Newspaper Release

Sixteen individuals will receive the prestigious Rotary Club of Manila (RCM) Tourism Awards 2020 on Thursday, 27 February, during their luncheon meeting at the New World Hotel Makati.

RCM president-elect Bobby Joseph and concurrently chairman, Tourism Awards Committee, said, “This prestigious award is given to persons who gave their utmost services to promote and develop the tourism industry here and abroad.”

Awardees are: Rotarian (Rtn) Ariel Abriam, owner and managing director, Ariel’s Point (Resort); Rtn Bernd Schneider, cluster representative, Raffles Hotels & Resorts, Fairmont Makati (Hotel); Hanky Lee III, Henry Hotel (Heritage Home); Salah Al Balushi, EVP, Supply Chain Management at Oman Aviation Group (Air Transport); Radjie Caram Jr., founding chairman and CEO, Island Living Channel (Philippines’ Largest Lifestyle & Travel Channel); Krizette Chu, associate editor, Lifestyle, Manila Bulletin (Print Media); Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu (Environment); Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año (Government); Venus Tan, former COO, Tourism Promotions Board (Government); Felipe Enrique Gozon, chairman and CEO GMA Network Inc. (TV Media); Lala Ventura-Lazaro, head, Metro Channel (Blogger Media); Hon. Marisol Aragones-Sampelo, Representative, 3rd District of Laguna Province (Legislative Media); Edgar Saavedra, chairman, Megawide Construction (Hotel, Airport & Resort Construction); Francisco Mauricio, president and COO, Avis Rent A Car International-Guevent Transport Holdings (Land Transportation); Justice Manuel Lazaro, chairman, Tiger Resort Leisure Entertainment Inc. (MICE) and Leo Rey Yanson, president, Ceres Liner (Land Transportation).

Aside from Joseph, members of the Tourism Awards Committee are co-chair Rotary past president (PP) Francis Juico; past district governor Vince Carlos; past vice president Chito Zaldarriaga; PP Frank Evaristo; director Amading Valdez and club president Jackie Rodriquez.