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2010-11-26T20:07:00.000-08:00

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WANDERING JUAN- Travel Blog Contest!

2010-05-31T20:20:00.000-07:00

New foodie discoveries, interesting architectural designs and exciting festivals and adventures… All these and more make traveling such a life-changing experience. Do you have a travel blog that captures these in choice words and awe-inspiring pictures? Or do you follow one that makes you want to roam the world? Nominate them for the Wandering Juan Travel Blog Awards 2010, the first local recognition given to those who dedicate themselves to sharing their adventures online and inspiring others to see, hear, taste, feel and know the world better through travel.
CRITERIA AND MECHANICS

1. The Wandering Juan Travel Blog Contest seeks to recognize the best travel blog that inspires readers to travel through insightful writing, useful tips and beautiful visuals.

2. The Cebu Pacific Wandering Juan Travel Blog Contest is open to professional and amateur travel bloggers.

3. Nominees should be Philippine residents blogging in Filipino, English or Filipino-English for at least one year upon date of nomination.

4. The blogger may nominate himself/herself or can be nominated by his family and friends.

5. There is no nomination fee and the travel blogger is not required to have traveled via Cebu Pacific. The destination discussed in the post should, however, be about a Cebu Pacific destination. Complete list of destinations are available atwww.cebupacificair.com.

6. The nominated blog must have its own site and URL dedicated to travel blogging. Posts about one’s travel on social networking sites are not part of the contest.

7. Nominations should be made under the following categories:
--Leisure and Relaxation (includes entries on spa/medical tourism, shopping, entertainment, vacations and special personal events)
--Culture and Heritage (includes entries on food, history, landmarks, and local festivals)
--Adventure and Sports (includes entries on indoor and outdoor sports, backpacking, sports events, extreme sports, camping, hiking and wildlife encounters)

8. Nominations will be accepted online via www.wanderingjuan.com from June 1, 2010 to July 31, 2010.

9. Nominations must include the blogger's best post for the selected category, a one to two-sentence description of the blog, and the website URL. The full nomination form is available on www.wanderingjuan.com.

10. A blogger can be nominated a maximum of three (3) times per category. Should a blogger be nominated more than three times in one category, only the first three will be considered.

11. Nominations will be judged on Creativity (quality of writing), Usefulness/Relevance (sharing of tips, resources and lessons from the trip), Visuals (photos, sketches and other visual tools), and Blog Feedback (positive reader response, how the blog encourages others to keep traveling).

12. Initial nominations will be ranked to determine the top 10 for every category. Another screening will be held to determine the final five per category.

13. The final five per category will be judged by a CEB representative, an online media expert, and a travel book author.

14. The following criteria will apply to the judging of blog post nominations in each category: Creativity (30%), Usefulness/Relevance (35%), Visuals (20%), and Blog Feedback (15%)

15. Winners in the main categories will get the following prizes:

•Leisure and Relaxation Category: One (1) two-month travel pass on any domestic destination from September to October, and one (1) Fun Tours package with three (3) days and two (2) nights accommodation for two (2) at Shangri-la Mactan Resort and Spa, Cebu.
•Culture and Heritage Category: One (1) two-month travel pass on any domestic destination from September to October, and one (1) Fun Tours package with three (3) days and two (2) nights accommodation for two (2) at Marco Polo Plaza, Cebu.
•Adventure and Sports Category: One (1) two-month travel pass on any domestic destination from September to October, and one (1) Fun Tours package with three (3) days and two (2) nights accommodation for two (2) at Hilton Resort and Spa, Cebu.

16. A special award will also be given for the Best Travel Blog Photography (a Fun Prints Picturebook Travelers Edition package) and the Best Travel with a Cause Blog (a “Green” Fun Tours package at Badian Island Resort and Spa, inclusive of three (3) days and two (2) nights stay for two (2), inclusive of breakfast and one-hour spa treatment).

