To welcome the 67 international volunteers of Operation Smile, Radisson Blu Hotel Cebu GM Lyle Lewis and Ms. Elizabeth T. Sy, president of SM Hotels and Convention Corporation, with Vice President Christina Bautista hosted a cocktail reception at the lobby of the hotel.
The volunteers, coming from different countries: USA, Russia, Bolivia, Spain, Israel, Vietnam, China etc., with plastic surgeons, anesthesiologists, dentists, intensivists, nurses and recorders were all amazed at the hospitality extended to them by Radisson Blu Hotel. Plus, of course, their first class accommodations (compliments of the Sys!) at the hotel. Oh my gosh, for them that was the most wonderful time of their stay in the Philippines. Not to mention the marvelous food they had during breakfast!
On the other hand, Dame Mariquita Salimbangon Yeung, chairman of MSYCFI-host for Operation Smile Cebu Mission the last 15 years, welcomed the volunteers to Cebu. During the short program, MSYCFI Vice Chairman Congressman Benhur Salimbangon and Executive Director Monette Aliño presented Chair Kit Yeung with a beautiful magazine featuring the life and works of Dame Mariquita and her board of directors.
General Manager Lyle Lewis was awarded a token of appreciation by the Mariquita Salimbangon Yeung Charitable Foundation, Inc. (MSYCFI) and Operation Smile for the hotel's generous contribution to the cause of Operation Smile.