- Friday, December 13, 2013
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This is the 10th year of MegaBalikbayan OFW Expo. The business expo is an advocacy event to teach and inspire OFWs and Balikbayans to enter the path of entrepreneurship.
Now on its new home, SMX Convention Center, the MegaBalikbayan OFW Expo promises to be bigger and better as years to come.
The event will strive hard to tap all the OFWs and Balikbayans in different parts of the country.
Here is the video summary of the MegaBalikbayan OFW Expo first day.
- Friday, December 13, 2013
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A huge chunk of the country’s 12 million overseas Filipinos
worldwide (OFWs) and their relatives are seen to swarm the grandest
business and Christmas expo
designed specifically for their entrepreneurial and investment needs.
Various
organizations of OFWs and their relatives are even participating in the
preparations for the expo by calling on their members to join the growing
number of aspiring and successful entrepreneurs in their ranks.
They are led by the
Global OFW Organization, Kabalikat OFWs Association, and the Ka Entrep
Movement, with the OFW families groups in Pasig, Caloocan , Paranaque ,Rizal and
Navotas, among many others, confirming their participation in this event .
“ They (OFWs and their relatives) are
practically mobilizing their individual and collective resources for investment
in the various business opportunities that will be showcased in the Mega Balikbayan/OFW
Expo 2013 slated at the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City
on December 10 to 11, in time for the influx of migrant Filipinos for their
yearly Christmas vacation and homecoming,” said chief executive officer
Mitch Ballesteros of expo organizer Exlink Events.
“They are expected to troop to the expo in
droves that can turn the event into a business and Family Christmas gathering of mega-scale,” Ballesteros said.
The remittances
from those OFWs and migrant Filipinos have soared to over $21 billion with the
continued rise in their number and deployment all over the world.
The OFWs alone, excluding their
families, number to roughly 9.5 million to 12.5 million, or around 10 to 11
percent of the country’s total population, according to POEA data.
Moreover, another
1.7 million OFWs were reportedly awaiting deployment for the first 10 months of
last year, which the POEA said would reflect an 8.6-percent growth year on
year.
Such figures make
the OFWs and their families a powerful economic bloc, whose resources can be
mobilized for investments in the various industry sectors to widen the domestic
capital base and strengthen the country’s resistance against external financial
shocks.
“They
(OFWs) can become exporters and their families export producers, thus keeping
their roles as one of the country’s major dollar earners but, this time, also
as job generators instead of job hunters,” Ballesteros pointed out as an
example.
“The
expo will have almost 200 exhibitors collectively offering a complete
menu of businesses and investment opportunities, training and knowledge
sources, and support services, including property firms for their housing needs
and retail shops for their Christmas requirements,” Ballesteros said.
“Thus,
it will be a festival that celebrates the heroism of our OFWs, or a huge
gathering of Filipinos from all over the world who now have an expo they can
call their own,” Ballesteros stressed.
Now on its 10th year, the expo includes
the OFW Business Summit with
seminars on how
to do business in the Philippines and investment literacy
for OFW’s and
Families and the Outstanding Balikbayan Reputation Awards
(OBRA).
Primarily
constituting the expo are the 1) MEGA
INVEST presenting investment opportunities in various fields such as cars
and automobile , real estate and property, manufacturing, franchising
, support technologies, agri-aqua
business, retail and wholesale , distributorships, service outlets, and many
others; 2) MEGA EXPERIENCE offering various travels and tours
packages , holiday destinations,
health and wellness products and services, food and beverages, and hobbies’
businesses ; and 3) MEGA SHOP for discounted
items, Christmas gifts , souvenir items and regional products.
More information
about the event can be obtained from Exlink Events (tel: 632 6433887 / 6437760 ; mobile: 0920 9242532, 0920 9814376; email: info@exlinkevents.com; or visit
www.exlinkevents.com).
- Friday, September 13, 2013
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Full House - Literally! |
The 9th MegaBalikbayan OFW Expo successfully held its exhibitors
orientation last December 3, 2012 at Megatrade Conference Room.
Around 200 participants attended
the affair representing 160 companies.
The Orientation focused on
educating new and old exhibitors of the event to the rules and regulations, and
other requirements for successfully staging the 3-day event.
After the orientation, the
Exhibitors Appreciation Night followed. Exlinkevents awarded partners that
solidly supported all the company all these years.
It is said that the
Orientation is a peek to what is in store for the event and if the solid
attendance by the exhibitors is any indication the 9th
MegaBalikbayan OFW Expo is the best event so far in all the years that this
event was staged.
The Orientation Team - the reason behind the success! |
For more information about the event call 643.3887.
- Tuesday, December 04, 2012
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KaEntrep, is a non-stock, non profit organization and one of
the leading micro entrepreneur organizations in the country, partners with
MegaBalikbayan OFW Expo slated this December 7-9, 2012 at Megatrade, SM
Megamall.
Left to Right : Alma Dagle, Ka-Entrep Operations Manager; Rhodora Hizon, Ka Entrep President; Orly Ballesteros, Exlinkevents Operations Head, Jazz Zamora, Exlinkevents Sales Head |
KaEntrep Inc. will have its own trade exhibit pavilion and
will conduct entrepreneur seminars during the event.
The 9th MegaBalikbayanOFW Expo is an event that
promotes and encourages OFW and Balikbayan to be entrepreneurs and invest their
money on venues that can provide them financial growth.
Left To Right : Alma Dagle, KaEntrep Operations Manager; Rhodora Hizon, KaEntrep President; Orly Ballesteros, Exlinkevents Operations Head; Lyza Sanez, Exlinkevents Promotions Head |
MegaBalikbayanOFW Expo is organized and produced by
Exlinkevents. For partnership and sponsorship contact tel.no. 643.3887.
- Monday, October 22, 2012
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The 2nd OFW Business Summit is slated this
December 8, 2012 at Megatrade Hall 2. This event aims to educate and inspire
OFW Families, OFWs and Balikbayans to start running their own business. Also, the
event aims to teach financial literacy.
The topic and speakers of the event are: Success Mindset for
OFWs and Balikbayan by Jeric Lee, President of Significance Inc.; Money Growing
Guide for OFWs and Balikbayan by Alvin Tabanag, Founder and Chief Trainer of
Pinoy Smart Savers Learning Center; Simple Meat Business for OFWs and Balibayan
by Lourdes Rivera, Chairman of Ultima Entrepinoy Center and Basic Marketing for
Small Business by Jerry Yao, Managing Director and CEO of JEDI Training,
Marketing and Management Services.
“The Summit will help OFWs and Balikbayan to get acquainted with concepts like new mindset, financial education, marketing and simple but profitable business “, said Mitch Ballesteros, Exlinkevents CEO.
The event is FREE ADMISSION and OFWs, OFW Families and
Balikbayans attending will get a chance to win exciting and valuable raffle
prizes.
For partnerships and sponsorship you may call tel.no. 643.3887
- Wednesday, October 10, 2012
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