Category: Awesome Festivals

Wanderland, the hippest arts and music festival this side of the galaxy, is back for the fourth time around. Karpos Multimedia is sure to take Wanderers to infinity and beyond with this year’s theme of space. So, clear up your schedules on March 5, 2016, and get ready for 12 hours of stellar musical fun … Continue reading WANDERLAND 2016: The Hippest Festival in Manila is Ready to Blast Off!

Related Post: World Street Food Congress 2015: Making Filipino Food a Global Sensation! (A Photo Essay) I’m so excited to announce that the World Street Food Congress will be held during the delicious month of April in Manila!  The World Street Food Congress (WSFC) is a symposium, conference and a mega street feasting festival that … Continue reading Announcing… World Street Food Congress in Manila! (April 20-24, 2016)

October 13-16, 2016 will be the tipping point in Philippine Tourism when 600 to 800 travel bloggers from US, Europe, and around the Asian region converge for Travel Blogger Exchange (TBEX) Asia Philippines 2016 ! Travel Massive Manila kicks off TBEX Asia 2016 preparations with a networking night with TBEX organizers, Philippine Travel Bloggers, and the Tourism … Continue reading TBEX Asia 2016 Kickoff with Travel Massive Manila Community! @TourismPHL

By Abigail Javellana  The Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Festival set at the Philippine Air Force ADAC Hangar in Clark Freeport Zone in Pampanga. The fiesta is held during Thursday to Sunday on the weekend near Valentines. This longest-running sports and aviation festivity isn’t just a weekend of everything that flies. There will be four full days of flying activities … Continue reading HOT AIR BALLOON: Awesome Guide to the Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta!

Valentine’s Day is a big deal in Manila and this year is quite hectic because it falls on a weekend. Most of the hot restaurants in Manila would be fully booked and it’s getting harder to order roses, chocolates, and Valentine’s gifts. We usually plan on the last minute. Here are some suggestions that still … Continue reading VALENTINE’S: Last Minute Suggestions for a Valentine’s Day Surprise!

This year’s ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) held in Manila from January 18 to 25, 2016 with this year’s theme “One Community for Sustainability“, a cooperative effort aimed at promoting the region as a single tourist destination. The annual event involves all the tourism industry sectors of the 10 member nations of ASEAN: Brunei, Darussalam, Cambodia, … Continue reading ASEAN Tourism Forum Recap: ASEAN Integration to Boost Philippines Tourism!

 https://youtu.be/zINMSPIaiAg The Feast of the Black Nazarene is the largest religious procession in the country, garnering nearly twelve million pilgrims yearly. Taking place on every January 9, a life sized, centuries old wooden sculpture of Jesus bearing a cross is displayed through the streets of Quiapo. Barefoot attendees clad in red and gold frantically flock … Continue reading The Feast of the Black Nazarene: A Display of Pure Devotion

https://youtu.be/5wrpyxqqIkg “Ligligan Parul”, or the Giant Lantern Festival is held every December at San Fernando, Pampanga—starting December 19 up until January 6. These intricate structures nearly 20 feet in diameter are brilliant displays of the city’s century old lantern-making heritage. This year, 11 barangays (San Jose, Santa Lucia, Dolores, Santo Niño, San Juan, Telebastagan, Del … Continue reading “Ligligan Parul” 2015: Solidarity through Light & Song at San Fernando, Pampanga

Congratulations to Woo Wai Leong and Singapore for winning the first ever Master Chef Asia title, $50,000 cash prize, and his very own cookbook! He beat 14 competitors and his roommate, Malaysian finalist Marcus in a 3-round finale battle that he dominated throughout.  I loved the pressure test involving the Mango Snowball by Chef Gaggan Anand, where they have to … Continue reading What would it Take for Filipino Home Cooks to Win in MasterChef Asia? @LifetimeAsia