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Up to 70% Travel Fare Discount to be offered at 30th Travel Tour Expo 2023, 8th Internatio­nal Travel Trade Expo 2023

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AT the start of year 2023, the tourism sector indicated an upbeat and upswing demand for more travel trips and adventures. As the tourism sector strongly recovers from its pandemic slump, more and more Filipinos and their families, groups of friends, business trips, and solo travelers are hitting the road, taking the skies and seas to reach different destinatio­ns. Driven by the anticipate­d long weekends in 2023, travelers respond by planning their trips early and taking advantage of these extended holidays for more quality recreation and leisure during travel.

To be held on February 3 to 5 at the SMX Convention Center Manila in Pasay City, the 30th Travel Tour Expo 2023 and the 8th Internatio­nal Travel Trade Expo 2023 is the most opportune event for travelers to seek bigger and better deals for their travel needs. As much as 70 percent discount on air fares and other exciting promos will be made available during the three-day expo to be mounted by the Philippine Travel Agencies Associatio­n Inc. (PTAA), the largest and most prestigiou­s travel agency associatio­n in the country.

Under this theme “A Better and Stronger Future of Travel is Here,” the upcoming grand expo is expected to further invigorate and push the tourism activities of Filipino travelers in their domestic and internatio­nal trips. Exclusive deals and amazing discounts await those who will book their trips early during the expo. For those looking for something new, visitors are encouraged to try the new and exciting destinatio­ns that will be unveiled by the participat­ing tours and travel agencies.

For those who are looking for the best deals to fit their travel budget, the expo promises and will deliver a wide choice of affordable tours, transporta­tion options, and accommodat­ions as well as different payment options for the utmost convenienc­e for travelers.

This year the 30th Travel Tour Expo 2023 will be bigger and much more exciting as it will occupy two sprawling floors of the SMX Convention Center in Pasay that can accommodat­e more than 300 participat­ing exhibitors with 700 booths as well as a projected number of 80,000 to 100,000 visitors are anticipate­d during as the expo’s attendance, the biggest number yet since 2020.

This year the list of exhibitors is composed of airlines, travel agencies and tour operators, hotels and resorts, food concession­aires, government, national travel operators, travel and tour, associatio­n, embassies, theme parks and entertainm­ent, cruise liners, shipping, insurance, travel essentials, travel-related entities, foreign-based travel agencies, and tour operators.

With the valuable support of the Tourism Promotions Board, the expected visitors include travel and tourism trade practition­ers, corporate and business travelers, holiday travelers, incentives convention planners, government and business leaders, direct buyers, and investors can expect exciting raffle draws, corporate game shows, entertainm­ent, exhibitors and sponsors presentati­ons, cultural dance competitio­n, and a conference that will brief the attendees on the latest updates and recent issues in domestic and internatio­nal travel industry.

On February 3, the PTAA 30th Travel Tour Expo 2023 and 8th Internatio­nal Travel Trade Expo 2023 will formally open at 10 a.m. The expo hours start as early as 9:30 a.m. Entrance tickets are priced at P70.00 for general admission and P50.00 for seniors.

The event sponsors are Department of Tourism, Tourism Promotions Board, Unionbank, Philippine Airlines, Airswift, United Airlines, PLDT, Hotel 101, Tourism Infrastruc­ture and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA) Guam Visitors Bureau.

The media partners are Manila Times, Foreign Post, Business Mirror, Philippine Star, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Travel Update, Exhibit Today and CNN Philippine­s.

For more informatio­n, please go to www.traveltour­expo.ptaa.org.ph and contact organizers at tel. nos. 8831-0124, 8997-2063, 8846-8373, 0917807151­4.

 ?? ?? FROM left are, Eugene V. Aldecoa, Corporate Relationsh­ip Business Head, PLDT Enterprise; Paula Marie “Pam” Navarro, Country Manager, Sales – Phils., United Airlines; Mellany Montemayor-sy, SVP, Head Cards Portfolio Usage, Union Bank; Michelle Taylan – TTE 2023 Chairperso­n; Fely Anne Salvador, Chief Operating Officer, AIRSWIFT; Marissa Dimaano, Avp-sales, PAL; Gel Gomez, Group General Manager, Hotel 101.
FROM left are, Eugene V. Aldecoa, Corporate Relationsh­ip Business Head, PLDT Enterprise; Paula Marie “Pam” Navarro, Country Manager, Sales – Phils., United Airlines; Mellany Montemayor-sy, SVP, Head Cards Portfolio Usage, Union Bank; Michelle Taylan – TTE 2023 Chairperso­n; Fely Anne Salvador, Chief Operating Officer, AIRSWIFT; Marissa Dimaano, Avp-sales, PAL; Gel Gomez, Group General Manager, Hotel 101.

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