Cathay Pacific Airways, the international flag carrier of Hong Kong, recently celebrated 20 years of service in Cebu with city Mayor Michael Rama as guest of honor.
In light of its anniversary celebration, Cathay Pacific hosted an intimate cocktail reception at the upscale Atrium of SM Northwing and invited a select group of their frequent flyers, partners, friends from the industry and media.
The evening started with a specially prepared video that featured the carrier’s activities over the past two decades. Grace Ho, Cathay Pacific’s manager in Cebu talked about the numerous awards and recognitions the airline received and of the ongoing chartered flights between Cebu and Hong Kong. She likewise shared their various outreach programs, the latest of which is an ongoing project to build a library at its “adopted school,†Po-o elementary School on Olango Island.
The event also served to recognize three employees who have been with the airline since the start of its flights to Cebu. They are Cebu airport services manager Janice Nabua, direct sales supervisor Lulu Son and cargo services supervisor Henry Francisco. General manager for Southeast Asia, Wilson Yam and country manager Philippines Martin Xu awarded gold tokens to the loyal and dedicated staff.
Joining the celebration were Anna Thompson, Cathay’s first manager in Cebu and Maggie Wong, immediate past manager of the port, who flew in for the auspicious occassion.
In keeping with the evening’s theme of “bringing Cebu and Hong Kong closer together “ a fine selection of Chinese and Cebuano classical pieces was performed by the Cebu Philharmonic Orchestra and enjoyed by the guests.
As in most airline events, a round trip ticket from Cebu to Hong Kong was raffled off and the lucky winner was media friend Thea Rinen.
Cathay Pacific Airways offers passenger and cargo services to over 140 destinations including codeshare services in Asia, North America, the Middle East, Europe and Africa. Operating over 120 wide-body aircrafts, the premium carrier flies one of the youngest fleets in the air and the high level of personal service it offers makes it one of the most favored airlines.