11th
KALAKBAY (2003)
INSTITUTIONAL
AWARDS
Hotel
of the Year (De Luxe)
MAKATI SHANGRI-LA, MANILA
Special
Accommodation Facility of the Year (Apartel)
OAKWOOD PREMIER AYALA CENTER
Resort
of the Year (AAA)
EL NIDO RESORTS LAGEN ISLAND
Resort
of the Year (AA)
CLUB PARADISE
Resort
of the Year (A)
MINILOC ISLAND RESORT
Restaurant
of the Year (Provincial)
JOSEPHINE'S RESTAURANT-Tagaytay City
Airline
of the Year (International)
SINGAPORE AIRLINES, LTD.
Airline
of the Year (Domestic)
CEBU PACIFIC AIR
Inter-Island
Shipping Line of the Year
SUPERCAT FAST FERRY CORPORATION
Event
of the Year (Convention)
12th ASEAN CONGRESS OF ANAESTHESIOLOGISTS
November 12-17, 2001
Shangri-La's Mactan Island Resort
Event
of the Year (Exhibition)
FRANCHISE ASIA 2001
September 14-16, 2001
World Trade Center, Manila
Tourism
Council of the Year
BOHOL PROVINCIAL TOURISM COUNCIL
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Frontliners
of the Year
DANNY
L. BARRIENTOS
Service Waiter, Café Fortuna
Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino
CHONA
ABOGADO-CORREA
Second Cook, Inter-Continental Manila
JULITO
ARDINES ERAÑA
F & B Service Attendant
Waterfront Airport Hotel and Casino
TESSIE
I. LANGBIRD
Housekeeping Attendant (Chambermaid)
Holiday Inn resort Clarkfield
ESTER
B. LOPEZ
Acting Cashier, Bureau of Customs
FLORITA
C. MONDOYO
Medical Aide, Manila International Airport Authority
HERBERT
D. OCAMPO
Tourist Operations Assistant
Olongapo City Convention Center
JORDAN
ONGTANGCO
Concierge, Inter-Continental Manila
RENATO
B. NICDAO
Captain Waiter, Paseo Uno Restaurant
Mandarin Oriental Manila
CESAR
S. PAJARES
Room Attendant, Inter-Continental Manila
JONAH
I. PALOMATA
Guest Services Officer, Front Office Department
Pink Patio Resort
Taxi
of the Year
ZUE E.
FRESTO
CREATIVE AWARDS
Travel
Writer of the Year (Local)
BOBOI COSTAS
"Olango: Island at the Crossroads"
Cebu Magazine, March - April 2002
Travel
Writer of the Year (Foreign)
TOR JOHNSON
"Surfin' Heaven", Mabuhay Magazine, May 2002
Travel
Publication of the Year (Local)
COLORS PHILIPPINES
Publisher: Colors Publishing, Inc.
DESTINATION
OF THE YEAR
PROVINCE
OF BOHOL
SPECIAL AWARDS
Environmental
Tourism (Eco-Tourism Product)
Ecotourism Livelihood Support for Whale Shark Conservation
Of the Municipal Government of Donsol
Environmental
Tourism (Best Business Practice)
SHANGRI-LA'S MACTAN ISLAND RESORT
SECRETARY'S
AWARDS
Mayor
JOSE I. ATIENZA, JR.
City Government of Manila
Mayor
VICENTE Y. EMANO
City of Government of Cagayan de Oro
Governor
ERICO B. AUMENTADO
Provincial Government of Bohol
WG&A
SUPERFERRY
ABS-CBN
Broadcasting Corporation
GMA Network,
Inc.
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
AWARD
Anos
Fonacier
10th
KALAKBAY (2001)
Hotel
De Luxe - Shangri-La's Mactan Island Resort
Standard - Cebu City Marriott Hotel
Resort
AAA - Lagen Island Resort
AA - Club Paradise
A - Miniloc Island Resort
Foreign Travel
Agent
Saehoon Air Travel Co.
Ltd. (Korea)
Airline
Singapore Airlines
Tourism Council
Palawan Tourism Council
Tour Package
East Visayan Passage
Tour Operator: Marsman Tours and Travel Corporation
Travel Writer
Foreign - Rick Ruffin,
"Pinatubo: A Trek up the Philippines' Sleeping Giant",
Asiana Airlines, November 2000
Local - Lester Ledesma, "In the Company of the Sea"
Mabuhay Magazine, January 1999
Travel Publication
Foreign - "The National
Parks and Other Wild Places of the Philippines"
Publisher: New Holland Publishers (UK) Ltd.
