{"id":6330,"date":"2016-06-15T10:00:43","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T02:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=6330"},"modified":"2016-06-15T15:55:50","modified_gmt":"2016-06-15T07:55:50","slug":"asia-premium-travel-mart-holds-talk-re-sustainable-responsible-tourism-in-luxury-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2016\/06\/15\/asia-premium-travel-mart-holds-talk-re-sustainable-responsible-tourism-in-luxury-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia Premium Travel Mart holds talk re \u2018Sustainable Responsible Tourism in Luxury Industry\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">On June 14, a press conference was held for the upcoming <strong>Asia Premium Travel Mart<\/strong>, in participation with some of the country\u2019s biggest players in hotel industry, airline officials, and media.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6332\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/06\/IMG_9706-watermarked.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9706-watermarked\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/06\/IMG_9706-watermarked.jpg 850w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/06\/IMG_9706-watermarked-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/06\/IMG_9706-watermarked-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>APTM PLEDGE. Several attendees of the event were asked to pledge for sustainable PH tourism.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">During the press conference, speakers encouraged all the stakeholders and media to push for long term and sustainable plan for Philippine tourism. The group\u2019s president Fe Abling \u2013 Yu, emphasized the establishment of relevant, safe and convenient infrastructures for tourists since Philippine tourism gives big chunk of contribution to the economy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Yu also mentioned about the rising need on international connectivity to the country\u2019s inbound traffic market. \u201cThe average spending of tourists in the Philippines is Php 50,000 per person hence the effective promotion of inbound traffic will gather a massive impact for our economy.\u201d The challenge is to appeal to market\u2019s challenging expectations by staying relevant and innovative at the same time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6331\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/06\/image3-watermarked.jpg\" alt=\"image3-watermarked\" width=\"850\" height=\"638\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>APTM.\u201cPresscon on Sustainable Responsible Tourism in the Luxury Industry\u201d held in Romulo Caf\u00e9, Makati City.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Edwin L. Villanueva, APTM board member, voiced out to push the sustainability of tourist destinations. \u201cIn our business, selling shouldn\u2019t be the only concern but also safekeeping our environment as well. Sustainability in tourism should be a long term concern to all of us.\u201d After the talks, the group initiated a pledge for sustainable Philippine tourism joined by hotel participants, airline officials and APTM officers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The group targets the luxury travel market segment, emphasizing to effectively cater the needs of the growing Social Class A young travellers by making sustainable travel offers suitable to their tastes and interests. \u201cExcellent quality of service is needed to appeal the high expectations of luxury market for them to continue their travel with us,\u201d said Villanueva. The luxury travellers have twice or more spending power knowing that they have +200% income versus the average population. Therefore, APTM showcases diverse but premium travel offers such as beach holiday destinations, premium properties &amp; services, eco tourism, world-class diving and surfing, cultural shows &amp; themed offers, medical tourism, high-end shopping, and first-class entertainment to tailor-fit the needs of these affluent travellers.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 14, a press conference was held for the upcoming Asia Premium Travel Mart, in participation with some of the country\u2019s biggest players in hotel industry, airline officials, and media. \u00a0 APTM PLEDGE. Several attendees of the event were asked to pledge for sustainable PH tourism. \u00a0 During the press conference, speakers encouraged all the stakeholders and media to push for long term and sustainable plan for Philippine tourism. The group\u2019s president Fe Abling \u2013 Yu, emphasized the establishment of relevant, safe and convenient infrastructures for tourists since Philippine tourism gives big chunk of contribution to the economy. Yu also mentioned about the rising need on international connectivity to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-launching-and-opening"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/06\/image3-watermarked-e1465977218384.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6330"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6333,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6330\/revisions\/6333"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}