Top Vis-Min travel awards 2014

CEBU, Philippines -  A much anticipated reception was recently tendered by Philippine Airlines recently to honor their most outstanding travel and tour partners  for the Visayas and Mindanao for the past year. The gala dinner was held at the Grand Ballroom of the Radisson Blu Hotel.

The affair took on a black and white theme, with the ladies wearing elegant black cocktail dresses and evening gowns and the gentlemen debonair in dark tailored suits.

Daryl Shane Leong shared an inspiring invocation, followed by a brief warm welcome by PAL OIC Sales Philippines Salvador Britanico Jr.

The top awardees for international passenger sales were  Travelways International,  represented by Alan Carvajal; Pan Asia World Holidays, Inc., represented by Cria Marie and Imelda Pasquil; and Global Link Travel and Tours, by Jeanne Yu Teh.

The silver awardees    were Jerome Mendaros of Uni-Orient Travel, Cipriano Edayan of House of Travel, Margette Villarica of Destination Specialists Cebu, and Aida Uy of Cebu Fortune Travel. Six travel agencies  brought home the bronze plaques – FCM Travel Services, Pan Pacific Travel, Grand Holidays, Grand Hope, Global Charter and Worldwide Travel and Tours.

For the airlines domestic ticketing program, the lone recipient of the elite gold award was Margette Villarica of Destination Specialists Cebu.    Gold awardees from Mindanao were Romano Travel and Tours, led by Rosendo and Elsie Romano, and John Gold Aviation Services, by John and Jessica Baricuatro.  For the Visayas, topping the list were Mark Anthony Uy of Shaman Air, Concepcion Casenas of Tagbilaran Able Enterprise, and Cecilia Francisco of Gidcel’s Travel and Tours.

The  PAL sterling group – led by Salvador    Britanico Jr.,  Cris Lebumfacil, OIC Area Head Visayas, Noel Herico, OIC Area Head Mindanao and Antonio Herrera , AVP Passenger Sales Philippines – presented the awards.

The lively affair ended with an upbeat dance number by PAL executives Pam Quizeo Samson, OIC District Sales for Visayas-Mindanao; Marijo Araneta and  Emily Parawan, sales services managers; and Honey Ortiz, Herman Garganera and Eros Caga-anan, account officers. Special guest performer was versatile singer Eric Santos.