Mobile Apps for Hotels: HotelQuickly

Let us be honest, often times travelling can be costly especially if you are travelling to unfamiliar places. Cost can be a nightmare to your wallet if you failed to plan everything. Spending your VL or vacation leave, especially for those working individual, should be worthwhile. Nevertheless, if this is mishandled everything can be messy.

A place to stay is one of the problems you have to find a solution in order to have a well-spent vacation. Using your mobile devices, you can quickly find discounted hotels that are available in the area.

Hotel Quickly (HQ) is Asia-Pacific’s most popular last-minute hotel booking app designed for the modern traveler. Launched publicly on March 20, 2013, the app offers users heavily discounted hotel rates averaging 28% cheaper than other online outlets. The Hotel Quickly team handpicks the best-rated three to five star properties, and features the top nine deals for travelers to select. The free mobile app is available for iOS, Android, and Blackberry 10 devices, and offers users the option of paying via credit card, debit cards, or PayPal.

Perfect for a wide variety of occasions, HotelQuickly appeals to users all over the world travelling to Asia Pacific and is available in nine languages. The app has collaborated with thousands of hotels and is growing rapidly in new markets. HotelQuickly is currently available in Australia, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

The free app is not another online travel agent; it is a way of making your travel dreams a reality. Booking a hotel is usually a hassle, but HotelQuickly has simplified the process and made it possible for last-minute travelers to score the best deals on highly rated hotels, quickly. Great hotels are only a few taps away, letting traveler's book hotels faster than it takes to cross the street. HotelQuickly features only the top deals from handpicked hotels so that you do not have to spend ages deciding where to stay. However, hotel booking with HotelQuickly isn’t just painless, it’s affordable too. The app offers rates on average 28% lower than the best prices online. The app makes booking affordable and easy so you can spend more time and money on things that matter, like travelling. 

Since launching in six countries in 2013, HotelQuickly has rapidly grown to become Asia Pacific’s leading last-minute hotel booking app. The founders successfully secured two rounds of fundraising from top global investors, totaling 5.65 m USD. The company now has more than 70 international employees around the region, with offices in Thailand, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Australia, Taiwan, and Vietnam. The app is available in more than 200 destinations in 15 countries, with new exciting markets to come.

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PLDT Smart SME Nation's Bozz Awards - List of Winners

Manila, Philippines - Last October 28, PLDT Smart SME Nation announced the list of winners among the Small - Medium Enterprise group that stands-out in each respective category:

The Boss for Mobile Readiness - is the one who makes their product or service accessible anytime or anywhere. The final nominees are:

• MobKard by Carlo Calimon. - http://www.mobkard.com/
• OrangeApps, Inc. by Gian Javelona - http://www.orangeappsinc.com/
• Olryt Homes Philippines Real Estate by Arthus Olano - http://www.olryt.com

And the winner for the Boss for Mobile Readiness is MobKard,Carlo Calimon. 

The Boss for E-commerce - successfully maximizes the internet as the world's largest marketplace. The final nominees are:INDIGOBaby by 

• Denise Gonzales - http://indigobabyshop.com/
• Renegade Folk by Tina & Regina Sambalido - http://www.renegadefolk.com/
• Kimstore by Kim Lato- http://kimstore.com/

And the winner for the Boss for E-commerce is Kimstore, Kim Lato.

The Boss for Social Responsibility is the one who effectively harness the power of technology for a notable cause. The finaliist are:

• Bambike by Bryan McClelland - http://bambike.com/
• Rags2Riches by Reese Fernandez-Ruiz - http://rags2riches.ph/
• Messy Bessy by Kristine Reyes - Lopez - http://www.messybessy.com/

The winner for the Boss for Social Responsibility is Messy Bessy, Kristine Reyes-Lopez.

The Boss for Social Media - utilizes social media platforms to create meaningful connections with customers and grow an online community of brand advocates. The finalist are:

• Snoe Beauty by Jen Gerodias-Diaz - http://www.snoebeauty.com/
• Happy Skin by Jacque Yuengtian-Gutierrez & Rissa Mananquil-Trillo-http://www.happyskincosmetics.com/index.php
• Jason Magbanua by Jason Magbanua - http://jasonmagbanua.com/

The winner for the Boss for Social Responsibility is Mr. Jason Magbanua.

