{"id":237575,"date":"2019-11-16T21:17:03","date_gmt":"2019-11-17T02:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=237575"},"modified":"2025-03-08T12:52:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T17:52:11","slug":"duty-frees-luxe-outlet-to-boost-ph-shopping-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/11\/16\/duty-frees-luxe-outlet-to-boost-ph-shopping-tourism\/","title":{"rendered":"Duty Free&#8217;s Luxe outlet to boost PH shopping tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_237576\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-237576\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/0-02-08-aec6097782c7983ca2f6ae8c44510bbdf5fc9f90f789a656628e94f1b8c16135c394e820.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-237576\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/0-02-08-aec6097782c7983ca2f6ae8c44510bbdf5fc9f90f789a656628e94f1b8c16135c394e820.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/0-02-08-aec6097782c7983ca2f6ae8c44510bbdf5fc9f90f789a656628e94f1b8c16135c394e820.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/0-02-08-aec6097782c7983ca2f6ae8c44510bbdf5fc9f90f789a656628e94f1b8c16135c394e820-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-237576\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Meanwhile, Angala bared that Duty Free Philippines is also working on partnering with foreign posts in the country to boost the state-owned outlets&#8217; promotion to other nationalities. (File Photo courtesy of Duty Free Philippines\/Website via PNA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; The official launch of Duty Free Philippines&#8217; outlet in Pasay City, the Duty Free Luxe, is seen to boost the country&#8217;s shopping tourism.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;(Today) marks the culmination of an idea that began years ago. An idea of a world-class duty-free store that will put the Philippines as a top-of-mind shopping destination to boost the country&#8217;s shopping tourism,&#8221; Duty Free Philippines Corp. Chief Operating Officer Vicente Angala said during the store&#8217;s grand launch on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Citing a United Nations World Tourism Organization report, Angala shared that shopping is now a &#8220;determinant factor affecting destination choice&#8221; and is often a &#8220;prime travel motivation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Duty Free Philippines Corp. acknowledged that vital role and to stay ahead of our competitors and strengthen the Philippines as a great destination for travelers, we continued to explore ways to offer unique and extraordinary experiences that others cannot replicate easily,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>During the grand launch and Christmas tree lighting ceremony, Angala, together with Senator Nancy Binay, also opened new boutiques and introduced the Marahuyo, an all-Filipino concept store, inside Luxe.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy colchicine online <a href=\"https:\/\/endomedix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/colchicine.html\">endomedix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/colchicine.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We need additional spaces, especially in airports, so we can invite more brands to come in. Definitely, once we have additional brands, our sales will increase,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;Attracting more&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Angala bared that Duty Free Philippines is also working on partnering with foreign posts in the\u00a0country to boost the state-owned outlets&#8217; promotion to other nationalities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re partnering with different embassies and we&#8217;re actually finalizing the memorandum of agreement,&#8221; he told reporters in an interview.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy desyrel online <a href=\"https:\/\/endomedix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/desyrel.html\">endomedix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/desyrel.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hopefully, by next year we tie-up already with almost all the embassies,&#8221; Angala said, noting that France, Argentina, Iran, Sri Lanka, as well as the representative of Taiwan, have already signified support for the initiative.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy zithromax online <a href=\"http:\/\/www.naturesvalue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/zithromax.html\">www.naturesvalue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/zithromax.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; The official launch of Duty Free Philippines&#8217; outlet in Pasay City, the Duty Free Luxe, is seen to boost &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":237576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-travel","mauthors-joyce-ann-l-rocamora","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237575"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":287732,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237575\/revisions\/287732"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}