Enjoy discounts at #GreatCebuSale2020

 Get the best deals and promos in town from the virtual sale event of the year, the 2020 Great Cebu Sale.  Get as much as 50 percent discounts from your favorite merchants and secure those cost-saving deals be it an overnight stay at your favorite resort/hotel, latest finds at your favorite fashion store, cravings at your go-to restaurants, wines!

 

Participants of The Great Cebu Sale get to enjoy 15% discount on Fat Bastard, La Chasse, Laurus, Muruve and Pena Roble wines when they shop using D+B Wine Shop's website: https://dplusbwines.com/collections/great-cebu-sale

 This applies only to buyers residing in Cebu City, Mandaue, Consolacion, Lapu-Lapu, Talisay & Minglanilla. However, Fat Bastard is open to getting its wines to you, wherever you may be in the Philippines.

If you are based in other areas, please send us an email with your requirements to ask@dplusbwine.comYou may also us call +63 32 233 0832 (landline) or +63 9569505070 (mobile).

 

So, guys I urge you to take advantage of this sale event. Don’t miss to visit GCS official website, www.thegreatcebusale.com to check out all the participating merchants.

 

Virtual Great Cebu Sale ongoing, consumers urged to visit site

CEBU CITY – Some 3,000 consumers have already visited the Great Cebu Sale (GCS) 2020 on its official website www.thegreatcebusale.com and event organizers noted an increasing and growing  online traffic since it started its virtual sale on Sept. 15 and the sale is still ongoing until October.

 According to Camille Aldeguer the GCS chairperson that the Great Cebu Sale 2020 is Cebu’s first ever industry-wide virtual sale event of the best deals consumers could get from their favorite merchants.  The GCS introduces Cebu’s top brands in the hospitality, wellness, travel, automotive, fashion, hardware, electronics, and food industries.

  

“We expect this to increase moving forward especially if more people will be aware that some of Cebu’s famous brands are offering great deals and promos this time.   Based on the feedback we’ve received, people are eager to go out and relax, many have therefore purchased overnight stay promos offered by our resorts and hotels,” Aldeguer said.

 She added that most of the site visitors come from the Philippines, followed by the US, Japan, Singapore and Qatar.   On a city basis, top visitors come from Ceby City, followed by Iloilo City, Davao City, Quezon City and Makati City.

 The sites of tourism-related companies are the most accessed by GCS visitors, Aldeguer noted and they are followed by electronics, lifestyle, home essentials, and food and beverage (F&B).  The promos offered by our resorts, hotels and F&B establishments are the top deals.

  Aldeguer said they seek to further raise awareness on the ongoing online sale event among shoppers.

The GCS official website is up and running to promote the promos offered by the participating merchants.

The website does not have a payment platform. The fulfillment of the order or purchase lies directly under the responsibility of the participating company, she said.

 The GCS organizers have also scheduled various webinars throughout the sale period to stimulate interest from the public and to help guide businesses retailers and consumers on the new normal, GCS co-chair Raki Urbina said. 

 On Sept. 28 and 29, GCS has scheduled a two-part webinar series entitled “Rethinking our Business and Repurposing our Facilities for Survival and Sustenance #Diskarte” for the first part and on Oct. 5 and 6 for the second part.

 On Oct. 12 and 13, another webinar dubbed as “Redefining and Optimizing the Essential Components of Retail in these Most Challenging Times” will also be conducted while on Oct. 19 and 20, GCS will also host a webinar on “Leading by Emotional Intelligence with Stressed-out Workforce and Anxious Guests and Customers,” Urbina bared.

 

According to Chester Lim, president of the Philippine Retailers Association (PRA) in Cebu, the main organizer of the GCS that they planned to extend the conduct of webinars through the holiday season.

 “Extending the webinar towards the holiday season is a good idea.  The initial plan is to do a monthly sale per industry.  We will just probably wait for the outcome of this one before deciding to proceed with the next sale,” Lim said.

 If the virtual sale will be extended, there will be a different set of offers and promos for the Christmas season, Lim added.

 Meantime, the GCS organizers also announced the raffling off prizes every week to stimulate participation from the public.  

Consumers can join the raffle through Facebook, by joining the webinars and through submission of proof of purchase of at least P1,000 and above from any of the participating merchants between Sept. 15 to Oct. 31, 2020.

Raffle entries can be submitted by messaging the official FB page of GCS or email via info@thegreatcebusale.com the receipt with complete name, address, mobile number and email of the customer.