The Boss for Customer Service uses digital platforms to provide better service and improve their business processes. The finalist are:

• Lay Bare Waxing Salon by Paolo Hilario - http://www.lay-bare.com/
• Homegrown Media by Danella Yaptinchay - http://homegrown.ph/
• TimeFree Innovations by Chino Atillano - http://www.tfinnovations.com/

The winner for the Boss for Social Responsibility is TimeFree Innovation, Chino Atillano.

                                       

Feeling stressed? #ChooseYourBottles and chill out!

Do you belong to the young crop of the millennial generation? If yes, then you are part of the population’s most stressed out individuals.

According to recent surveys, millennials- those aged between 18 to 33, suffer from the highest stress level out of all the other current living generations. Work, money, and relationships were cited as the top three factors that make today’s young movers and shakers quite unhappy about life. Not to mention the high expectations that society has put on their shoulders.

It’s not all bad news for our hardworking millennial though. Albeit stressed out beyond what is considered as healthy, today’s youth have been feeling less stressed than they were in 2007 with the trend going downward in recent years. The millennials’ many new and de-stressing ways of living life to the fullest can be attributed to this positive light. Travelling, going on night outs, and trying new fun things are just some of the many activities that are keeping the stressed out bunch busy during the weekends. Simple things like taking smart breaks, meditating, or drinking refreshing drinks can also ease the stress of the daily grind.

A new kind of chill in four refreshing flavors

With its set of interesting flavors livened up by a refreshing tea kick, this Indonesian favorite invites the young blood to #ChooseYourBottles and to chill out. Today’s fast-paced and technology-driven world can easily drown us with stress and distractions but it’s definitely easier to keep one’s cool and to take a quick time off with a refreshing drink in hand. Adopting its mantra from the millennial-apt adage “Choose your battles,” Sosro Fruit Tea allows everyone to #ChooseYourBottles from its distinct tea-infused flavors Freeze, apple, guava, and strawberry. Pick the perfect bottle that suits your current state of mind and get to chill in no time.

Created in 1997 by P.T. Sinar Sosro- pioneers of the world’s first bottled ready-to-drink tea, Sosro Fruit Tea finally reaches the Philippines shores via Reddimart Multi-resources’ exclusive partnership with the brand’s principals.

If there’s one thing one will realize after that refreshing “Ahhhh” Sosro Fruit Tea moment, it would be how it’s really easy to de-stress and to stay cool in the face of life’s challenges. #ChooseYourBottles and just chill- this is what the ultimate chill out drink for the busy millennial is all about.

The number one manufacturer of tea drink in Indonesia, Sosro Fruit Tea’s invigorating flavors are now chilling at SM Hypermarkets, Landmark, Sta. Lucia Grocery, Tropical Hut, Hi-Top

Supermarket, Walter Mart, Pioneer Center, and other leading supermarkets. What Sosro Fruit Tea flavor are you having today?

For more information, visit http://reddimart.ph and follow Sosro Fruit Tea on Facebook at <facebook.com/sosrofruitteaph>, and on Twitter and Instagram <@sosrofruittea>.

Breakout Philippines: The Country’s Premiere Escape Room Game presents 2 Intense Halloween events

Manila, October 25, 2015— Mark your calendars for November 7, 2015 and get ready for the ultimate Halloween event of the year! FOX International Channels and Victoria Court are partnering up with Breakout Philippines, the country’s premiere escape room game, to bring you an immersive horror experience like no other! 

Ever since 2014, Breakout has been providing a unique experience to thousands of players by trapping them in different themed rooms for 45 minutes. They are given an interactive game where players have to team up to find clues and solve logic puzzles based on various storylines. Participants are encouraged to PLAN as a team, SOLVE puzzles collaboratively in order to ESCAPE before time expires.

