{"id":95616,"date":"2017-03-27T19:09:46","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T23:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=95616"},"modified":"2017-03-27T19:09:46","modified_gmt":"2017-03-27T23:09:46","slug":"madrid-fusion-manila-2017-to-include-b2b-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/03\/27\/madrid-fusion-manila-2017-to-include-b2b-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"Madrid Fusion Manila 2017 to include B2B meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_95619\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-95619\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/10391000_581384505330210_8485986798126950482_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-95619\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/10391000_581384505330210_8485986798126950482_n.jpg\" alt=\"MFM, slated on April 1 to 8, 2017 at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City, is one of the biggest culinary events in the world. (Photo: Madrid Fusi\u00f3n Manila\/ Facebook)\" width=\"800\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/10391000_581384505330210_8485986798126950482_n.jpg 800w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/10391000_581384505330210_8485986798126950482_n-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/10391000_581384505330210_8485986798126950482_n-768x922.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-95619\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MFM, slated on April 1 to 8, 2017 at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City, is one of the biggest culinary events in the world. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MadridFusionManila\/\">Madrid Fusi\u00f3n Manila\/ Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u2013This year\u2019s Madrid Fusion Manila (MFM) will for the first time include business-to-business (B2B) meetings with local tour operators that specialize on culinary tours, the Department of Tourism (DOT) said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>DOT previously said that it is currently optimizing its resources to enhance marketing and communications activities towards making the Philippines as Asia\u2019s gastronomic capital and increasing tourist arrivals.<\/p>\n<p>MFM, slated on April 1 to 8, 2017 at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City, is one of the biggest culinary events in the world.<\/p>\n<p>It will also feature an International Gastronomy Congress and the Fusion Manila International Gastronomy Expo.<\/p>\n<p>Tourism Market Development Group Director Verna Buensuceso welcomed this development noting that Filipino cuisine has come a long way from once being \u201cthe best kept secret\u201d to now being one of the biggest trends.<\/p>\n<p>Tourism Secretary Wanda Corazon Teo said Flavors of the Philippines, one of the components of MFM, has even generated a loyal following among Filipino families, gourmets and gourmands alike.<\/p>\n<p>Flavors, which will run until April 30, will showcase the best Filipino food and drinks and more simultaneously in hundred venues located in the country\u2019s 17 regions.<\/p>\n<p>It is meant to present the Philippines to all the food lovers in the world as a hub for all different flavor profiles even those from foreign origins while establishing the country as center of culinary excellence in Asia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFlavors of the Philippines\u2019 landmark success has turned it into culinary tradition for many people, who now eagerly await its annual edition since year one,\u201d Teo said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2013This year\u2019s Madrid Fusion Manila (MFM) will for the first time include business-to-business (B2B) meetings with local tour operators that &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":95619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[17114,3487,14769],"class_list":["post-95616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-b2b-meetings","tag-department-of-tourism","tag-madrid-fusion-manila","mauthors-azer-n-parrocha","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95616","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}