Meet the Chuck Taylor All Star Rubber

CONVERSE is pleased to introduce the Chuck Taylor All Star Rubber as part of the Converse Fall Holiday 2015 Weatherized Collection.

The Chuck Taylor All Star Rubber sneaker features details that are designed to help keep you dry:

•             a full rubberized upper that helps to repel water,
•             waxed laces to keep it water tight,
•             a gusseted tongue to provide protection from getting wet, and
•             an inner French Terry lining that keeps the feet warm

Providing total comfort without sacrificing style, weather the storm with the Converse Rubber Chucks.

The Converse Chuck Taylor All Star Rubber is available in four new colourways of two-toned uppers: Converse Black, Gloom Green, Thunder Grey and Casino Red.

Available in Converse stores for only Php 3, 350. Visit www.converse.com.ph and www.facebook.com/ConversePhilippines  for more of #RubberChucks.

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Santa Rita Of Tapas, Tannins and Tarots Event

Have you ever experienced an evening filled with earthly Castilian flavor? Your eyes feast on sultry flamenco movements while your thoughts roam about what the fortuneteller just told you about what lies ahead in your life. And as these visions influence your senses, your palate enjoys a feast of excellent wines and delectable tapas.

These and more was what transpired last October 1 as the famous Chilean wine, Santa Rita, brought “Of Tannins, Tapas and Tarots”.  Santa Rita is in fact a brand of wines from Chile with the sole mission/vision of making people’s moments enjoyable. During the event, Santa Rita featured a combination of its “120 Wines”, Sauvignon Blanc, Carmenere and cabernet Sauvignon.

According to legend, 120 patriots, exhausted after a long, hard battle during the fight for Chile’s independence, reached the land belonging to Santa Rita. On that fateful night in 1814, these forces of liberty found refuge in the estate cellars. Today, within these same cellars, our award-winning 120 wines are crafted to honor their heroic character. These are young, elegant and fruity wines, perfectly balanced with soft tannins and good acidity. Exceptional value makes “120” an outstanding line of wines for everyday drinking.

And on October 1, at Tapeo in BGC, Santa Rita presented a sensuous night of what could be called a post-structural Chilean flair: flamenco dancers, a fortuneteller on the side, and overflowing Santa Rita wines and a multitude oftapas. Tapeo at the Fort Strip was packed that night as everyone truly had a genuinely enjoyable Santa Rita night to talk about for a lifetime holding true to Santa Rita’s mission of making people’s moments enjoyable. We did!

#SantaRitaTapasNight

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iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus is coming to Smart

Smart will offer the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, the most advanced iPhones ever, beginning on Friday, November 6. Customers can register for the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus beginning today at http://www.smart.com.ph/iphone  For more information on iPhone, please visit: http://www.apple.com/iphone.

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JAY-R’s ‘Elevated’ album turns Gold, Releases new track, ‘You’re the One’

After his massive successful stint in ABS-CBN’s top rating weekly show Your Face Sounds Familiar (Season 1), where he earned third place, King of R&B Jay-R admitted that it has opened up a lot of great opportunities for him.   Jay-R acknowledged that more projects and shows came after he has successfully and effectively showcased his versatility on the said reality talent show. “I never knew I had a talent to impersonate artist icons. I guess you can say the show brought it out of me,” Jay-R beamed.  This October, Jay-R releases another single, his fifth, still off from his all-original album Elevated entitled “You’re The One” – a collaboration with Kris Lawrence and YouTube sensation, AJ Rafael, which has premiered already last October 1 at MYX.  “The new video was shot in our own very beautiful Boracay. We wanted to show off the amazing views of our country. We have some of the most beautiful beaches in the world and we want everyone to know. We wanted to make sure the shots were still appealing. We wanted to say away from popular landmarks in Boracay and show some other parts that have yet to be discovered,” Jay-R shared about the new music video.  AJ Rafael added , “I was really happy to write this song with Jay-R and Kris at our first jam session with us, three, ever. I would like to thank Jay-R for putting the song on this album. The video was so fun to shoot and it makes me want to go back to Boracay.”   Released and produced by his own independent music label, HomeWorkz Music, Elevated features 14-outstanding tracks, which include other collaborations with Kyla, Marie Digby, Q-York, and etc. The self-produced new album has just reached Gold status last June.     ‘Press Play’ 

