iFranchise marks its 2nd year, goes global
iFRANCHISE Business Services Corporation President Krizzia Loyang-Tanabe announced that her company is going global in 2020 as the firm successfully celebrated its 2nd anniversary at Okada Manila in Paranaque City last Dec. 19. "We will expand globally. We already kicked off in Singapore and Dubai and launched the businesses there. We had road shows and we got a lot of franchises already. We already booked road shows in India, China and the US," said Tanabe during an interview moments before the program started. A former overseas Filipino worker, Tanabe was emotional when she recalled her humble beginnings. "I came from Catarman, Northern Samar. At 21, I worked in Singapore in the food and beverage industry. Trabaho at kayod lang din doon walang na-iipon. So when I came back to the Philippines, I opened a business. Nag-franchise ako so alam ko iyung feeling ng franchisee," she said. "It's not easy to have this kind of business. As we go globa...