“We will be announcing the weekly winners every Monday starting Sept. 28, Oct. 5 and 12, Oct. 19 and 26 and Nov. 2.   Our official delivery partners Lalamove will deliver the prizes to the address you officially registered,” Aldeguer said.

A person can submit multiple transactions per week for greater chances of receiving prizes. Please visit the FB Page of Great Cebu Sale for more detailed mechanics, she added.

 

GCS 2020 Participating establishments

 Participating in the sale are wellness facilities such as Maayo Well Cebu, Prosel Pharma Inc., and UV Care; food and beverage merchants such as Cafe Laguna, Dessert Factory, Margets Deli, Nanays Best, The Lemon Co., Fujinoya Café and Bakery, Amarillo, Lighthouse Restaurant, Freshco Cebu Brand Dried Fruits, Uy Masuy Wine Factory, Bubble Tea Station, Casa Verde, Bricklane Doughnuts, Bon Chon, Asian Wave Seafood Corp.,Lemon Grass and  D+B Wines, Global Pacific, and 10 Dove Street.

 Travel and tourism brands such as Waterfront Hotel and Casino, Marco Polo Plaza, Bai Hotel, J Park Island Resort & Waterpark Cebu, Crimson Resort & Spa, Ano World, Seda Hotel, Cebu Grand Hotel, Kasai Village, Mezzo Hotel, Cebu White Sands, Savoy Hotel Mactan Newtown, Radisson Blu, Plantation Bay Resort & Spa, Citadines, Summit Galleria Cebu, Southwind Travel & Tours, The Henry, Solea Mactan Cebu Resort, Quest Hotel, Destination Specialists Cebu, Cebu Parklane International Hotel, Golden Prince Hotel and Suites, Residencia Isabella, Goldberry Suites and Hotels, San Remigio Beach Club, Tambuli Seaside Resort & Spa, Mystical Rose Flower Farm & Lemon Orchard, The Hotel Elizabeth and Yello Hotel.

 

Hardware establishments such as Belmont Hardware Depot, Cebu Home and Builders Centre, Living N Style, Worldwide Home Depot and Worldwide Tile Depot; lifestyle brands such as ATE by Tatah, Mi Dept. Store, Island Souvenirs, My Jewels, Outlets at Pueblo Verde and Loalde.

 Home essentials merchants such as Ayala Centre Cebu, Ayala Central Bloc, SM City Cebu, SM City Consolacion, Belmont One, Gaisano, Gaisano Grand Malls, Robinsons Galleria Cebu, Prince Hypermart, Oakridge Business Park, SM Seaside City and Uratex Foam the Sleep Specialist.

 

Electronics merchants such as Aerophone, Junrex, NGenius, RC Goldline and Family Appliance; automotive companies such as Fast Autoworld Philippines Corporation, Global Star, Hyundai and JMC; and other services such as DMC Busa Printers, Peel Uniform Printing Services and Architectural Interior Source.

 The Great Cebu Sale 2020 is organized in collaboration with the Resort & Restaurant Association of Cebu, Inc. (HRRACI); Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI). Mandaue Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), Cebu Filipino Chinese Chamber of Commerce (CFCCC); Hardware Consolidated, Inc. (HCI); Cebu Alliance of Tour Operation Specialists, Inc. (CATOS); Cebu Business Club (CBC) and the Mactan Export Processing Zone Chamber of Exporters and Manufacturers (MEPZCEM).

The organizers of GCS 2020 thanked the following sponsors: Anjo World, Island Souvenirs, Ng Khai, Alcordo Advertising, Twin Bee Print Ads, Wee Doo, Lalamove, Angkas, Expree, Mober, Foodpanda, GlobeMyBusiness, RD Pawnshop, Aerophone and Uratex.

 

 

Aboitiz Cleanergy Park attracts nearly 100 bird species, lure urban birdwatchers

 

A biodiversity-rich Cleanergy Park in Davao City owned and managed by the Aboitiz Group continues to attract nearly 100 bird species, 10 to 15 of which are endemic to the Philippines, luring urban birdwatchers from all over the country.

 Davao-based birdwatcher Pete Simpson said that in terms of urban bird-watching sites, the Aboitiz Cleanergy Park is, by far, the best in Davao City. “I would say it's one of the best urban birdwatching sites in the whole Philippines and I have already spotted a total of 98 bird species at the park since 2016,” he added.

