Joseph appointed tourism consultant
Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo has announced the appointment of Consul General Robert Lim Joseph, president of the Network of Independent Travel and Allied Services Philippines Inc. (NITAS), as Tourism consultant.
Teo made the announcement after her speech at the Rotary Club of Manila’s Tourism Awards at the New World Makati Hotel in Makati City.
Rotarians, travel and tourism industry stakeholders and other guests present during the gathering applauded the appointment of Joseph, who is chair of the Rotary Club of Manila tourism committee which spearheads the yearly Tourism Awards.
Joseph is an active tourism advocate and considered a pillar of the travel and tourism industry with 48 years experience, first as an airline executive and later as founder and owner of travelrelated businesses.
He is an industry mover and has founded a number of national travel organizations for micro and medium sized travel agents and cooperatives, including NITAS, Travel Cooperative of the Philippines, Tourism Educators and Movers Philippines (TEAM Philippines), and League of Tourism Students of the Philippines.
He heads the SKAL International Makati, a worldwide association of travel and tourism professionals promoting global tourism and friendship. The group bestows the prestigious Tourism Personality Awards, which yearly honors tourism and travel professionals, non-industry individuals and agencies and institutions that have made significant contributions to the growth of the travel and tourism industry.
Joseph has also founded the 777 News Forum held every Friday at the Wine Museum Hotel and Resto in Pasay City and the 888 News Forum held every Tuesday in Cebu.
He has written a number of books on leadership and professional development and is a fair skies advocate.