This Halloween season, #VPartySeries: Midnight Mysteries changes the game as it is no longer enough to BREAKOUT... you must now also SURVIVE! You and your friends will be trapped in a room and will have 45 minutes to try and survive the horror set before you.

There will be scare actors that will enter and exit the room as they please. Some will be nice and try to help you by giving you clues, while some... are not. Be prepared as they invade your personal space, tell you bone chilling stories, separate you from your friends, and sometimes, even leave you alone in the dark. Be ready to be pushed out of your comfort zone.

This is still a BREAKOUT event so there is still puzzle solving involved. You will still choose among the 5 super thematic rooms of Victoria Court Malate which will determine the style of the overall puzzle you will have to solve:

1. The Asgard Room

2. The Casino Royale Room

3. The Bat Cave Room

4. The Candy Land Room

5. The Marakkesh (Sex in the City) Room

If the scares get too extreme for you, there is a safe word... screaming “I want my mommy” will signal our actors to back off and bring you back to your friends. Though be warned, doing so will forfeit the clue you may receive by surviving the scare. Missing out on 1 clue won’t make it impossible to solve the puzzle, but it will make it very difficult. So wear your brown pants and as much as you can, brave up!

If that’s not enough, Breakout Philippines is also teaming up once again with FOX to bring you The Walking Dead Breakout Room. As if time pressure is not enough, you and your friends have to escape while trying to keep your wits together as a flesh-eating walker breathes down your necks. 

This is happening at TriNoma Level 4 Garden Restaurants (until November 14 only) and at the Breakout Katipunan Branch.

I'm really excited for this Halloween event, As I can live as a detective for once. I attended Blogapalooza and saw their bone chilling actors roaming around the event.

See if you have what it takes to survive by registering through our 3 main payment channels—online, bank deposit, or in-store registration in any Victoria Court Branch. Visit www.breakout.com.ph for more details.

For more updates, please follow Breakout Philippines on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/breakoutphilippines) and Instagram (@BreakoutPH), and Victoria Court on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/VictoriaCourtPH) and Instagram (@victoriacourtVC).

SAVE HEARTS WITH ART – ROTARIANS

The Rotary Club of Makati West (RCMW) is calling on art lovers to support their annual all-sculpture exhibit-sale dubbed “Alay Sining”to be held at The Gallery, Greenbelt 5, Makati City from November 12 to 15, 2015. Now on its eight year, Alay Sining 8’s theme is “Art with a Heart” which complements the Rotary International’s theme of “Be a Gift to the World”.

Alay Sining is a fund-raising initiative for one of RCMW’s signature projects, the Gift of Life program, which gives congenital heart disease (CHD) patients under the program with free heart surgeries.

According to RCMW President Victor “Junvee” Vital, supporting the art-for-a cause exhibit will not only mean supporting Filipino children with heart ailments but also local artists.

Both seasoned and new sculptors will be contributing pieces to the Alay Sining, and donating a portion of the sale price of their art pieces to the exhibit’s intended recipients – the CHD patients that will be given free heart surgeries under the Gift of Life program.

“If you support Alay Sining, you don’t only support children with heart ailments, but Filipino artists as well. So I say, “Start saving hearts through art,” said Vidal.

Rotary Club Makati West officers and members (L–R) Edsa delos Santos, Davy Lim, AP Bartolome, Alay Sining 8 chairman Paolo Delgado, Greenbelt’s Cel Gera, Ayala Malls manager Mina Domingo, RCMW president Junvee Vital, Roque Tordesillas and Patrick Dionisio are joined (center) by the beneficiaries of the Gift of Life program and their parents.

According to Paolo Delgado, this year’s chairman of the exhibit’s Organizing Committee, this year’s Alay Sining will be joined by over a hundred artists who have sent their respective works for the exhibit. 

“They are from all over the country – we have some from Palawan, Mindanao and Cebu. So, it’s really a Philippine-wide sculpture shop, and what’s really nice is that all of the artists have joined because they want to support the Club and the Gift of Life,” said Delgado.