Tour Guide
Teresa Tan Mapute (Bohol)
Frontliners
Fred Castro, Hotel Intercontinental
Manila
Morris Bishop Lopez, Phoenix Hotel (Angeles)
Jonah I. Palomata, Pink Patio Resort (Boracay)
Destination
Laoag City
Boracay Island
Environmental Tourism
Ecotourism Product - Mt. Pinatubo Ecotourism "Kabuhayan
sa Turismo"
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Project: Strategy on Ecotourism
Implementor: Sta. Juliana Tourism Council, Inc. |
Best Business Practice - Environmental Management Measures Undertaken
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by Sogod Development Corporation for Alegre Beach
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Secretary's
Award
Barcelo Corporacion Empresarial
Waterfront Philippines, Inc.
HALL
OF FAME
Resort
Miniloc Island Resort
9th
KALAKBAY (1999)
Hotel
De Luxe - Makati Shangri-la Manila
First Class - Holiday Inn Manila
Tour Operator
Blue Horizons Travel
and Tours
Foreign Travel
Agent
Qantas Holidays (Australia)
Resort
AAA - Holiday Inn Resort
Clark Field
A - Miniloc Island Resort
Tourism Council
Kidapawan Tourism Council
Tour Package (International)
Panay Adventure (Philippine
Trekking Adventure)
Tour Operator: Tribal Adventure Tours
Travel Writer
Foreign - Steven Knipp,
"Climbing Mount Apo" Mabuhay Magazine, June 1997
Local - Elizabeth Reyes, "Tagaytay Memoir" Mabuhay
Magazine, February 1997
Travel Publication
Foreign - "The Philippines
Rediscovered"
Publisher: Odyssey Visions, Canada
Local - "Davao City in Bloom"
Publisher: Professional Image Concept
- Our Natural Heritage: "The Protected Areas of the Philippines"
Publisher: Department of Environment and Natural Resources and
Philippine Airlines Foundation
Travel Photo
"Turtle Hatchlings
and the Tausog Boy"
Printed in Our Natural Heritage: The Protected Areas of the Philippines
Photographer: George Tapan
Frontliners
Kenneth Cacho, Mandarin
Oriental Manila
Jonah Palomata, Pink Patio Resort
Taxi Drivers
Felix Dolera
Arnold Tagaca
Tourist Driver
Emil Gelantaga-an, Trans
Inter Corporation
Existing Destination
Cagayan de Oro City
Lifetime
Achievement
Jose S. Clemente, Jr.,
Jose O. Cobarrubias, Sr.
Secretary's
Award
Villa Escudero, for its unique concept and distinct features
which
are not found in any other resort in the Philippines
HALL
OF FAME
Inbound Tour Operator
Blue Horizons Travel
and Tours
Tourism Council
Kidapawan Tourism Council
8th KALAKBAY (1997)
Hotel
De Luxe - Mandarin Oriental Manila
First Class - Cebu Plaza Hotel
Standard - Villa Margarita
Tour Operator
The Baron Travel Corporation
Foreign Travel
Agent
JTB World Vacations (Western
Japan, Inc.)
Foreign Airline
Cathay Pacific Airways
Resort
AAA - Holiday Inn Resort Clark Field
AA - El Nido Pangulasian Island Resort
A - El Nido Miniloc Island Resort
Restaurant
Via Mare Seafood Specialty
Restaurant
International Event
Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation (APEC) Philippines, 1996
Tourism Council
Davao Tourism Association,
Inc.
Kidapawan Tourism Council
Incentive Travel
Program-Trip Delivery
L'Archipel Du Sourire'
(Sommer of France)
Incentive Handler: Marsman Tours and Travel
Travel Writer
Foreign - Derek Ferrar, "Taal Tales"
Pacifica Magazine
(Inflight Magazine of Continental Micronesia) June/July 1996
Local - Jose "Butch" Dalisay, "A
Taste of Eden"
Metro Magazine December 1996
Travel Publication
Foreign - "The Philippines, A Journey through
the Archipelago"
Publisher: Editions Didier Millet
Local - Tagaytay, Town on the Ridge
Publisher: The Bookmark, Inc.
Travel Photo
"Basco Bay"
Printed in "Batanes, Philippines"
Photographer: Noli C. Gabilo
Tour Guide
Myriam A. Canton (Cebu)
Frontliners
Cesar E. Reyes, Holiday
Inn Resort Clark Field
Cresencio O. Salvador, Jr., Cebu Plaza Hotel
Taxi Drivers
Roel Calaunan
Domingo Natural, Jr.
