The Wutz Up in the Philippines!

MANILA, Philippines - Beaches or water sports destinations are popular this year, based on internet search data by Google Inc.

In Google’s Zeitgeist (German for “spirit of the times”), a collection of top items searched on the internet by users from a particular area, the company identified the “fastest-rising travel destinations” in the Philippines.

Topping the list are beach destinations like Baler in Quezon province, a budding surfing hotspot; Coron town in Palawan, which is dotted with lagoons, caves, and rare fauna; as well as El Nido, also in Palawan, which is home to the posh El Nido Resort complex.

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MANILA, Philippines - The Fairways and Bluewater in Boracay will host the 2009 WGAP-Luzvimin golf tournament on Aug. 26-28 with 19 teams and over a hundred players clashing for top honors in team and individual competitions in various divisions.

This marks the first time that the par-72 layout in this top tourist beach destination which boasts of crystal clear waters and powder white sands will be hosting the annual tournament with the rolling, wind-raked course expected to provide a different kind of challenge for the country’s top golfing ladies.

Heading this year’s roster is Manila Southwoods, which ruled the premier Diamond division of the event organized by the Women’s Golf Association of the Phils. last year in Bacolod on a team built around Regine de Guzman, Lora Roberto, Beachie Abiera, Kat Gonzales, Claire Ong, Claudine Garcia and Sandy Velhagen.

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Now seen as the elder statesman of Hed Kandi, DJ Andy Norman was part of the founding line-up of one the UK’s biggest dance record labels. He started working with label founder Mark Doyle back in 1989; around the time when they held small local club events for a number of years. It was during this period that Hed Kandi was born.

Andy worked in the London club circuit for some years, working with The Crazy Club & Black And White Productions alongside the likes of Alex P, Smokin Joe and Fat Tony. Well-respected for playing numerous dance music styles over the years, he has played for a number of UK recording artists too, like The Pet Shop Boys and Jamiroquai.

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The Tides Temptation Package 

Boracay, a well-known destination around the world, brings you The Tides. A great sanctuary to relax, rejuvenate and escape from the hustle and bustle of the city.

The Tides conforms to the comforts of international standars by offering first class amenities. The Tides is an idyllic vacation place where nature in its unmatched style is marked by whiffs of fresh air and clear azure water. 

Now Tides Hotel Boracay is offering their Temptation Package for only Php 8,900.00 net/person!

Inclusive of the following:

• 3 days and 2 nights in an Essential Room
• Roundtrip airfare via Seair

This package is valid from Jan 5- 15 and Feb. 1 - June 12, 2009. Valid from Tuesday to Thursday only

ILOILO CITY – Zdrastvuite. Magu ya vam chem-topomoch? (Hello. Can I help you).”

Tourism front-liners in Boracay will soon be adept in basic Russian greetings and in conducting simple conversation in a series of language and lifestyle courses in preparation for more tourists from Russia.

The Boracay Foundation Inc. (BFI) has been holding the seminars since July this year for the expected surge of Russian visitors availing of a 21-day visa privilege to encourage more tourists to visit the Philippines….

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ILOILO CITY, Dec. 15 — Tourists and tourism stakeholders have been urged to take hands to make the world-famous Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan as the “country’s model climate-friendly tourist destination.”

The campaign, dubbed “Save the Climate, Save Boracay” highlighted over the weekend a workshop on energy efficiency and “what resorts can do to lessen their climate footprint.”

The initiative gathered global environmental advocate group Greenpeace and experts from the Green Architecture Movement of United Architects of the Philippines, Aklan Electric Cooperative (Akelco), and Solar, Wind and Electric Power, Inc. (SWEP).

A Renewable Energy (RE) exhibition demonstrating how solar power can work for resorts as well as tourists was also organized by Solar Generation, the Greenpeace’s youth movement.

“Save the Climate, Save Boracay,” the first of its kind in the Philippines, was launched last June during the “Save the Climate Philippine Tour” of Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior.

A manifesto signed by Boracay’s tourism industry stakeholders pushes for the inclusion of energy efficiency measures and promotion of renewable energy use as part of environmental management plans for the island, particularly in the construction or expansion of establishments and the provision of regular energy audits.

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