News Release

The 13th Rotary Club Manila (RCM) Tourism Awards was held recently at the New World Hotel Makati with Tourism Sec Wanda Tulfo Teo (seated 4th from left) as guest speaker and an awardee. In photo are Robert Lim Joseph (standing center, 1st row) RCM director and chairman of the Tourism awards committee with (seated, from left): awardees Reggie Aspiras (for family of posthumous awardee Minister Jose Aspiras), Madame He Xianqi (Chinese embassy, category: Chinese traffic); Joanne Rae Ramirez (media), Sec Wanda Tulfo-Teo, Dr. Mina Gabor (sustainable tourism), Asst. Sec. Virginia Gaetos (Trade and Investment Promotion Group, tourism and trade events), Theresa Busmente (Grab Philippines, transport), Kimberly Singsob (for former Gov Chavit Singson), 1st standing left: awardees Farid Schoucair (New World Makati Hotel, hotel); RCM director Art Lopez, awardee Gov Roberto Pagdanganan (tourism personality), awardee USA Consul Gen Russel Brown (American traffic), RCM president Teodoro Ocampo, Joseph, awardee Geof Andes (City of Dreams Manila, integrated resort), Jin Woo Jung (Rakso Travel & Tours, foreign tour operator); awardee Salvador Britannico Jr. (PAL, airlines, representing PAL president and COO Jaime Bautista); past district gov Vicente Carlos (former tourism secretary); (last row standing left) RCManila past president Francis Juico, past vice president Manny Dy, Rtn Thad Liamzon and Rtn Sha Tamano.