THE SEARCH IS ON! Baby & Family Awards 2013 - ParentPreneur of the Year!

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ParentPreneurs are the modern day moms and dads who have successfully balanced parenthood and their role as an entrepreneur through hard work and dedication.

On December 6 - 8 , the very first Baby & Family Expo Philippines 2013 at the SMX Manila, Mall of Asia Complex Pasay City we will be honoring ParentPreneurs, not just mompreneurs but also dadpreneurs. 

NOMINATION MECHANICS:

To qualify as a ParentPreneur nominee:

•   Owns and operates a registered and active business, may be a founder or co-founder along with his/her partner(s) and has been involved in the business conceptualization and building for at least one year from January 2012.
•    Can be home, office, web or mall-based, as long as it is a mom/dad-founded enterprise.
•    Responsible for the day-to-day operations of the business / company.
•    Has successfully managed parenthood and being a hands-on entrepreneur.

Nomination Guidelines:

1.   Go to the Baby & Family Expo Philippines 2013 website and proceed to the Baby & Family Awards page, then to ParentPreneur Awards.

2.    Fill up the form – Name of the nominee, Company / Business Name, Category, Why does
he/she deserve to be called a mompreneur / dadpreneur in this category (1 paragraph, min: 3
sentences; max: 5 sentences), Links and references of the ParentPreneur and business.

3.    Submit and you’re done!

How to nominate:

•    A ParentPreneur may be classified in only one of the following categories:

1. The Breakthrough ParentPreneur – someone who has successfully started a business and has created the biggest impact and buzz in a span of one year. The business must not be more than 2 years old and not less than 1 year old since establishment.

2. The Innovator – someone who has remarkably created the most innovative and creative product or business idea in its field.

3. The Advocate – someone whose business has made and is making a difference in the country and has been strongly influencing and moving people with their advocacy.

4. The Digital Maven – someone who has notably established innovative and successful social media and digital strategies and campaigns for their own business.

5. ParentPreneur of the Year – honors the most outstanding ParentPreneur couple for 2013, this couple has been a role model to all aspiring couple entrepreneurs who has successfully balanced parenthood and entrepreneurship together.

•     Nomination period will be from October 7 to 18.

•    Incomplete nomination forms will not be accepted, the organizers also has the right to verify and conduct further research to confirm the validity of the information provided if
necessary. All information will be kept confidential.

Screening Guidelines:

•    The business should not be less than 1 year old since establishment.

•    All nomination forms are subject to evaluation and will be shortlisted by the organizers.

•    The ratio of mompreneur and dadpreneur nominees will be based on the nominations
received.

•    Qualified nominees will be informed for confirmation before the voting period and will be asked to submit a valid DTI and or SEC articles of incorporation.

•    Failure to comply with the guidelines and / or submit the needed requirements may result in disqualification.

•     The official list of ParentPreneur nominees will be announced and launched on October 21, indicating the start of the voting period at the Baby & Family Expo Philippines 2013 website.

VOTING

How to vote:

1.    Go to the Baby & Family Expo Philippines 2013 website and proceed to the Baby & Family Awards tab and click the ParentPreneur Awards where the nominees’ profile can be seen.

2.    Vote by clicking any of the social media buttons found on top of the nominee’s profile and you’re done! Multiple voting is allowed.

3.    Voting period will be from October 21 to November 22 at the Baby & Family Expo Philippines 2013 Website.

4.    Only one dadpreneur or mompreneur will win per category based on the criteria which includes 20% of online votes. For the ParentPreneur of the Year, only one couple will be awarded.

Criteria:

Business idea innovation and creativity          - 40%
Management and Leadership Skills               - 30%
Impact on community                                    - 10%
Online Votes                                                  - 20%
Total                                                          - 100%e entrepreneurs who has successfully balanced parenthood and entrepreneurship together.

AWARDING:

•     A total of five winners will be announced and contacted on November, a month before the expo.

•    The ParentPreneur Awards will happen at the Baby & Family Awards, to be held on the last day of the Baby & Family Expo Philippines 2013 – Sunday, December 08.

Visit and vote at http://babyexpo.ph/baby-and-family-awards/parentpreneur/. 

Back to Back with the best of pop rock music !

