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International Beauty, Health and Wellness Expo Programme

The heat is on as the International Beauty, Health and Wellness Expo invites the public and beauty, health and wellness enthusiasts and business players to enrich their knowledge and experience in this three day program.

International Beauty, Health and Wellness Expo is slated this coming September 26-28,2013 at SMX Convention Center.

Pre register now at the event website. Click here.

Day 1: Look and Feel Great

TIME	ACTIVITY
11:00 – 11:30	Opening Ceremony, Ribbon Cutting and Welcome Address Ms. Mitch Ballesteros, CMO Ex-Link Events
11:30 – 12:00	Exhibit Walkthrough
12:00 – 1:15	Personality Development Seminar John Robert Powers
1:15 – 2:00	Make-Up Tutorial Center for Aesthetic Studies
2:00 – 2:30	Make-Up Trends Ms. Francine Prieto, Endorser Ever Bilena Cosmetics
2:30 – 3:00	Words from Healthway Medical
3:00 – 5:50	Healthway Medical’s Dance for Health 1^st Elimination Round (Companies)
5:50 – 6:50	Fashion Show Raffles Design Institute Manila
6:50 – 7:00	Announcement of Winners, Closing Remarks and Photo Op

Day 2: Health and Wellness Summit

TIME	ACTIVITY
11:00 – 12:00	Skin Care Dr. Margaux Venus Cu, Associate Aesthetic Physician Philippine Association of Primary Health Physicians, Inc.
12:00 – 1:00	Hypertension Dr. Arnold Tabun, Resident Physician Mt. Carmel Diocesan Gen. Hospital
1:00 – 2:00	Coconut Benefits for Health Mr. Sonny Villariba, Director Philippine Coconut Authority
2:00 – 3:00	Revolutionizing Stem Cell in the Philippines Ms. Cynthia Lagdameo – Carrion, President/CEO Asian Holistic Medical Alliance
3:00 – 3:30	Ms. Susan Barle, Vice President Forever Rich Philippines
3:30 – 4:00	Healthway Medical
4:00 – 4:30	Chamber of Herbal Industries in the Philippines Inc.
4:30 – 5:00	Importance of Minerals Dr. Delia Maceda, President/CEO Q Wellness Center and Spa
5:00 – 6:00	Zumba Party Ms. Tyn Reyna and Friends Zumba Party On

Day 3: Health and Wellness Summit

TIME	ACTIVITY
11:00 – 11:45	Stress Kills, Prayers Heals: Stress Management in the Philippine Setting Mr. Jesus Salvador Ilagan
11:45 – 12:00	TouchDBB
12:00 – 12:45	Understanding Your Well-being: A guide towards Beauty, Health, and Total Wellness Ms. Candy Mauricio, Licensed Counselor
12:45 – 1:00	Archway Natural
1:00 – 1:30	Ultimate Healthy Lifestyle The Natural Way Dr. Bunny Bernardo, Natural Wellness Expert Nutramedica, Inc.
1:30 – 2:00	Natural Healing in Kidney Rehabilitation Program Dr. Samuel Dizon, Integrative Medicine and Naturopath Doctor Heart Rehabilitation Program Dr. Juan Paolo Bellofillo, Preventive Medicine The Complete Wellness Center
2:00 – 2:45	Running: Sport and Passion Mr. Franc Ramon
2:45 – 3:30	Mixed Martial Arts (Jiu Jitsu) KMA Fitness and Martial Arts
3:30 – 4:30	General Fitness Slimmers World
4:30 – 6:50	Dance for Health 1^st Elimination Round (Universities and Colleges)
6:50 – 7:00	Announcement of Winners, Closing Remarks and Photo Op

Thursday, August 22, 2013
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Bright tourism prospects spawn international travel festival

International Travel Festival | Travel Expo | Travel Festival | Toursim Expo

Rising from a world economic recession in 2008, the global tourism industry is now gaining momentum for sustained growth, and so is the Philippines, powered by vacationing overseas Filipinos worldwide (OFWs) and an increasing number of visitors from East Asian countries.

Such is the phenomenon behind the emergence of the forthcoming International Travel Festival (ITF) 2013, now covering, not only what used to be a solely inbound promotional event dubbed “Travel Philippines Show”, but also outbound travel named “Euro-AmeriAsian Travel, Trade & Cultural Expo.”

The inclusion of both inbound and outbound travel makes the ITF a boon to a genuine two-way tourism traffic, enabling it to contribute to the growth of the global tourism industry now reportedly worth an estimated $1.15 trillion from a yearly revenue rise of 1.5 percent over the past five years.