Some of the participating artists of the Rotary Club of Makati’s Alay Sining 8 showcase their artworks during the exhibit’s recent presscon: (L-R) Jaime Nepomuceno, Glen Cagandahan, Benjamin Dailo, Fred Caedo, Kish Javier, Helena Alegre, Merlito Gepte, Jaime Gubaton, Milmar Onal, Ral Arrogante, and Jinggoy Salcedo.

“They (the artists) have taken all the time and the effort to be with us. We’ve had a lot of them over the last eight years, and they have been with us since the first Alay Sining, when we are still learning how to run an art exhibit. And it’s really been heartening and we are very thankful for all the support that the artists have given us,” he added.

Explained Delgado, congenital heart disease usually forms at a very young age, and the mortality rate is not very good.

“Even if you do survive, you end up living a life with some sort of a handicap… you will not be able to engage in sports which young kids should be doing at their young age. So this fundraising that we run for the Gift of Life can really make a world of difference for the children out there,” he said.

RCMW member and former president Roque Tordesillas said that the cost of a heart surgery in a private hospital ranges from Ph800,000 to more than Php 1 million if for an open-heart surgery.

“But because of the work we have done at the Rotary over the past 11 years, we have established ties with the National Children Hospital, our main partner, which have brought down the costs because of subsidies. So that the Club only pays about P100,000 up to P200,000 especially for more complicated surgeries.

Tordesillas also lauded the Alay Sining artists calling them the “heroes” in this project.

Rotary Club Makati West officers and members (L–R) Edsa delos Santos, AP Bartolome, Davy Lim, Paolo Delgado, President Junvee Vital, Roque Tordesillas and Patrick Dionisio with some of the participating artists of Alay Sining 8, a fund raising project of the Club for the Gift of Life program, which provides free heart surgery to children with congenital heart defects from indigent families.

“They are the real heroes of this program because they are the ones contributing their works, their artistry, and their hearts for this particular project. Without the artists, there will be no Alay Sining. We have had very generous artists who have contributed their talents to the cause over the years, so that the hearts of children are saved.”

Speaking on behalf of his co-artists, Ral Arrogante, who have been with Alay Sining since Year One,  said that for them artists, doing charity completes their vocation.

Since hindi kami maka-contribute ng cash, kino-contribute namin ang aming works. Hindi din kasi magiging full ang pagka-artist namin kung wala kaming tinatawag na kawanggawa. So ‘yun lang ang maitutulong namin… ang aming mga sariling gawa (Since we cannot contribute cash, we contribute our works. We can’t fully consider ourselves as artists if we don’t do charity. Our works are the best things that we can contribute),” he said

Jose Mari Chan singing for “Celebrate with Songs of Hope: A Christmas Fundraising Concert"

Manila, Philippines – Jose Mari Chan, the singer-songwriter and entrepreneur, has recently confirmed that he will join the star-studded ensemble of artists who will perform at the upcoming “Celebrate with Songs of Hope: A Christmas Fundraising Concert” as part of the Breast Cancer Awareness activities for this year.

Chan, who received a Double Diamond Record Award for his album “Christmas in Our Hearts”, will join local artists like Franco and Ayen Laurel, Anna Feleo, Noel Azcona, Randy Gilongo, Sherwin Sozon, John Glenn Gaerlan and Anica Ordan in an evening of music and song for a great cause. The Philippine Foundation for Breast Care Inc. (PFBCI), Resorts World Manila, Megaworld Foundation Inc. and the Lyric Opera of the Philippines have teamed up to present a special Christmas-themed concert which will be held at the Newport Performing Arts Theater of Resorts World Manila on December 16, 2015. The audience will be treated to a night of great music, and they will be enlightened about the symptoms of Breast Cancer, and what they can do to survive it.

“Celebrate with Songs of Hope: A Christmas Fundraising Concert” will start at 7:30pm as part of an ongoing campaign to educate people about the impact of Breast Cancer, an ailment that has claimed thousands of lives for decades. The proceeds from ticket sales will fund the chemotherapy that will be administered to poverty-stricken patients in the Philippines.