17. Winners’ upcoming travel blog posts (on trips courtesy of Cebu Pacific) will also be exclusively posted onwww.wanderingjuan.com from September to October 2010. They should also mention Fun Prints and Fun Tours inwww.wanderingjuan.com throughout September-October 2010.

18. Awardees will be announced and awarded in August 2010.

Philippine Airlines celebrates Soaring to 70 Raffle

2010-05-31T19:58:00.000-07:00

Philippine Airlines celebrates Soaring to 70 – a year long event leading to its 70th anniversary in March 2011. As an opening salvo, the Grand Seat Raffle Promo is one of the major promotions for PAL’s Domestic and International network.

Promotion Period
Sale Period: 16 March 2010 – 31 December 2010
Travel Period: 16 March 2010 – 31 December 2010
General Mechanics

Each PAL domestic/international electronic ticket (E-ticket) purchased in the Philippines or through the PAL Internet Booking Engine within the period 16 March 2010 and 31 December 2010 on PAL operated sectors and flown within the same period shall automatically entitle the passenger to one (1) raffle entry per flown sector.
Other Airline (OAL) tickets on PR operated codeshare flights or PR tickets on codeshare flights are not eligible for the raffle.
When an E-ticket is issued and flown within the qualifying period, the E-ticket number shall be included in the raffle draw. The cut-off date for each monthly draw shall be as specified by PAL.
The winning e-ticket number shall be drawn electronically and the passenger named in the e-ticket shall be declared the winner.
Once an e-ticket number is drawn and wins a prize it will automatically be excluded in succeeding draws.
A passenger, however, shall have as many chances of winning as the number of e-tickets purchased and flown within the qualifying period and may win as many prizes as there are winning e-tickets drawn in his/her favor.
A passenger can only claim the prize upon surrender of the winning ticket’s Boarding Pass. NO BOARDING PASS, NO PRIZE.

Prizes
The Prize shall consist of a Free-Of-Charge (FOC) ticket with the same complete routing and class of service as that of the winning electronic ticket number but covering only purely Philippine Airlines flights.

Terms and Conditions of the Prizes

The ticket prizes shall be subject to the following redemption and travel dates:

Draw Date	Redemption Period	Travel Period
May 31, 2010	June 1-30, 2010	June 1-November 30,2010
June 30, 2010	July 1-31, 2010	July 1-December 31, 2010
July 30, 2010	August 1-31, 2010	August 1, 2010-January 31, 2011
August 31, 2010	September 1-30, 2010	September 1, 2010-February 28, 2011
September 30, 2010	October 1-31, 2010	October 1, 2010-March 31, 2011
October 29, 2010	November 1-30, 2010	November 1, 2010-April 30, 2011
November 30, 2010	December 1-31, 2010	December 1, 2010-May 31, 2011
December 22, 2010	January 1-31, 2011	January 1, 2011-June 30, 2011
February 15, 2011	February 16-March 15, 2011	March 15, 2011-September 30, 2011

The travel Period as specified shall be subject to block out dates from 18 December 2010 to 15 January 2011 wherein the prizes cannot be booked and used for travel
All ticket prizes not redeemed within the specific redemption date shall be forfeited and even if redeemed on-time but not flown within the designated travel period the same shall likewise be forfeited
Only the passenger named in the winning e-ticket shall be entitled to use the prize
All tickets issued to the winner shall be non-transferable, non-endorsable to other airlines, non-rebookable, non-reroutable, non-convertible to cash, non-refundable, and non-upgradeable to higher class of service
The ticket shall not earn Mabuhay Miles mileage
All applicable taxes, surcharges, teminal fees, and other incidental and travel-related expenses or fees shall be for the account of the winner. The winner shall also be responsible for all required travel documentation
The Booking class code of the ticket shall be R for Business Class or O for Economy class with Booking Priority of NAY/NAJ respectively. The ticket shall be booked subject to the availability of space for R or O BCC in a flight
If a winning ticket is only entitled to a prize consisting of one way international ticket, the same shall be subject to the condition that if the winner is a tourist or visitor to the country of destination, the prize can only be accepted for travel upon presentation of an onward or return ticket
The ticket and carriage shall be subject to the General Conditions of Carriage of PAL