Rodel Pagobo
Danilo Rag
Tourist Driver
Honesto L. Laban, Arpan
Tourism Industries, Inc
Destination
Award
Emerging - Samal Islands (Kaputian)
Existing - City of Davao
Outstanding
Contribution by an Organization/
Association or Individual
- Christophe Loviny,
for promoting the Philippines through his book, TV documentaries
and more than 80 feature articles about Philippine culture and
tourism published in prestigious magazines and publications during
the last 12 years.
- Philippine Long Distance
Telephone Co., for its "Call of the Philippines"
travelogue series advertising campaign
HALL
OF FAME
Hotel
Mandarin Oriental Manila
Restaurant
Via Mare Seafood Specialty
Restaurant
Incentive Travel
Program - Trip Delivery
Marsman Tours and Travel
Corp.
Special
Recognition
SPO4 Felix R. Montano,
NAIA Frontliner
7th
KALAKBAY (1996)
Hotel
De Luxe - Shangri-la Hotel Manila
First Class - Insular Century Hotel Davao
Tour Operator
Blue Horizons Travel
& Tours
Foreign Airline
Cathay Pacific Airways
Limited
Resort
AAA - Alegre Beach Resort
Restaurant
Via Mare Seafood Specialty
Restaurant
Tourism Council
Kidapawan Tourism Council
Incentive Travel
Program - Trip Delivery
Motorola Top Achievers'
Club "Philippine Experience"
Incentive Handler: Blue Horizons Travel and Tours, Inc.
Travel Writer
Foreign - Simon Halley, "Boracay Adventure",
Holiday Singapore, October 1995
Local - Menchie D. Lanuza, "Danjugan:
A Wildlife Sanctuary" Mabuhay Magazine, September 1995
Travel Publication
Foreign - "The Dive Sites of the Philippines"
by Jack Jackson
Publisher: New Holland (Publishers)
Local - Mabuhay Magazine
Publisher: Eastgate Publishing Corporation
Frontliners
Dominador A. Dolloso,
Jr., Best Western Hotel La Corona
Danilo P. Ignacio, Cebu Plaza Hotel
Taxi Driver
Emilio Advincula
Tourist Driver
Bienvenido S. David,
Arpan Tourism Industries, Inc.
Destination
Award
Cebu City
Lifetime
Achievement
Dr. Jose P. Mananzan
Dante U. Calma
Outstanding
Contribution by an Organization/
Association or Individual
- Mayor Mauricio G. Domogan,
Baguio City, for the successful staging of local and international
tourism-oriented events,environmental management programs,
rehabilitation of tourist attractions, promotion of indigenous
culture and other
worthwhile tourism programs in Baguio City
- Robert L. Yupangco,
Residence Inn Chain of Resorts, for his pioneering vision in
providing unique and efficient leisure and recreational facilities
through the chain of Residence Inns while preserving the ecological
balance and natural beauty of
the surrounding environment where these facilities are located
6th
KALAKBAY (1995)
Hotel
De Luxe - Shangri-La's EDSA Plaza Hotel
First Class - Insular Century Hotel Davao
Tour Operator
Marsman Tours & Travel
Corp.
Blue Horizons Travel & Tours
Resort
AAA - Pearl Farm Beach
Resort (Davao)
AA - El Nido Pangulasian Island Resort
Restaurant
Via Mare Seafood Specialty
Restaurant
International Event
- 1st East ASEAN Business
Convention & Exhibits
Host Organization: Philippine Exporters Confederation, Inc. -
Region XI
- 4th Western Pacific
Congress on Chemotherapy and Infectious Diseases
Host Organization: Philippine Society for Microbiology and Infectious
Diseases
Tourism Council
Cebu City Tourism Commission
Incentive Travel
Program - Trip Delivery
Cebu '94 Conquering New
Heights
Ground Handler: Southwind Travel & Tours (Cebu)
Travel Writer
Foreign - Jon Miller, "Batanes: Elemental
Isles", Mabuhay Magazine, July 1994
Local - Jose Ma. Lorenzo Tan, "Season
for Whales", Mabuhay Magazine
September 1994
Travel Publication
Foreign - Action Asia
Magazine
Publisher: Action Asia Publishing Ltd.
