DOT Wins Best Decorated Booth – Domestic Pavilion

DOT Cagayan Valley Region won first place in the Best Decorated Booth  Category – Domestic Pavilion in the recently concluded 16th Travel Tour Expo.  The 16th TTE was conducted last  February 6-8, 2009 at the SMX Convention Hall of  Mall of Asia in Pasay City.

Bohol Beach Club and Caraga Region took the second and third place, respectively, for the domestic pavilion while India Tourism (1st place), Singapore Tourism Board (2nd place) and Quarter Airways (3rd place))  won for the best decorated booth for international pavilion.

With the theme “Travel in Style”, this year’s Travel Tour Expo offered the lowest airfare rates, hotel and resort accommodation rates and lots of freebees in its 30-year history of staging.

Organized by the Philippine Travel Agencies Association (PTAA) together with the Department of Tourism, Travel Tour Expo is the ultimate shopping destination for the best travel deals in domestic and international travel.

About 212 of the biggest local and international travel and tourism companies featured their products and services over the three halls of the SMX for three days.

Other contested categories were: Best Marketing Effort for Domestic and International Pavilion; Most Popular Pavilion for Domestic and International Pavilions and a new award for Most Popular Travel Agency for Domestic and International Category.

The Cercado Sisters from Isabela performed for the public during the DOT Region 2 Program last February 7, Saturday, after which held an autograph signing and selling of their CD at the DOT booth.