Travel Sale Expo 2023: An unstoppable growth for travel
WITH much optimism, the tourism industry is riding high with more than 2 million international visitor arrivals recorded from January 1 to May 12, 2023. This latest data is most welcomed by the Department of Tourism (DOT) as it aims to surpass this year’s foreign tourist arrivals target of 4.8 million visitors by the end of the year. Thus, this is the most exciting and opportune time to kick off a new travel sale expo that aggressively pursues the growing demands of the traveling public.
The Travel Sale Expo 2023 recently had it grand launch at the Marco Polo Hotel with no less than the former PTAA President Michelle Taylan at the helm as the Chairperson of the Travel Sale Expo 2023. Special guests are the ff: Mandaluyong Mayor Benjamin Abalos Sr.; Melany Sy and Vishal Kadian of Unionbank; , Hotel 101 Director of Sales & Marketing Gel Gomez; Malaysia Ambassador H.E. Abdul Malik Melvin Castelino; Egypt Ambassador H.E. Ahmed Shehabeldin; Israel Ambassador H.E. Ilan Flus; Qatar Ambassador H.E. Ahmed Saad N.A. Al-Homidi; Spanish Ambassador Miguel Utray Delgado; Vietnam Ambassador Huang Huy Chung; Czech Republic Charge de Affairs Mr. Dalibor Micka; Consul Ms. Ivone Gomes Embassy of Brazil; KTO Director Hyung Joon Kim; Romy Go of Guam Visitors Bureau; Malaysia Tourism Anna Oraiza T. Aban; OneKlik General Manager Raj Joshua Bangi; Megaworld’s Director of Sales & Marketing Cleo Albiso; TCP President Bob Zozobrado; Department of Tourism Undersecretary Ms. Myra Paz V. Abubakar; Starlux Country Manager James Huang; Airswift’s Fely Anne Salvador; Pam Navarro of United Airlines; Turkish Airline Joan Marie Pagdanganan; Cebu Pacific Angela Andrea C. Velez and Donald J. Morris of Cathay Pacific Airways . Various National Tourism Organizations, Airlines, Hotels, Insurance, Theme parks and other guests from the travel and tourism sector were also be present.
The launching of the OneKlik’s Travel Sale Expo 2023 with the theme “Travel Is On and It’s Unstoppable” is very timely as the travel market is growing and the demand for travel-related products and services is at an all-time high. “I organized the Travel Sale Expo 2023 because I wanted to help promote tourism in the country by encouraging more people to travel. Now that the travel industry is picking up, I wanted to bring back the volume of tourism business during the pre-pandemic levels and even go beyond that”, said Ms. Michelle Taylan.
On September 29, 2023, the Travel Sale Expo 2023, to be held at the Megatrade Halls in SM Megamall, in Ortigas, Mandaluyong City, will open its doors and present a wide array of travel-related products or services at huge discounts under one roof.
As the Travel Sale Expo opens in a few months from now, it will have more offerings that will easily be made available to the traveling public. Furthermore, access to this whole variety of travel services will be more frequent. Before there were only a few travel expos that you can visit in a year but with the launching of the Travel Sale Expo 2023, special travel packages are now readily available almost the whole year round.
This upcoming travel expo promises to be distinct from the rest, in terms of offering more value by welcoming more and varied stakeholders such as travel agencies, hotels, airlines, resorts, tour operators, travel insurance, and travel accessories retailers among others. Taylan shares, “We are doing the Travel Sale Expo a little different. We are open to anybody who wants to join our expo. You don’t have to affiliate yourself with a specific travel association to qualify to join. As long as you are a stakeholder in the tourism industry (and a legitimate one), you can join us. As a come on, we offer a hefty discount to possible exhibitors to make it easier for them to join.”
The new Travel Sale Expo is certain to perk up the travel industry, Taylan believes “there’s enough room for everyone to participate and enough room for a healthy competition.” She adds, “Let me put it this way, the travel or tourism industry is a huge market and it is even expanding especially now that business is picking up. In the end, it is the traveling public who benefits from this thru more choices, more suppliers, and lower prices.”
Among the new offerings of the Travel Sale Expo 2023 includes thematic tour packages involving honeymoon packages, sports tourism, health and wellness themes, as well as travel tours in emerging local and international destinations. In addition, several amusement parks and museums will also be participating in the event.
On the expo day, guests can expect a venue jampacked with activities that can enhance their experience like never before in a travel expo. There will be game shows, entertainment numbers like cultural shows from different local government units and presentations from participating schools. Also, business conferences will be organized featuring the best speakers in the country.
To add thrill and excitement for the public, a boatload of cash prizes and trips to local and international destinations are to be given away to lucky guests. On-the-spot gifts, gift checks, raffle prizes, and freebies will also be allotted to lucky visitors. And the most exciting part are the various travel fares and tour packages on sale that they can avail of during the three day expo event.
The Travel Sale Expo 2023 with a theme “Travel is On and It’s Unstoppable” is organized by OneKlik Events and Co-presented by Unionbank in partnership with Tourism Congress of the Philippines and Global Tourism Business Association.
