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                    [Title] => Services sector
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Within ASEAN, the services sector accounts for 40 - 70% of each economy's GDP. Education, the upgrading of local skills, infusion of foreign skills (which will lead to mutual technology / knowledge transfer), and overall productivity increases are the cornerstone of a competitive economy.

[DatePublished] => 2015-02-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134094 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1351151 [AuthorName] => Henry J. Schumacher [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1364185 [Title] => 10 million tourists by 2016: Can we do it? [Summary] =>

To borrow a quote from David Leechiu in his statement on the country's outlook for the property market, "We are optimistic but not yet bullish."

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-01 09:00:15 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500157 [AuthorName] => Mark Lapid [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/business/business-main/20140901/empowering-tieza-photo.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1345361 [Title] => DOT partners with CLIA to develop cruise ports, itinerary and guest experience [Summary] =>

At the Philippine Cruise Industry Workshop held recently Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez, Jr. said that cruise arrivals in the Philippines grew by 48 percent in the last two years since 2011 amounting close to 20,000 in 2013. International cruise lines calling in the country have increased substantially, with 16 cruise vessels last year from just 10 in 2011.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/other-sections/starweek-magazine/20140712/DOT-8.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1300877 [Title] => Dot And Shell Aims To Promote Sustainable Tourism Through The Philippine Hosting Of Shell Eco-Marathon Asia 2014 [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines – Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation, in partnership with the Department of Tourism (DOT), brings the biggest competition on smarter mobility and fuel-efficiency to the streets of Manila this 2014, the Shell Eco-marathon (SEM) Asia.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 915454 [Title] => Teach bureaucrats about customer experience [Summary] =>

When my daughter arrived past three in the morning last Friday by Philippine Airlines from San Francisco, it took her quite a while to exit NAIA terminal 2.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133182 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804837 [AuthorName] => Boo Chanco [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 815436 [Title] => DOT sets fun musical show in Yeosu Expo [Summary] =>

The Department of Tourism (DOT) will stage a grand musical extravaganza at the ongoing Yeosu Expo in Korea to show to the world why it’s more fun in the Philippines.

[DatePublished] => 2012-06-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Travel and Tourism [SectionUrl] => travel-and-tourism [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 766914 [Title] => It's more than fun and WOW! [Summary] =>

Alright now, so the much-awaited new Philippine tourism campaign tagline and logo is out of the bag and is, again, not without its attached controversies.

[DatePublished] => 2012-01-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133715 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1805279 [AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 755619 [Title] => Roa: Comfort room designs must fit destination package [Summary] =>

The project to standardize comfort room designs across the country simply won’t work, this according to former DOT Central Visayas director Patria Aurora Roa.

[DatePublished] => 2011-12-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1298072 [AuthorName] => Ehda Dagooc [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 733533 [Title] => Tourism dep't joins typhoon relief operations [Summary] =>

The Department of Tourism (DOT) has joined the government's relief efforts for the victims of the two typhoons that hit Luzon last week.

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-04 14:01:11 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 724329 [Title] => Lacson questions oath-taking of new DOT chief [Summary] =>

Sen. Panfilo Lacson has questioned the assumption of former advertising executive Ramon Jimenez Jr. as tourism secretary, whose appointment in acting capacity was done while Congress is in session.

[DatePublished] => 2011-09-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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