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Here's one of the best of pop rock music! Stephen Bishop, Michael Johnson, Joe Puerta of Ambrosia, Side A, and the classical-pop tenor trio The Angelos, will be performing together in a once in a lifetime show on Friday, October 18 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. 

Titled Back 2 Back 2 Back, the concert is a production of Viva Live Inc. and Redstone Media Production.

Don’t fail to watch Stephen Bishop, Michael Johnson, Joe Puerta and Side A perform their hits live at the Big Dome in Back 2 Back 2 Back on October 18, 2013.

Tickets are now available at Ticketnet 911-5555 and Viva Concerts 687-7236. Ticket prices are Patron A P3500; Patron B P3000; Lower Box P3000; Upper Box A P1750; Upper Box B P750; and General Admission P400.

Stephen Bishop, Johnson, Puerta and Side A will also be at the University of Southeastern Philippines in Davao City on October 26. Bishop will have a solo performance at the Lagao Gym in General Santos on October 27, 2013.

This Viva Live and Redstone Media Production is supported by major sponsor Phoenix Petroleum; with Midas Hotel as the Official Residence; media partners PBO; Viva Channel; History Channel; ETC; 2nd Avenue; MYX; The Philippine Star; The Manila Bulletin; People's Journal; People's Tonight; Mellow 94.7; Barangay LS 97.1; RJ 100; 96.3 Easy Rock; Rappler.com; Clickthecity.com; Pep.ph; Wheninmanila.com; Manila Concert Scene, Philippine Concerts, and Gala Magazine. Special thanks to the Outdoor Advertising Association of the Philippines (OAAP); Maria’s Catering of Victoria Court; Rub Ribs & Bbq; Yoshinoya; Aquabest; and Fernando’s Bakeshop.

SEAIR partners with Muranglipad.com to offer fare comparison to passengers

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Enjoy our wonderful world, here's a great news for us happy travellers. SEAIR International (SEAIR) announces its partnership with Muranglipad.com to offer airfare comparison to passengers.

SEAIR, the brand that pioneered commercial flights to Boracay in 2005, is back to offer premium services with fast and stress-free travel to passengers. Part of its thrust to offer innovative services to clients, is the belief to offer the best value-for-money fares to passengers.

Muranglipad.com, a division of Triplestar Travel and Tours Inc, provides airfare comparison to all domestic and international destinations, across all airlines. SEAIR clients can now enjoy expert travel advise from Muranglipad.com’s pool of Travel Specialists.

To avail of specialized travel assistance, passengers may call the reservations hotline at 849-0100 or visit www.muranglipad.com.

Office hours are from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM, Mondays to Fridays and 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM Saturdays and Sundays, to accommodate consultations, bookings and reservations.

Triplestar has 11 ticketing offices nationwide, particularly in Makati, Manila Domestic Airport, Quezon City, SM Clark, Cebu City, Cebu International Airport, Davao City, Davao International Airport, Puerto Princesa, Tacloban and Bacolod. All are strategically located to cater to passengers’ immediate travel requirements.

To find out more about the new and exciting service, please like SEAIR Facebook fan page at www.facebook/flyseair and Muranglipad.com’s Facebook fan page at www.facebook/muranglipad for updates on promotions. 

The Manchild mystery revealed

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Manchild mystery has been revealed. The answer to the question on which is the tougher sex becomes obvious time and again when the common cold hits the household. While women just blow their noses into their tissues, they manage to make breakfast, herd the kids off to school, get dressed, and go to work. Men, on the other hand, stay in bed all day and moan about their terrible illness.

Such is the Manchild, the sometimes annoying yet often endearing regression of men into babies whenever the cold or flu virus gets into their system.

This phenomenon is the topic of the day in the launch event of Vicks VapoRub at the Shangri-La Hotel in Makati City last October 10, 2013. Celebrity talk show host RJ Ledesma and editor-cum-blogger Frances Amper Sales discuss the psyche of the Manchild and explore various helpful tips and remedies to deal with this condition.

“There are times when I get really sick and it is during these times that I always hope to get my wife’s attention and take care of me like how a mother takes care of her children.”

Among his medication is the love that he receives from his wife Vanessa.

“She’s very motherly in showing me her love,” RJ admits. 

Frances agrees that the motherly instinct generally kicks in when wives deal with their husbands’ cold symptoms.

