DAC (digital-to-analogue convertor) that empowers smartphones to deliver music content at up to studio-master-tape quality. Mojo enables this due to Chord’s advanced proprietary digital signal processing technology.