SKAL tourism awardees named
SKAL International Makati recently announced the 2019 SKAL Tourism Personality Awardees in connection with their 38th founding anniversary celebration on Aug. 22 at the New World Hotel Makati Ballroom.
“These annual prestigious awards are given to persons who gave their utmost services to promote and develop the tourism industry,” SKAL president Jaime Bautista said.
“This year, we selected awardees from the government and private sectors, including the entertainment industry,”
he added.
Recipients of the 29thth SKAL Tourism Personality Awards are: • Miguel Belmonte (The
Philippine STAR/ 2012, 2015, 2016) – SKAL Star Legacy Award Emmanuel Gonzalez (Plantation Bay Resort and Spa) – Food Tourism
• DENR Sec. Roy Cimatu – Eco Tourism
• DILG Sec. Eduardo Año – Eco Tourism
• DOT Sec. Bernadette Romulo-Puyat – Eco Tourism
• Suzie Moya Benitez (Bayanihan) – Heritage and Cultural Tourism
• Cynthia Carrion (Corregidor Foundation) – Historical Tourism Dev’t
• Pampanga Vice Gov. Lilia Pineda – Domestic Tourism Dev’t
• Patrick Lawrence Tan (Globallink MP Events International) – Exhibition Tourism
• Elizabeth Sy (SM Hotels and Convention) – Hotel
• Arnel Patawaran (Manila Bulletin) – Print Media
• Dina May Flores (Philippine Airlines) – Airline
• Michelle Tiotangco (Kamia Bay) – Resort
• Rafael Dionisio (MAD Travel) – Cultural and Ecological Adventure Tourism
• Eat Bulaga’s Ms. Millennial Philippines – TV Program Segment
SKAL is a professional organization of tourism leaders around the world, promoting global tourism and friendship.
“It is the only international group uniting all branches of the travel and tourism industry’s managers and executives who meet at local, national, regional and international levels to discuss and pursue topics of common interest,” SKAL International Makati chairman Robert Lim Joseph