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Agoda and Philippine Airlines link up for hotel bookings

Philippine Airlines (PAL) has teamed up with Agoda, Asia’s leading hotel booking site and part of Nasdaq-listed Priceline Group (Nasdaq:PCLN), to offer the flag carrier’s customers access to Agoda’s inventory of over 100,000 hotels worldwide. As the first and oldest commercial airline in Asia, Philippine Airlines has been carrying people to and from the Philippines since 1941. In a …

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Video highlighting Philippines’ bright prospects

The Makati Business Club is happy to promote a new Video on the Philippines bright prospects. The video feature interviews with President Aquino and senior business executives from the Philippines. As the international community sees Asia as the world’s emerging growth center, the Philippines is taking its place as one of the fastest-growing economies in the …

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Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) New Passenger Terminal Project

Further information of the bidding process for the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) New Passenger Terminal Project has been provided by the Philippines Trade and Investment centre in London. The DOTC and MCIA Authority are inviting Prospective Bidders to apply to pre-qualify and bid to finance, design, construct, operate and maintain the new PhP17.5 Billion terminal development project.  …

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Philippines Economy – 2013 Outlook

We have seen a much stronger than expected performance by the Philippines economy in 2012, with 7% in sight for this year, 2013. Sound policy developments and underlying fundamentals provide a solid foundation for confidence in the Philippines in the short term. Longer term, the challenge is for further economic reform to make sure that growth …

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