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Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Lance Gokongwei, President and CEO, Cebu Pacific Air from The Report: The Philippines 2012
Articles & Analysis | Making connections: Government plans usher in a new era of coordinated and critical development, with help from the private sector from The Report: The Philippines 2012
For an archipelago of 7107 mostly mountainous islands, the task facing the transport sector has always been complex. Yet with renewed vigour, the Department of Transportation and Communications (DoTC) has unveiled ambitious plans to connect the islands and their regional economics by land, sea and air.
Articles & Analysis | Finding the funds: Securing private sector investment for infrastructure projects from The Report: The Philippines 2012
The administration of President Benigno Aquino III’s plan to secure private sector funding for transport projects – with an estimated price tag of P565bn ($12.83bn) to 2016 – is ambitious, but as the country struggles to overcome the stigma of past corruption and cronyism, reform efforts have piqued investor interest.
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Doris Ho, President and CEO, Magsaysay Group of Companies from The Report: The Philippines 2012
How should the enhancement of the domestic transport infrastructure fit into a broader vision for the country’s development?
Articles & Analysis | Recognised potential: A government-led effort to promote the country’s appeal from The Report: The Philippines 2012
After several years in the wilderness, the Philippines’ tourism industry is beginning to enjoy an international renaissance which, combined with an ambitious domestic infrastructure spending spree, has the capacity to catapult the country into one of the region’s best performers over the next decade. A regional leader back in the 1970s, its...
Articles & Analysis | Meeting the need: Renewed focus on conference facilities to incentivise business travel from The Report: The Philippines 2012
Business inspired a modest 15% of international arrivals in the Philippines in 2010, according to Department of Tourism (DoT) statistics, which might go some way to explaining the country’s low stake in the international meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions (MICE) market. However, as with much of the nascent international tourist...