ITF organizer Exlink Events says the Philippines can also benefit from the foreign trips of its citizens through new product ideas, business concepts, knowledge and discoveries, innovations and technologies, and modern insights that they will bring with them on their return home.

“At the same time, the foreign-based international airlines that fly Filipinos to overseas destinations will also have to bring in tourists from abroad in their return flights,” said Exlink chief executive officer Mitch Ballesteros.

“Thus, the net effect of brisk inbound and outbound travel is a thriving tourism industry that gets a boost from both ends,” Ballesteros explained, citing tourism’s total contribution of $6.3 trillion and 255 million jobs to the global economy in 2011 alone.\

“This positive development makes the International Travel Festival very timely, effectively promoting the Philippines as a major player in global tourism, not just as a tourist destination, but also as a preferred source of worldclass tourists,” Ballesteros pointed out.

To participate in the International Travel Festival are exhibitors from both inbound and outbound sectors involving airlines, hotels and resorts, travel agencies, tour operators, MICE (meetings, incentive travel, conventions and events) organizers, shopping malls and retail chains, transfers and transport firms, cruise ships and domestic passenger vessels, telecommunication companies, destination owners and managers, banks and financial institutions, and the academe and various service providers, among many others.

To be showcased at the expo are both local and foreign destinations and travel establishments, making it a truly international event that can help the Department of Tourism attain its target 10 million foreign and 56 million domestic tourists by 2016.

The International Travel Festival is slated at the SMX Convention Center on December 11 to 12.

More information about the event can be obtained from EX-LINK Management and Marketing Services Corporation (tel: 632 6433887; fax: 632 6401280; email: info@exlinkevents.com; or visit www.exlinkevents.com).

Monday, August 19, 2013
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OFW expo set to mobilize funds from Pinoys abroad

Balikbayan Business Expo

An event for the more than 10 million overseas Filipinos worldwide (OFWs) and their relatives in the Philippines is being organized to help turn them into entrepreneurs by channeling some of their over $21-billion remittances from mere consumption to investments.

The event, dubbed Mega Balikbayan/OFW Expo 2013, is in the thick of preparations to put under one roof all the requirements that the OFWs and their relatives need to become successful entrepreneurs.

Expo organizer Exlink Events said close to 500 exhibitors were being targeted to ensure that the multitude of OFWs, balikbayans and their relatives would have a complete menu of businesses, knowledge sources, support services and all the enabling mechanisms to achieve that goal.

“That means gathering all the possible sources of business opportunities, investment options, service providers, knowledge and training outfits, banks and other financial institutions, and all other private and public support agencies, including the DOLE (Department Of Labor and Employment), POEA (Philippine Overseas Employment Administration), OWWA (Overseas Workers Welfare Administration), DFA (Department of Foreign Affairs), DTI (Department of Trade & Industry), Board of Investments (BOI), DOF (Department of Finance), and many others, all catering to the entrepreneurial needs of the millions of OFWs and their families,” said Exlink chief executive officer Mitch Ballesteros.

“This expo is designed to make our OFWs and balikbayans feel like being the real heroes that they are, who can help transform our economy from being merely consumption driven to strongly investment led. Obviously, they have both the numbers and the collective resources to make it happen,” Ballesteros stressed.

The OFWs, according to POEA data, number to roughly 9.5 million to 12.5 million, or around 10 to 11 percent of the country’s total population. This figure does not include the total number of their relatives that the expo is also catered to.

Moreover, some 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.

For full-year 2012, the OFWs reportedly remitted more than $21 billion, equivalent to nine percent of the country’s $224.75-billion gross domestic product in 2011, and 8.5 percent in 2012.

Still, the OFW remittances continue to grow, always exceeding the government’s target in the past several years.

“Thus, we are dealing with a truly powerful sector (OFWs) who deserve the best treatment we can offer through the Mega Balikbayan/OFW Expo,” Ballesteros said.

Now on its 10^th year, the expo includes the OFW Business Summit and the Outstanding Balikbayan Reputation Awards (OBRA).

Constituting the expo are three components – 1) MEGA INVEST presenting investment opportunities in various fields such as real estate and property, manufacturing, support technologies, agri-aqua business, retail and wholesale distributorships, service outlets, and many others; 2) MEGA EXPERIENCE offering various holiday destinations, health and wellness products and services, food and beverages, and pets and hobbies; and 3) MEGA SHOP for discounted items, online sellers, souvenir items and regional products.