 Simpson said that it’s good for bird watching because there is a range of habitats within a small area--the sea, the beach, mangroves, other trees, and recently, a small grassland area.  A range of habitats, and each habitat has different birds specialized to live in these habitats.

 “So, to be approaching nearly 100 bird species in such a small area and to be surrounded by an urban environment is excellent,” Simpson said.

Imperial Pigeon

The Park is an eight-hectare ecological preserve located in Punta Dumalag, Davao City and is around 46 to 48 minutes or 20 kilometers from the Therma South, Inc. baseload power plant.  Known as an urban-based biodiversity conservation site, it is home to the critically-endangered hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), endemic and migratory birds, and marine species, Aboitiz revealed.

Birds thrive and flourish at the Aboitiz Cleanergy Park due to its rich biodiversity including trees that serve as ideal bird habitats, Aboitiz noted that around 20 bird species in the park are considered migratory and a number can be found in other parts of the Philippines and throughout Southeast Asia. Some of them are vagrant birds that were only seen once at the site--rare birds.

Simpson, a member of the Wild Bird Club of the Philippines - Davao who has studied environmental biology has been a birdwatcher since he was 11.  He considers the Aboitiz Cleanergy Park to be one of Davao del Sur’s top five birdwatching sites, “which is remarkable considering its relatively urban location.

Some of the bird species spotted at the Park include an Asian Emerald Dove with its young and a Pied Imperial Pigeon which Simpson described as a large and endemic pigeon usually found in forested areas in Mindanao; a hawksbill turtle or pawikan being taken cared of at the Park.  These are just some of the 95 bird species and counting that have been spotted at Park.

Throughout the Philippines, there are about 90 birding sites that have reached the milestone of 100 birds recorded. To be approaching 100 species in a site only a few hectares is excellent and to be surrounded by an urban environment, is great, Simpson explained.

This was a far cry from when he first set foot in the Punta Dumalag area, when the area was still undeveloped, Simpson said that looking at it now, it tells him that the site is better for birds than when he visited them seven years ago, when there was almost no birds at all, he recalled.

The Wild Bird Club of the Philippines, a nationwide club of birdwatchers interested in the wild birds of the Philippines has described the country on its website as “both a rewarding and difficult place to bird-watch.”

 In 2019, the Aboitiz Cleanergy Park welcomed 10,735 visitors and has so far released 4,811 pawikan hatchlings. Since 2014, the Park has been home to 40 discovered pawikan nests.

 For the early part of 2020, two pawikans have been rescued and are currently under observation due to health conditions.  Recent improvements in the park were also done with the installation of a new sustainable fixture that is a playground made out of used log poles. (Photos: Aboitiz Group/Franz de la Fuente)

 

Cebu’s premier amusement park reopens Sept. 11, 2020

 

Anjo World, a premier amusement park in Cebu located at the Belmont One Commercial Complex in Barangay Calajoan in Minglanilla town officially reopened and welcomed the guests on September 11 at 12:00 noon after six months of closure due to community lockdown and quarantine amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

 Anjo World is owned and operated by Belmont One and is committed to continue to deliver a fantastic place for everyone minding the new health protocols for the safety of all our guests.

 “As we slowly reopen the economy back, we at Anjo World welcomes guests at we adapt the new normal measures for the amusement tourism,” according to Belmont One president Chester Lim in his opening message today.

 

Anjo World implements several health and safety measures such as capacity management at 30 percent capacity; frequent hand washing and sanitizing, physical distancing and temperature checking; health declaration for contact tracing; wearing of face mask; non-contact access of entry and exit points; contact-less ordering of food and frequent disinfection of facilities and rides.

Lim said the company’s Health Infection and Prevention Control Officer regularly checks whether all these health protocols are properly observed.  “Guests will have more confidence when they see that we are health and safety compliant,” he added.

 Lim is optimistic that local tourism will start to pick up as Cebu continues the trend of flattening the curve. The reopening of Anjo World will also help institutions in its value-chain such as restaurants, food carts and suppliers.

Anjo World is open every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 12 NN to 8 PM with the following rates: Weekend Rates apply at P600 per head for Day Adventure Pass (unlimited rides, does not include Snow World); P800 per head for DAP with Snow World (unlimited rides and unlimited Snow World); P250 per head for SUPER TRES (three rides of your choice, one-time use only); P350 per head Snow World only for unlimited access to Snow World. (Photos: Anjo World/Robby Alugar)