PRESS RELEASE
SFPCG-PR-090-2021
CONSUL GENERAL FERRER MEETS AVANTI DESTINATIONS TEAM
22 September 2021
Consul General Neil Frank R. Ferrer, together with DCG Solano, Tourism Representative Soleil Tropicales, and HonCon Enrico Tadeo visited the Avanti Destinations office in Portland on 10 September 2021 and met with its director, Ms. Gina Bang, and her team. Avanti is one of the Philippine Department of Tourism (DOT)’s biggest tour partners in the North America region.
The two sides discussed the effects of the pandemic on the global tourism industry and on their respective tour programs and services. They also jointly assessed the activities undertaken by their offices during the pandemic, especially the conduct of briefings for travel agents on select destinations and the continued production of online tour marketing materials.
Ms. Bang positively noted the DOT’s current tourism campaign, lauding the content of the tour marketing materials produced on Philippine destinations, but indicated that it takes time before one sees the impact of such promotion and marketing efforts. -END