Cebu Business Month Eyes 100 Firms In Tourism Job Fair On June 15

The tourism committee of the 2016 Cebu Business Month (CBM) celebration is targeting 100 tourism-related companies to participate in the Tourism Job Fair on June 15.

CBM’s tourism committee chair Julie Najar said various job opportunities in the tourism sector, both local and overseas, await job seekers during the whole day fair in Marco Polo Plaza Cebu in Cebu City.

Najar, who is also the president of Hotel, Resort, and Restaurant Association of Cebu (HRRAC), said they will invite hotel properties, travel agencies, airlines, cruise liners, manpower services, among others to participate in the job fair.

The activity, she said, aims to help job seekers land their desired job in the growing tourism sector.

Aside from the job fair, the CBM’s Tourism Committee will likewise hold a tourism forum the following day, June 16.

The forum is centered on the use of digital technology in enhancing Cebu’s competitiveness in global tourism.

Najar said five speakers with rich tourism and technologybackground have been invited to speak before the academe andstakeholders.

Some of the topics that will be discussed include the advantage of digital technology in tourism marketing; and the use of social media in public relations.

Other tourism-related activities during the whole month of June include the Hotel Cebu Business Month Room Package, where various hotels offer attractive room rates for June promoting “Cebu in a Bag” booklet of discount coupons from participating establishments.

There will also be an activity called “Day-Off Cebu,” a whole day tour of things to do, places to see, flavors to taste and experience, and a two-hour sunset cruise of the Mactan Channel with cocktails. (PNA) LAP/EB/PR/RSM