The Department of Tourism (DOT) has trained over 30,000 professionals in the tourism industry last year, surpassing its target for 2021 despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. (FILE PHOTO) Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said the Department will continue its commitment to support the...
The Tourism Promotions Board (TPB) of the Department of Tourism's (DOT) on Monday, Jan. 10, announced that it would stop processing the applications for the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction or RT-PCR test subsidy with Philippine Children’s Medical Center (PCMC) amid the increasing...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) suspended on Wednesday, Jan. 5, the accreditation of Berjaya Makati Hotel after one of its guests, who later tested positive for COVID-19, skipped quarantine and went to a party where those who came in close contact with her have also been infected. Berjaya Makati...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) is currently looking at other hotels that are allegedly offering "absentee quarantine" packages, after two returning overseas Filipinos were able to skip the mandatory isolation. (FILE PHOTO) Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said the Department has so far...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) has issued a show cause order against Berjaya Hotel Makati for allegedly allowing one of its guests to skip quarantine protocols to attend a party and eventually tested positive for COVID-19. (Photo from Pixabay) In the order signed by DOT National Capital Region...
Filinvest Land, Inc. (FLI) marks another milestone by bagging the Best Developer Award for North Luzon and Mindanao categories in the recently concluded Dot Property Philippines Awards 2021. These awards recognize the valuable contributions of FLI to the advancement of the regions. “Thank you,...
Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Senator Richard Gordon emphasized on Tuesday, Dec. 21 the importance of restoring top destinations devastated by Typhoon Odette to its former beauty as many of these areas depend on tourism. Photo from the Philippine Red Cross In...
The Philippines has once again named as the leading dive destination in the world during the World Travel Awards 2021, the Department of Tourism (DOT) announced. A diver swims past a coral reef off the coast of Escaño Beach in Barangay Piapi, Dumaguete City in an undated photo. On Monday (Sept....
Deals and dicsounts from airlines, hotels, tour operators, and travel agencies await Balikbayans who will come back home this Christmas season. Kids swim in Boracay Island when the country’s most famous beach destination reopened to local tourists in October 2020. (Tara Yap) This, after the...
The Philippines was recognized again in the international tourism scene after the Department of Tourism's (DOT) safe travel advertisement get a citation from the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). (Photo from Department of Tourism) Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said...
Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat was named as one of " Asia's Most Influential " by luxury media firm Tatler for making indelible impacts in the tourism industry amid the pandemic. DOT Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat (Photo from Facebook) Puyat was included in Tatler...
The country's tourism and hospitality industry was still able to "adapt, restrategize, and thrive" (ART) despite being among the hardest hit by the ongoing pandemic as shown in this year's prestigious Virtus Award. (Photos from Hotel Sales and Marketing Association) Organized by the Hotel Sales and...