The Mega Balikbayan/OFW Expo is slated at the SMX Convention Center on December 11 to 12. More information about the event can be obtained from Exlink Events (tel: 632 6433887; mobile: 0920 9242532, 0920 9814376; email: info@exlinkevents.com; or visit www.exlinkevents.com).

Monday, August 19, 2013
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IPC and Google demonstrate the power of cloud computing for the enterprise

Big Data

Johan Segergen, Google Enterprise Country Manager for Thailand and Philippines shares to audience his thoughts on Clouddriven business Apps from Google.

Pioneering cloud services provider IPC® (IP Converge Data Services, Inc.), a wholly owned subsidiary of ePLDT, recently hosted the Google Enterprise Day seminar held at the Makati Shangrila Hotel. Executives headed by Google Enterprise Country Manager for Thailand & the Philippines Johan Segergren taught participants how they can “work the way they live” where there is utmost collaboration and transparency through Clouddriven business apps from Google.

Over five million organizations have gone Google worldwide and Segergren said that this is transforming the workplace paradigm from one that is locationcentric to one that is ubiquitous or everywhere. Google apps are built to help people in an organization communicate and collaborate more effectively. Users get email, word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, calendaring and scheduling, groups, intranets and video sharing anywhere, anytime, on any device.

As IPC’s “SoftwareAs A Service” offering, Google Apps require zero capex on licenses and hardware and need minimal administration, creating tremendous time and cost savings for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and large enterprises alike.

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About IPC™

IPC® (IP Converge Data Services, Inc.) is an Internet data center, telecommunications and cloud services company, providing local and regional enterprises with managed data services and business solutions at international standards. Certified with ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management Systems and ISO 27001:2005 Information Security Management Systems, the foundation of IPC's business is customer satisfaction, ensured through highquality ontime service delivery, best practices, and a personalized, "boutique" approach to clients. IPC is a whollyowned subsidiary of ePLDT, Inc.

To know more about us, visit www.ipc.ph, Like us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/ipconverge), and Follow us on Twitter (www.twitter.com/ipconverge) and LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/company/ipconverge).

Press Contact: Mika Calixterio Marketing Officer, IPC mika.calixterio@ipc.ph / +63 999 887 1198

Monday, August 12, 2013
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Most Trusted Herbal Dietary Food Supplement of Visayas and Mindanao Region Joins IBHWEX

DMI Medical Supply

Tuesday, July 09, 2013
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Exlinkevents joins IMEX Germany | Event Management Philippines | Professional Congress Organizer

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The IMEX Philippine Team

Exlinkevents joined the recent IMEX, one of the biggest B2B Expo for Incentive Travel, Meetings, and Events last May 21-23, 2013 at Frankfurt, Germany.

Exlinkevents is one of the companies representing the Philippines in this big event. Almost all countries are represented in the event. The Tourism Promotions Board which is under the Department of Tourism led the Philippine contingent in the event.

International Buyers converge at IMEX

In 2012, 3,500 exhibitors from 157 countries representing national and regional tourist offices, major hotel groups, airlines, destination management companies, service providers, trade associations and more. 4,000 hosted buyers from more than 60 world markets visited IMEX 2012, contributing to a total of around 9,000 visitors for the show's busiest three days ever.

This year the same atmosphere took place and more improved activities and country set-up were seen.

Thought Leaders Engage Passionate Buyers

Davao City was awarded by IMEX Organizer of free promotion space in recognition of its status as an upcoming MICE Destination. Davao won the award together with Fukuoka, Japan.

The Philippines presented a tweaked campaign of It’s More Fun in the Philippines in IMEX.

The country presented “Business It’s More Fun in the Philippines” video for the IMEX buyers.

Frankfurt, Germany is Europe’s Financial Capital. The best place to conduct business and events like IMEX.

During the event, the Philippine companies participating in the event were able to generate buyers interested in visiting and holding events in the country.

Exlinkevents is the only Professional Congress Organizer (PCO), Professional Exhibition Organizer (PEO) and Meetings Planner in the Philippine contingent that took part in the event.

Goofing Around with Art Boncato, Davao DOT Regional Director

Exlinkevents was able to generate clients that will have their incentive travels and association meetings in the Philippines. Most of these clients are coming from the European Countries.

Exlinkevents is one of the leading events management company in the Philippines. It is an accredited Professional Congress Organizer of the Department of Tourism.

Exlinkevents is also the producer and organizer of the following events this year: Telemarketers Summit, International Beauty, Health and Wellness Expo (IBHWEX), Data Conference and Expo, Loyalty Conference and Expo, 10^th MegaBalikbayanOFW Expo and Euro Asia Travel Expo.