A DOT affair: Summer in January, Press conference for VDFS, The Tourism Industry Gathering

I had the opportunity to host this year's Tourism Industry gathering at Marco Polo Hotel Davao. Updates and plans for 2016 were presented by Tourism Officers from Davao Region, a fitting event to usher in 2016. Exciting events, projects and activities are lined up for the coming year. The event started with a photo exhibit, entitled Summer in January. 

"Summer in January" is a photo exhibit which is sequel of Summer in December photo exhibit at park Inn. This project is a collaboration with M Magazine ,Fuji, award winning photographers Ms. Jojie Alcantara, Rhonson Ng among others, participating hotels and key Davao attractions. 

The purpose of this exhibit is to promote the summer attractions for early awareness to guests, visitors and tourists of Davao at the hotels. Summer in January exhibit is open to the public for the whole month of January at the lobby area of Marco Polo Hotel Davao.

A few minutes after the successful launch of Summer in January at the Lobby, guests were welcomed at the Borneo function room for the press conference for this year's Visit Davao Fun Sale 2016. 

Scheduled on March 25, 2016 to May 31, 2016, VDFS 2016 will have three themes to categorize its various activities. The Adventure and Sports theme will feature Samal Half Marathon, DurianMan Triathlon and the Mt. Apo Boulder Face Challenge. The Culture and Arts Theme, meanwhile, will feature Davao Art exhibitions by various artist groups from the Davao Region, Cultural and Tribal Dances which will bring performances and Davao Grand Indie Film Festival, which is a season-long showcase of award-winning Mindanao-produced indie films. The Party, Fun and Leisure will feature EDM events and the Pub Crawl which is aimed to steer Davao night life.

As a frontline offering, VDFS 2016 will feature ten discounted tour packages to include adventure and cultural tour packages from the region’s islands (Samal and Talikud) to highland (Mt. Apo) destinations. 
Tha press conference was followed by The Tourism Industry Gathering that took place at the Jade Function Hall.

The Tourism Industry Gathering is the annual industry gathering that convenes all key players, partners and stakeholders of the tourism sector to update them on the tourism programs and plans for the incoming year.