Travel Photo
Photo of Batanes scene
Photographer: Alberto "Bullit" Marquez
Tour Guide
Virginia R. Juan
Frontliner
John Michael C. Joaquin,
Philippine Village Airport Hotel
Taxi Driver
Arturo Pasag
Destination
Award
Palawan
Outstanding
Contribution by an Organization/
Association or Individual
- Ten Knots Development
Group, for sustainable tourism development
- American Express International,
Inc., for the preservation of our historical / cultural heritage
through its support of theVigan Heritage Village
- Aboitiz Transport Services,
for revolutionizing water transport through its
Super Ferry services
HALL
OF FAME
Inbound Tour Operator
Marsman Tours and Travel
Special
Recognition
- Victor M. Ravinera
- Tour Guide
- Dr. Emilio Yap - for
his support of various DOT programs/projects
- Mayor Salvador C. Sering,
Surigao City - for the development of
Maharlika Convention Center to a first class convention center
5th
KALAKBAY (1994)
Hotel
De Luxe - The Manila Hotel, Mandarin Oriental
Manila
Tour Operator
Rajah Tours Philippines,
Inc.
Foreign Travel
Agent
II Sorriso D'Oriente
(Italy)
Resort
AAA - Pearl Farm Beach Resort (Davao)
International Event
6th Asian Retailers Convention
& Exhibitions
Tourism Council
Davao Tourism Association
Travel Writer
Foreign - Jon Miller, "Bukidnon's Wild
West Rodeo", March 1993, Mabuhay
Local - Alane A. Ty, "Surigao of the
Secret Places", August 1993, Mabuhay
Tour Guide
Guadalupe F. Varela (Cebu)
Frontliner
Rogelio M. Gandollas,
Best Western La Corona Hotel
Taxi Driver
Cirilo V. Lapuz
Tourist Driver
Romulo M. Cruz, Blue
Horizons Travel and Tours, Inc.
Destination
Award
Subic Bay Freeport
Outstanding
Contribution by an Organization/
Association or Individual
INDIVIDUAL: Arch. Francisco T. Manosa
ECOTOURISM: Conservation International
TOURISM INVESTMENT: Kuok Philippines Properties, Inc.
HALL
OF FAME
Inbound Tour Operator
Rajah Tours Philippines,
Inc.
Event Organizer
Philippine Congress Organizing
Center (PCOC)
4th
KALAKBAY (1993)
Hotel
De Luxe - Mandarin Oriental
Manila
Tour Operator
Rajah Tours Philippines
Foreign Travel
Agent
Asia (France)
Resort
AAA - Maribago Bluewater Beach Resort
Special Interest - El Nido Resort
International Event
30th Chess Olympiad and
63rd FIDE Congress
Event Organizer
Philippine Congress Organizing
Center
Tourism Council
Cebu City Tourism Commission
Tour Package (International)
Discovery Cruises
Tour Operator: Cruise and Hotel Center
Incentive Travel
Program - Trip Delivery
Davao Jetabout Incentive
for Saladmaster
Incentive Handler: Marsman Tours & Travel
Travel Writer
Foreign - Daryl Orchard, "Backpack Travels
Through Northern Luzon",
October 1992, Mabuhay
Local - Marian Roces - "The Amazing Grace
of Philippine Indigenous Material",
February 1992, Mabuhay
Travel Publication
Local - Mabuhay Magazine
Publisher: Eastgate Publishing Corporation
Travel Photo
Palosebo
Photographer: Francis Rivera
Tour Guide
Salvacion Letuli
Taxi Driver
Felix Carin
Tourist Driver
Mario Galvez
Destination
Award
Cebu City
Outstanding
Contribution by an Organization/
Association or Individual
Tourism Department, La
Consolacion College
3rd
KALAKBAY (1992)
Hotel
De Luxe - Hotel Nikko Manila Garden
Tour Operator
Marsman Tours & Travel
Corporation
Foreign Airline
Singapore Airlines
Resort
AAA - Coral Reef Hotel
Event Organizer
Philippine Congress Organizing
Center
Incentive Travel
Program - Trip Delivery
Consorzio Produttori
Latte (CPL) Incentive
Incentive Handler: Intas Travel & Tours
Travel Writer
Foreign - Steven Knipp - "A Most Dangerous
Beauty, Mount Mayon",
August 1991, Mabuhay Magazine
Local - Joaquin Arevalo - "Boracay's
Beach Culture", April 1991,
Mabuhay Magazine
Tour Guide
Cecille Grace Santiago
Frontliner
Gilda Cinco
Taxi Drivers
Christopher Talabucon
Erly Villasenor
Lifetime
Achievement
Masakazu MJ Tsuruoka
2nd
KALAKBAY (1991)
Hotel
De Luxe - Hotel Nikko Manila Garden
Tour Operator
Rajah Tours Philippines
Foreign Travel
Agent
JTB World Vacations Inc.