Chino Toledo and the Grupo 20/21 Orchestra will provide the music for the event. Other artists who will perform at the concert are Jane Wee, Andrea Melisa Camba, Stephanie Aguilar, Dave de Jesus, David Cicero Pado, Raymond Muyot, Nomher Nival, Mary Patrice Pacis, Naomi Sison and Marie Antonette Pascual.

Concert tickets are available at the Ticketworld, Box Office, the Philippine Foundation for Breast Care office and www.kasuso.org.

About Jose Mari Chan

Jose Mari Chan is a multi-awarded singer-songwriter. He has been singing since 1969, and is most recognized for chart-topping ballads such as “Please Be Careful With My Heart”, “Tell Me your Name”, “Beautiful Girl”, Afterglow”, and the classic Christmas theme, “Christmas in our Hearts”. He has performed in venues such as the Carnegie Hall in New York, the Show Boat Casino in Atlantic City, and the Bellagio at Las Vegas. Apart from being the CEO and chairman of A.Chan Sugar Corporation and BISCOM, Inc., Jose Mari Chan is the recipient of numerous Lifetime Achievement Awards.

About PFBCI

PFBCI is the first center for breast care in the Philippines. Founded by Dr. Florentino Doble, it is the only organization that has a Breast Cancer accreditation by the Philippine Council for NFO Certification for their commitment to assisting impoverished patients with emotional support and sourcing of financial assistance. For more information, please visit www.kasuso.org

About Resorts World Manila

Resorts World Manila (RWM) is a leisure and entertainment destination in the Philippines that showcases thrilling lifestyle choices, unique events, first-rate performances and recreational thrills. Strategically located near the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3, it is a direct portal to the world-class hospitality of the Philippines. RWM is home to top-rate brands such as the Marriott Grand Ballroom, the Remington Hotel, the Marriott Hotel Manila, and Maxims Hotel. For more information, please visit www.rwmanila.com.

About Lyric Opera of the Philippines

The goal of Lyric Opera of the Philippines is to offer opera productions of exceptional quality, and to develop an appreciation of the performing arts, music and opera through outreach and educational activities. The institution wants to emulate and recognize the efforts of legends such as Aurelio Estanislao, Manny Gregorio, Gamaliel Viray, Mamerto Villaba, Fides Cuyugan-Asencio, Sylia La Torre, Mercedes Matias Santiago, Salvacion Yniguez, Armida Siguon-Reyna, Gloria Coronel, Conching Rosal and Irma Potenciano. For more information, please visit lyropera.wordpress.com. 

CDR-King’s advocates sustainable living thru California E-bike

CDR-King’s advocates sustainable living thru California E-bike

Disruptors are welcome, from an old school perspective to the most advanced technological breakthroughs in power supply, whichever era you may be, CHANGE is inevitable.

Nikola Tesla during our primary days as student was sadly in obscurity till we reach high school. He challenged the existing and widely accepted manner of lighting though oil lamps to the macro voltage - electricity distribution system courtesy of his well-accepted Alternating Current most commonly known AC.

Nikola Tesla is not as famous as Tomas Edison as taught during basic education, but his works and legacy blazes up to this day. Same aspiration as CDR-King, your one stop media provider intends to manifest, to bring products and cost efficient means of power/electricity supply to every household.

California E-bikes, a CDR-King subsidiary, open its doors in TONDO. The branch is powered by a hybrid electricity system that enables sustainable solar energy. As environmental friendly as it should be, it also aims to display similar concept Solar-kit for ones household in turn helps you save thousands of your hard earned money on monthly electric bill.

California E-bike started its operation in the Philippines early 2013 with E-Scooter and later on came out with other variants of e-bikes. Today California E-bike offers more than 30 variants in more than 40 branches.

With the steady growth of e-bike followers, California E-bike is gearing towards its mission to improve transportation in an eco-friendly way, one e-bike at a time and reaffirming its efforts towards Green Living to save our environment.

Visit them at their newly opened Tondo branch or your nearest California e-bike store. You may also visit www.ebike.cdrking.com and http://solarquestph.com/