She says of her husband: “Vince hardly gets sick so when he’s down with the flu, he really needs tender loving care! That’s when I baby him with lots of liquids, hot food, massages with Vicks VapoRub, and by making him get lots of sleep,” she explains. 

Men may be tough on the outside but their inner Manchild reveals how much they still need to be babied just like their children with tender loving care when they get sick. Irritated by constant coughing and overcome with throbbing headaches, the Manchild needs immediate relief and all the support he needs to get back on his feet fast. 

Towards this end, RJ and Frances reveal several helpful tips, such as giving him warm, comforting soupy dishes like arroz caldo, which, with its garlic and ginger ingredients, helps relieve nasal congestion. Mixing calamansi juice with honey also helps ease sore throat and supply him with lots of Vitamin C to fight cold. Constant sneezing and rubbing can dry and redden the nose, so having a bottle of moisturizer can help lessen his irritation. 

Together with Vicks Vaporub, these common household remedies will do wonders to uplift the mood of the Manchild. That’s why both RJ and Frances state that Vicks is a staple solution in their homes.

“I really enjoy the moment my wife gently massages Vicks VapoRub on my head and I start feeling the relief in just a few minutes,” RJ says. Vicks VapoRub is as effective on RJ’s kids as on his own inner manchild. 

Frances is also confident that just as Vicks works great on their kids, it is also effective on her big kid of a husband. “I use Vicks VapoRub when he is feeling heavily congested. I massage it onto his back. I also put a dollop in a basin of hot water,” she says proudly. “This makes a wonderful decongestant and humidifier at the same time.”

Vicks VapoRub’s combination of Camphor, Eucalyptus Oil and Menthol is proven to provide fast relief in just 5 minutes from various symptoms of cold or flu, such as dry cough, blocked nose, breathing difficulties, body aches, headaches, and muscular stiffness. For over a century, this brand has been trusted by generations of Filipinos who have grown up with its therapeutic value and use it in turn on their children. It is available in 5 gm., 10 gm., 50 gm. and now in the new 25 gm family size jar at any Mercury Drug outlet, pharmacies and supermarkets nationwide. 

About Vicks VapoRub

Vicks is the No. 1 Cough & Cold Brand in the World (in sales). For over a century, Vicks ® has been trusted by many generations to relieve the symptoms of coughs, colds and flu.

Vicks has launched several successful campaigns in Philippines, some of which were Vicks Vaporub and Touch Therapy – which was clinically proven to speed up the healing process from cough, cold and flu. Vicks was the first brand to promote this in Philippines. It also had partnerships with the Philippines Red Cross providing relief for Filipinos during disasters that would increase the incidence of pulmonary disease. Vicks is still known to many generations of Filipinos because of its “Haplos ng Pagmamahal” campaign.

Current ranges of products in the Philippines are Vicks Formula 44, Vicks VapoRub, Vicks Inhaler, and Vicks VapoCool. All variants of Vicks have continued to be consumer favorites over the years.

The Vicks ® heritage is not just a cold and flu medicines. Over the past 100 years, Vicks has given many families the opportunity to take advantage of a better life, every day, even when sick.

So, go ahead: Breathe Life In ™.

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Three-day holiday at the Manila Hotel

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"With Manila Hotel’s commitment to maintain the elegance of its history while constantly striving to exceed the expectations of its modern clientele, indeed, the story just keeps getting better and better." - - - Ernest Hemingway

Manila Hotel offers more than 500 guests rooms that are all equipped with modern amenities designed for comfort. The rooms are all exquisitely decorated in a classic Filipinina theme visible in the use of capiz shells, wood furniture, and paintings by Filipino artists. Each room is spaciously outfitted with advanced in-room technology and takes advantage of the hotel’s location with the rooms overlooking the Manila Bay, the magnificent sunset, or the fascinating view of Intramuros.

On October 15-17, book your next three-day holiday at the Manila Hotel with this special promo package.

Stay your first night with only PhP6,000 net with a breakfast buffet at the Cafe Ilang Ilang and your second night is at 50% off. Your third at the Manila Hotel is for free! 

Throughout your stay, you also enjoy a 50% discount on all outlets, Room Service and Health Club services. 

Contact Room Reservations via 5270011 local 1175 or email resvn@manila-hotel.com.ph for more information.