(Japan)
Resort
AAA - Dakak Park and Beach Resort
Event Organizer
Philippine Congress Organizing
Center
Tour Package (International)
Island Skytrain
Tour Operator: Intas Travel and Tours
Tour Package (Domestic)
Tourism Summer Youth
Program
Tour Operator: Golden Travel & Tours
Incentive Travel
Program - Trip Delivery
Jacob Suchard - Italy
Incentive Handler: Marsman Tours & Travel
Travel Writer
Foreign - Antonio de Vivo, "Palawan: Lost
World", May 1990, Mabuhay Magazine
Local - Felice Sta Maria, "Batanes: Surviving
the Storm, Gloriously", October 1989, Mabuhay Magazine
Tour Guide
Teresita Quitevis
Taxi Drivers
Baltazar Bacaling
Magellan Castillo
Danilo Catacutan
Tourist Driver
Salvador Morados
Destination
Award
Baguio City
Lifetime
Achievement
Modesto Farolan
Salvador Pena
Citations
Philippine Heart Association
- for successfully staging the 11th World Congress of Cardiology
1st
KALAKBAY (1990)
Hotel
De Luxe - The Manila Hotel
Tour Operator
Marsman Tours & Travel
Corporation
Foreign Travel
Agent
Reiseburo Wettstein (Switzerland)
Airline
Philippine Airlines
Tour Package (International)
Philippine Air Safari
(Tour Operator Blue Horizons Travel & Tours)
Tour Guide
Pablito Martinez
Frontliners
Samuel Turla
Wenceslao Ealdama,Jr.
Guillermo Luanzon, Jr.
Taxi Drivers
Henry Revilla Uy
Jaime Eguilos
Francisco Bartolome
Ariston Balongoy
Robert Trinidad
Destination
Awards
Province of Cebu
Boracay
Citations
Foreign Airline
Air France
Resort
Badian Island Beach Resort
Tourism Council
Cebu City Tourism Commission
Tour Operator with the Best Fiesta Packages
Adam's Express Travel
Potential Destination
Bohol
Local association
which actively bidded for an international convention
Nutritionists - Dietitians
Association of the Philippines (1996 International Congress on
Dietetics)
Other Individuals
and Entities
- Rosemarie Tudanca,
in recognition of her consistent practice of high professional
standards and dedication in her work as a tour guide
- Godofredo Latoga (Posthumous),
in recognition of his courage and selflessness demonstrated by
risking his life in rescuing his tour group members
during the 1985 Pines Hotel fire where he lost his life
- P/Capt. Rodolfo L.
Rival, Sr. (INP), in recognition of his leadership and courage
as a relentless law enforcer of the Mobile Patrol Division, Manila
- Dr. Alejandro R. Roces,
in recognition of his efforts in bringing to the forefront the
importance of fiestas through his book "Fiesta"
- Katsuki Sano, in recognition
of his contribution by initiating the first charter flights between
Nagoya and Cebu /Manila, thus increasing tourism traffic to the
Philippines
- Philippine Amusement
and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), for its assistance, support
and active participation in DOT and PCVC projects
- Philippine Long Distance
Telephone Company (PLDT), in recognition of its contribution
to the country's tourism information campaign through the sponsorship
of a series of essays which appeared in Time Magazine and for
the support
it has extended to the Fiesta Islands Program
- San Miguel Corporation,
in recognition of its support to the Fiesta Islands Program
- Philippine Basketball
Association (PBA / Vintage Enterprises,
in recognition of its promotion of the Fiesta Islands Program
through the adoption of the Fiesa Islands theme in the 1989 Fiesta
All Filipino Conference
- Postal Services Office,
in recognition of its support
of the Fiesta Islands Program through the issuance of fiesta
commemorative postage stamps
- Aerolift, in recognition
of its contribution to tourism development by providing the linkage
to our country's most sought after vacation spots and resort
areas, making them more accessible to tourists
- Hotel Nikko Manila
Garden, in recognition of its innovative program of enhancing
greater awareness of our cultural heritage through the presentation
of a series of regional festivals
- Adam's Express Travel,
in recognition of its active support and contribution to
domestic tourism through a consistent development and promotion
of creative domestic tour packages such as the Camiguin Island
/ Cagayan de Oro and the Baguio / Dagupan / Zambales / Olongapo
tour packages
- Viajes Filipinas, in
recognition of its development of well-researched tour modules
highlighting Philippine heritage and culture, making domestic
travel both an entertaining and learning experience; and, in
support of the domestic and social tourism program of the Department
of Tourism, such as the Pasyal Aral Program
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