Raffle Draw

Cut-off Date	Draw Date	No. of Winners
April 15, 2010	May 31, 2010	1, 000 winners
May 15, 2010	June 30, 2010	1, 000 winners
June 15, 2010	July 30, 2010	1, 000 winners
July 15, 2010	August 31, 2010	1, 000 winners
August 15, 2010	September 30, 2010	2, 000 winners
September 15, 2010	October 29, 2010	2,000 winners
October 15, 2010	November 30, 2010	2,500 winners
November 15, 2010	December 22, 2010	2,500 winners
December 31, 2010	February 15, 2011	3,000 winners

Winners in each drawing date shall be announced through the newspapers and shall be posted at the PAL website www.philippineairlines.com. (PAL shall not send notification via text messages and any text messages proclaiming any winner shall not be honored by PAL.)

Drawing of Winners

A CAB representative will be asked to be present during the raffle draws.
The raffle draw shall be held at PAL Corporate Communications Office, 3F Mezzanine, PNB Financial Center, President Diosdado Macapagal Ave., CCP Complex, Pasay City at 10:00AM. The winning e-ticket shall be drawn electronically from among the entire data of e-ticket numbers that qualified for the raffle promo.
Once an e-ticket number is drawn it will no longer be included in the succeeding draw. However, all other entries that did not win shall still qualify for the succeeding draw/s.

Claiming of Prizes

All winners shall be notified via newspaper publication and by posting at the PAL website.
The prize may be claimed at any PAL Ticket Office worldwide.
The prize shall be issued only upon payment of all applicable taxes, fees and surcharges.
Prizes not claimed within the specified redemption period shall be deemed forfeited. Prizes not used within the prescribed travel period shall also be deemed forfeited.
A Winner must present the following when claiming the prize any PAL Ticket Office:
i. Winner’s government issued valid ID with photo;
ii. Complete set of boarding pass/es for the winning ticket. NO BOARDING PASS, NO PRIZE.
iii. An Authorized Representative of the winner may redeem the prize upon presentation of the following to the PAL Ticket Office:
• The boarding pass and copy of the winning ticket;
• Authorization Letter;
• Authorized Representative’s government issued valid ID with photo;
• Photocopy of winner’s government issued valid ID with photo and signature.
If the winner is a minor, his/her parents or guardian may claim the prize upon presentation of a Birth Certificate and ID in addition to the requirements under Item No. 5.

Disqualification

Employees and relatives to the second degree of consanguinity or affinity of Philippine Airlines shall not be eligible to join the raffle.
Only revenue e-tickets sold in the Philippines and though the PAL website are qualified to join the raffle. Tickets that are considered non-revenue shall not be qualified to join the raffle. The non-revenue tickets are as follows: zero fare tickets, tickets using award points, ID/AD tickets and infant’s tickets.

Governing Law and Venue
This promotion and the Mechanics and all terms and conditions reflected herein shall be construed and governed by the laws of the Republic of the Philippines and all or any actions or proceedings concerning disputes, claims, issues, complaints, or demands arising from or in any way connected to this promotion must be filed in the appropriate courts of Makati City, Philippines to the exclusion of all other venues.

First things First!

2010-05-31T18:25:00.000-07:00

Hello Philippines and Hello World! I am Juvilyn or just simply Juvy. I am married pero wala pa me baby, hehe! Well this is my first post here in my blog. I will post topics that i like, basically from travel, gadget, about joining contest (wew) i love joining raffles and contest), and beauty products and photography.

Hope to stay longer in this business, i call it business because this will be my day to day activity since i'm not employed, and i only rely on my husband's income... lol