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Owners
of hotels, resorts and restaurants hold a major role in improving
the tourism landscape in the province by becoming a "pressure
group" for governance to be more responsive to the clamor
of the tourism industry here.
This
call was echoed by lawyer Anos Fonacier of Bohol Beach Club
who spoke before property owners during the induction of the
2007 officers of the Bohol Association of Hotels, Resorts
& Restaurants (BAHRR) last Wednesday.
He
cited the need to fine tune the promotional direction of the
province which can be translated in a concerted effort of
both the private and government sectors. He admitted that
the province is fortunate to have leaders who believe on the
tourism potentials of the province while citing that the post
held by Rep. Edgar Chatto as chair of the House committee
on tourism is a "rare privilege" which came timely
when the province soared high to become one of the country's
top destination.
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Fonacier
who is a "Father of Tourism" awardee of both
the Department of Tourism and the provincial government,
rallied the hoteliers to come up with their priority
concerns on how to further promote tourism in the province.
The
province should likewise maintain the image as a "clean
and green" destination as compared to other places
in the country. He said .
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The
lawyer-hotelier sees the need to come up with uniform signages
for tourist destinations in the province which can be mounted
along the highway in order to give more prominence to the
destinations.
As
a tourism prime mover in the province, Fonacier expounded
on his advocacy to help promote the entire industry, including
those properties which can hardly afford to do their own marketing
efforts outside the province.
"The
big players in the industry can always spearhead in generating
funds to assist in promoting these properties," while
citing that "promoting a resort or hotel is just like
promoting the entire province as a destination."
For
his part, former BAHRR president Mario Uy of Miravilla Resort
thanked the association members for their cooperation during
his administration. It maybe noted that Uy reactivated BAHRR
some two years ago. He initiated the promotional efforts of
the group through an updated directory of hotels, resorts
and restaurants while spearheading the group in actively participating
in various tourism confab.
Inducted
by Fonacier were Jun Caturza, president; lawyer Doy Nunag,
executive vice president; Mario Uy, immediate past president;
RG Ong, VP-hotels; John Yap, VP-resorts; Jose Manlupig, VP-restaurants;
Judith Bomediano, secretary; Ethel Bonite, asst secretary;
Pamela Gallardo, treasurer; Wea Guiterrez, asst. treasurer;
Vicky Wallace, auditor; Blessie Bollozos, asst. auditor; Karen
Guiroy and Cecil Camba, PROs, Walter Lim and Limuel Loren,
business managers.
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