The San Miguel Corp. projected that by 2014, it will be finished with its construction of the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) 7 line, and by 2015, the new highway to La Union. San Miguel said in its disclosure to the Philippine Stocks Exchanges (PSE) that before the year ends, it would start work on the [...]

During their visit to the Clark airport, president and CEO of Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC) Victor Jose I. Luciano asked the two US senators for help in the transformation of Clark airport into an “aerotropolis” that will bring in investors from the United States.
US Senators Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, President Pro Tempore of the [...]

Chery Automobile Ltd. announced it will build a manufacturing facility in the Philippines which will be the company’s left hand drive manufacturing hub in the Southeast Asia. Chery Philippines sales marketing manager Raymond Tribdino said the manufacturing facility will be constructed in the next three years. He said, aside from serving the local market, the [...]

For all Filipinos heading to the provinces this Holy Week, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority has made available on its website the rescue hotline numbers of different cities and municipalities, as well as mobile numbers of its officials.

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) barred 34 prospective overseas Filipino workers from leaving the country. The passengers were prevented from boarding a Philippine Airlines (PAL) flight to Bangkok after confessing that they were OFWs disguised as business travelers after intense questioning from immigration officers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).
BI airport operations chief Lina [...]

Another major aviation firm is going to invest in the Clark Freeport Zone. Metrojet, a leading business aviation firm in Asia is earmarking $40 million for maintenance, repair and overhaul of facility in Clark. Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. said Metrojet will set up the facility in a three-hectare property inside the Clark Airport Complex [...]

The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) granted a P1 provisional fare increase for Metro Manila buses. The resolution was signed last Friday approving the fare adjustment for the first five kilometers. There will be no provisional increase on the succeeding kilometers though.
The increased fare would be P10 for the first five kilometers and [...]

A group of foreign businessmen is expressed their support for the implement of an open-skies regime by the Aquino administration via Executive Order (EO) 29. The Joint Foreign Chambers says this would better allow market forces to come into play and ultimately boost tourist arrivals in the country. The group said that the policy was [...]

Executive Order 29 (EO 29) or the “open skies” policy was signed by President Benigno Aquino III on March 14, authorizing the Philippine air panels to offer third, fourth and fifth freedom rights to the country’s airport other than the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) without restrictions as to frequency, capacity, type of aircraft and [...]

A Philippine delegation, headed by the Department of Tourism (DoT), will be flying to India, particularly in New Delhi and Mumbai, to conduct a sales presentation in time for the production of tour packages for the April-June Indian travel season. The DoT is looking to capture a bigger market share of the 15 million outbound [...]

Chinese delegates to the recently held 10th Philippine Travel Exchange (Phitex) at the Manila Hotel said they were impressed by the warmth and hospitality of Filipinos that they immediately enjoyed their stay right on the first two days of their visit.
Kelly Jiao from Shanghai, who led the delegation , said “At first, our group was [...]

A total 108 delegates from wholesale travel agents from all over the world are coming to the Philippines for the upcoming 10th Philippine Travel Exchange (Phitex 2010) to forge deals with the different sectors of the local tourism industry.
Tourism Secretary Alberto A. Lim said that the delegates who will be coming in are large representations [...]

A P499 seat sale, which it called the “Go Lite” is being offered by the Cebu Pacific (CEB) for select Luzon destination and another “Go Lite” package amounting to P999 is also up for Taipei seat sale. These seat sale promotions of CEB will run from June 22 to 24, 2010.

The Gokongwei-led Cebu Air Inc. recently announced its plan to hold an initial public offering (IPO) this year. However, as of date, the airline company is still undecided whether it will push through or not. Chances are it will be deferred.
JG Summit president Lance Gokongwei said that the IPO might need to wait further until [...]

An additional $9 will be imposed on non-immigrant visa application fees by the United States Embassy starting on June 4. The US Embassy cited the “increasing cost of providing highest-quality service” as the cause for the said increase.
This means visa application fees starting next month would be $140, from a previous $130, for tourist and [...]

Cebu Pacific was able to break passenger loads for April. The country’s low-fare airline flew 903,118 passengers for the previous month, which broke its own record of its best performing month, which was March 2010 with 857,041 passengers. To celebrate this, CEB announced a seat sale to select domestic and all international destinations from May [...]

The San Miguel Corp. (SMC) formalizes its entry into the airport business with its acquisition of a majority stake in consortium operating the Caticlan Airport in Aklan province, which is the gateway to the popular Boracay Island. The diversifying conglomerate said in the acquisition was executed through its wholly owned subsidiary San Miguel Holdings Corp. [...]

Cebu City can expect additional boost in its tourism industry as the Shanghai Airlines launched its maiden direct chartered flights to Shanghai from Cebu starting Wednesday. It will be a twice-weekly shuttle that is expected to bring in an estimated 9,000 additional Chinese tourists to Central Philippines annually.
The charter group will also go out to [...]

The world’s tallest tower located in Dubai was reopened to the public, with dozens of tourists lining up last Sunday for tickets to take an elevator to the 124th floor of the half-mile-high Burj Khalifa, where the tower’s observation deck is located.
The observation deck of the tower was closed for two months after an elevator [...]

The Lucio Tan-led Air Philippines will now be known under its new brand name – Airphil Express, as it was re-launched last Saturday.
The new Airphil Express now boasts of the addition of two A320-200 aircraft in its fleet. The two A320s sports the new Airphil Express livery and configured mono-class with 177 seats will start [...]