Cebu coffee brand showcases best local beans

They only have one promise: “Just roasted coffee.” Steve Benitez who started it all loves to travel and loves coffee. What started as a café based in Cebu has now blossomed into a national brand with 17 branches in Manila and 48 nationwide....

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Marketing challenges faced by cocoon businesses

Certain businesses thrive on cocooning – a trend towards staying indoors (or away from the madding crowd), whether in your own home or elsewhere....


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Bay hotel offers live culinary studio for business functions

MANILA, Philippines—It is one of the few five starhotels that boast a magnificent view of the famed Manila Bay sunset....


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Investing in a second home

MANILA, Philippines—The Clubhouse appears to be the fruit of a million dreams, what with serene and beautiful mountain scenery overlooking the sea....

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Japanese restaurant lures community through its doors

STA. ROSA, LAGUNA, Philippines — Enclosed in glass cabinets, different kinds of samurai armor remind the casual observer about Japan’s warrior past. Other surrounding glass walls in the restaurant are filled with Japanese-inscribed messages that ordinary Filipinos may find intimidating....


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Quaint chateau in Cavite offers corporate amenities

SILANG, Cavite – By strict definition, a chateau refers to “an estate where wine is produced and often bottled, especially in the Bordeaux region of France” or “a large country house.”

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Government center nurtures thriving enterprise

Manila, Philippines—Unlike the pastillas de leche that you typically find at the grocery, the sweets sold at the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) inside the University of the Philippines (UP) in Los Baños have a soft consistency and creamy texture and they almost melt in your mouth.....

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