In this letter written by the Board of Airline Representatives (BAR) to Senator Ralph Recto, Chairman of the Senate Panel of the Oversight Committee o
Read MoreThis letter was sent as an appeal by the Board of Airline Representatives (BAR) to Department of Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima to suspend the imple
Read MoreThis is an article repost. When Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima dropped by The Philippine Star offices last week, he told us the Aquino administrati
Read MoreThis is an article repost. In March this year, South Korea’s former president, Kim Young-sam, spent a week on vacation with his wife Son Myeong-sun.
Read MoreThis is an article repost. MANILA, Philippines - Members of the Tourism Coordinating Council have unanimously approved the National Tourism Developme
Read MoreThis is an article repost. SOUTHEAST Asian Airlines (Seair) is seeking entitlements to Malaysia totaling 5,400 seats per week. In its application fi
Read MoreThis is an article repost. Competition in Asia's budget-airline market is heating up as rival carriers raise more money and launch services to take o
Read MoreFOREIGN BUSINESSES are dissatisfied with a recent Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) circular that was supposed to ease the common carriers’ tax burde
Read MoreWhen asked to comment on the new BIR regulation on gross Philippine billings on taxes paid by foreign airlines, AmCham-ICIP Senior Advisor John Forbes
Read MoreTo achieve its “fighting target” of 7-8% growth per year under its term, the new administration is betting on a few key initiatives and the continue
Read MoreMembers of the Tourism Coordinating Council have unanimously approved the National Tourism Development Plan (NTDP) in a meeting held at the Department
Read MoreForeign businessmen joined tourism industry leaders in expressing support for Tourism Secretary Alberto Lim. Austen Chamberlain, president of the Ame
Read MoreThe MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES (MAP) strongly recommends the immediate formation of a privately-run Tourism Promotion Board to increase
Read MoreThis is an article repost. MANILA, Philippines. "The government will further liberalize the civil aviation industry to increase tourist arrivals," Pr
Read MoreThe Department of Tourism (DoT) expects to complete this month and submit to the Palace in July the country’s National Tourism Development Plan (NTDP)
Read MoreTHE DEPARTMENT of Tourism (DoT) said yesterday that foreign tourist arrivals reached about 1.31 million in the four months to April, nearly half
Read MorePresident Benigno Aquino III has signed an executive order authorizing the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) and the Philippine air agreement negotiating
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