- Wednesday, September 23, 2015
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Watch the summary video of the recent 6th Philippine Business and Entrepreneurs Expo held at
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- Wednesday, September 23, 2015
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| Filipino delegates at the MICE Asia 2015, learning and enjoying the company of each other |
Being invited to be a resource speaker in a regional MICE
event is a privilege. So when the opportunity came I did not let it pass. For
one, my last visit in Singapore was four years ago.
MICE Asia 2015 runs from September 10-11,2015 at Suntec
Convention Center. As a speaker and attendee here are my top 3 Lessons in being
part of this event.
1.
Apps
Takeover
The event partnered with a lot of apps suppliers in order to
enhance the delegates and visitors experience. For me, the usage of apps, enhanced this event. In addition, I was able to see a bird’s eye view of what
other visitors are doing and sharing in the event.
Among the apps that made good impressions to me are Double
Dutch and Jublia.
2.
Learning
Happens Anywhere and Everywhere
I enjoyed listening to different speakers and different
nationalities. Their perspectives on different MICE elements are very
interesting and contributed to my better understanding of this industry. I am
already 15 years in this industry and I am still amazed on the learnings that
you can generate from other people.
All I can say is that the industry is dynamic, like the tech
industry, the change is constant, and sometimes disruptive.
What are these disruptions is another discussion separate
from what I am sharing here.
3.
Face-to-face
Meeting Will Never Get Obsolete
When I was presenting my videos, the delegates are glued to
the screen. I can feel their fascination and agreement with the message of the
three last videos that I presented.
When I finished my presentation, many delegates approached
me and gave me feedback that they appreciated the videos. In particular, the
video about technology is destroying our human connection resonates among all
of those that approached me.
In fact, two of the delegates approached me again and
engaged me in a one-on-one discussion about my presentation – for me moments
like this are precious.
So as I contemplate on what transpired, it taught me that
technology would make us do great things faster, but in the events industry,
even if we are aiming for quick ROIs, human connection will always play a vital
role in clinching business deals and creating future partnerships.
- Friday, September 11, 2015
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The ASEAN Fixed
Income Summit is set this
The ASEAN Fixed Income Summit is an event that aims to grow
the fixed income market, the ASEAN Integration that is slowly creeping in our
country and will fully take effect next year will play a vital part in making
the fixed income market robust.
For this year the following resource speakers and topics
are
Mr. Masahiro Kobayashi, Director General for Global Market
Datu
And Director General for International Affairs,
Japan Housing Finance Agency (JHF)
Issuance Forecast for ASEAN Regional Borrowers in Local,
ASEAN and G3 Bond
Markets
Mr. Roberto Juanchito T. Dispo
President, First Metro Investment Corp.
Bond Market and Private Sector Growth (Philippine
Perspective)
Mr. Cesar Crisol, President, Philippine Dealing System
Holdings Corp. And Subsidiaries
Bond Market and Private Sector Growth (Malaysia Perspective)
Mr. Chu Kok Wei, CFA, Group Head, Treasury and Markets
CIMB Group
Cross-border Bond Issuance: The Malaysian Experience
Mr. Chung
Cagamas Berhad
Cross-border Bond Issuance: The Indonesian Experience
Mr. IG. N. Askhara
Garuda Indonesia
Managing Investors’ Expectations
Mr. Eric Roberto M. Luchangco
Debt Capital Markets and Execution, BPI Capital Corp.
Liberalization of Bond Markets – A Regulator’s Perspective
Liberalization of Bond Markets – A Regulator’s Perspective
Mr. Diwa Gunigundo
The Role of Regulation in Developing Bond Markets
Mr. Satoru (Tomo) Yamadera, Principal Financial Sector
Specialist
Sustainable Development and Climate Change Dept. (SDCC)
Developing ASEAN’s Project Bond Markets
Mr. Boo Hock Khoo, Vice President-Operations
Credit Guarantee and Investment Facility (CGIF)
Besides
the 10 ASEAN Countries, other countries like Japan and Mongolia are expected to
send delegates from the event.
The
event is produced and organized by the National
Home Mortgage and Finance Corporation (NHMFC). For partnership you may call
tel. no
- Monday, September 07, 2015
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The 2nd day of MICECON 2015, an event alongside PHITEX 360, held at the Marriot Grand Ballroom Hotel, continues to be
exciting and full of memorable moments. However, as a delegate and moderator,
my priority is to learn something new. Here are the 5 top lessons I learned in
the 2nd day:
1.
Big
Data is Beautiful
Resources can be efficiently used by using
Big Data, either you are in the tourism industry or in other industries.
2.
Sharing Economy
3.
Personalization
We are seeing in the tourism and travel
industry what Amazon and Ebay are doing for its clients. The personalization of
needs - one-on-one service provided by the power of computing that companies
can tap to satisfy travelers.
4.
Google
Analytics Rocks, and its Free
I am using Google analytics, but never have I
discovered the power of Google Analytics by the examples and case studies
showed by an expert during one of the sessions.
You can do a lot of things with this tool
that will surely aid you in making a wise decision. But the key takeaways of
Google Analytics is it lets you segment and understand better your market and
website visitors.
5.
A
Satisfied Friend is a Talkative Friend
I admire our Secretary of the Department of
Tourism Ramon Jimenez Jr., he is not perfect and I have some issues that I want
DOT to address ASAP. However, Sec. Jimenez started a revolution and a vibrant
start in reaching our tourism goals. It's More Fun in the Philippines is one of
the best tourism campaign, if not the best tourism campaign, of the country,
and it is under his belt.
So going back to his closing remarks he
focus on being able to provide an experience to our foreign visitors that they
can never forget, which should also be the goal of all tourism industry players.
Let us all strive to create a satisfied
foreign visitor, because a satisfied foreign visitor is a talkative friend. A
talkative friend is our best word of mouth marketing agent ; they will and can
bring more foreign visitors to our country. These foreign visitors add value to
our economy and bring in more jobs.
Someday soon, tourism will not only be 4th
in terms of providing income to the country, it can be the first if we will be
passionate, disciplines and unified in our actions in selling the country to
the world.
* * *
MICECON 2015 formally ends today. Tomorrow
PHITEX 360 takes place at the Marriot Grand Ballroom with 200 international buyers
meeting 200 Philippine sellers.
- Thursday, September 03, 2015
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The MICECON 2015 started today alongside Philippine Travel Exchange
(#Phitex360) at Marriott Grand Ballroom
One of the interesting information shared is about Millenials (Age
19 -34). In a presentation by Peter Jordan, Senior Tourism Analyst of
Toposophy, he revealed the top five countries Philippine Millenials would love
to visit.
Here is the list:
1.
France
2.
USA
3.
Japan
4.
Australia
5.
Italy
The same list is also true for all the Millenials all over the
world. Millenials are digital natives.
They use the social digital platform actively. It said that 1.8 Billion
out of 7 Billion world populations are Millenials.
It is the first time that MICECON and PHITEX are staged together.
The event attracted almost 1,000 delegates. On the third day, there will be a
buyer-seller meet-up, expected on this meeting are 200 international buyers and
200 sellers.
MICECON 2015 and PHITEX 360 will run until September 3, 2015. The
event is produced and organized by the Tourism Promotions Board.
- Wednesday, September 02, 2015
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