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Araneta City, the City of Firsts, officially welcomes the first ibis Hotel brand in the country with a ceremonial topping-off of the ibis Styles Hotel on January 20. The ibis Hotel brand was developed by the international hospitality company Accor, based in France, as an affordable yet creative brand for both leisure and business travelers. The Araneta Group brings the brand to the Philippines via a 15-storey hotel along General Roxas Avenue, one of the latest additions to Araneta City’s growing offerings. Present at the topping off ceremony were Araneta City’s management consultant Mr. Rowell Recinto, principal design consultant Arch. Sudhakar Thakurdesai, Megawide Construction Corporation Chairman and CEO Engr. Edgar Saavedra, AVP for Operations Engr. Romeo Furigay, and Deputy Head for Construction Engr. Frederick Tan. Representing Accor were Mr. Emmanuel Marion, Vice President of Operations for Midscale & Economy Brands in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, the Philipp...

He's back! Reigning Man of the World Daniel Georgiev Georgiev of Bulgaria is back in Manila to fulfill his duties and responsibilities as winner of the competition. "I'm very grateful and excited with new opportunities and responsibilities as your Man of the World, I'm happy to be in the Philippines again," said Daniel during the press conference held at Vikings Makati City and co-presented by Contact Network Group International. Contact Network launched Georgiev as its official international brand ambassador. Joining Daniel and Suya at the press event was Prime Event Productions Philippines Foundation (PEPPS) president Carlo Morris Galang. "Contact Network Group International is connecting people around the World through business to business partnership and Daniel is the perfect symbol of our company. With boundless connections and popularity of Man of the World internationally, I'm very positive that this partnership will bring tremendous...

"Battle in the Blood," a mobile HIV/AIDS advocacy game app for HIV prevention, will have its world premiere launching at the 22nd International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on July 23-27. The World Health Organization (WHO) organized the global networking zone event “Building Bridges to HIV Prevention and Testing” as part of the Global Village and Youth Programme Activities of the conference. WHO, together with the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), World Council of Churches-Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (WCC-EAA), UNITAID, PSI and SheDecides, will join forces to raise awareness in order to make HIV testing a reality for all. The WHO invited the HIV GET Project team to present and launch the mobile game app "Battle in the Blood" during the conference. It will have several session activities at Global Village, including a "Battle in the Blood" Game Challenge. Conference participants, mainly the youth, will be...