Meanwhile, Jay-R is set to do a two-night concert this coming November 6 and 7 at Music Museum. The show is topbilled as Jay-R in Press Play.   “The concert coming up is most definitely for a Jay-R fan. I’ll be doing all my favorite songs that I have recorded throughout the years. Every song will have a little twist in it to make it more interesting. The night will be all about music, dancing, fun and laughter all in the name of original music, OPM,” Jay-R revealed.  For Press Play ticket inquiries and purchases, log on to www.ticketworld.com.ph or call (02) 891-9999 OR www.musicmuseum.com.ph or call (02) 721-0635, 721-6726 for details.  For all the latest updates about JAYR, you may visit: the following:  Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/rnbjayr1 Twitter: @rnbjayr Instagram: @rnbjayr / @homeworkzmusic His official website: www.jayrsmusic.com

After his massive successful stint in ABS-CBN’s top rating weekly show Your Face Sounds Familiar (Season 1), where he earned third place, King of R&B Jay-R admitted that it has opened up a lot of great opportunities for him. 

Jay-R acknowledged that more projects and shows came after he has successfully and effectively showcased his versatility on the said reality talent show. “I never knew I had a talent to impersonate artist icons. I guess you can say the show brought it out of me,” Jay-R beamed.

This October, Jay-R releases another single, his fifth, still off from his all-original album Elevated entitled “You’re The One” – a collaboration with Kris Lawrence and YouTube sensation, AJ Rafael, which has premiered already last October 1 at MYX.

“The new video was shot in our own very beautiful Boracay. We wanted to show off the amazing views of our country. We have some of the most beautiful beaches in the world and we want everyone to know. We wanted to make sure the shots were still appealing. We wanted to say away from popular landmarks in Boracay and show some other parts that have yet to be discovered,” Jay-R shared about the new music video.

AJ Rafael added , “I was really happy to write this song with Jay-R and Kris at our first jam session with us, three, ever. I would like to thank Jay-R for putting the song on this album. The video was so fun to shoot and it makes me want to go back to Boracay.” 

Released and produced by his own independent music label, HomeWorkz Music, Elevated features 14-outstanding tracks, which include other collaborations with Kyla, Marie Digby, Q-York, and etc. The self-produced new album has just reached Gold status last June.

‘Press Play’

Meanwhile, Jay-R is set to do a two-night concert this coming November 6 and 7 at Music Museum. The show is topbilled as Jay-R in Press Play. 

“The concert coming up is most definitely for a Jay-R fan. I’ll be doing all my favorite songs that I have recorded throughout the years. Every song will have a little twist in it to make it more interesting. The night will be all about music, dancing, fun and laughter all in the name of original music, OPM,” Jay-R revealed.

For Press Play ticket inquiries and purchases, log on to www.ticketworld.com.ph or call (02) 891-9999 OR www.musicmuseum.com.ph or call (02) 721-0635, 721-6726 for details.

For all the latest updates about JAYR, you may visit: the following: 

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/rnbjayr1

Twitter: @rnbjayr

Instagram: @rnbjayr / @homeworkzmusic

His official website: www.jayrsmusic.com

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About World Travel Market London

WTM London, the leading global event for the travel industry, is the must-attend four-day business-to-business exhibition for the worldwide travel and tourism industry.

Almost 51,500 senior travel industry professionals, government ministers and international press, embark on ExCeL – London every November to network, negotiate and discover the latest industry opinion and trends at WTM.

WTM London, now in its 36th year, is the event where the travel industry conducts and concludes its deals. WTM 2014 will generate around £2.5 billion of travel industry contracts.

WTM London is part of Reed Travel Exhibition’s World Travel Market events, which also includes Arabian Travel Market, World Travel Market Latin America and World Travel Market Africa.  www.wtmworld.com

World Travel Market Events

World Travel Market is comprised of the leading leisure travel events in the world; World Travel Market London, WTM Latin America in Sao Paulo, WTM Africa in Cape Town and Arabian Travel Market in Dubai.

New events for 2016 are WTM connect Asia and WTM connect China, which join WTM connect Ski and International Golf Travel Market. These unique one-to-one events are targeted at leisure and niche travel markets, allowing exhibitors to exclusively meet with elite hosted buyers.

The World Travel Market events are attended by the global travel and tourism industry’s senior executives to conduct business deals and discover the latest research, insight and opinion.

In 2014, the World Travel Market events facilitated around $7 billion in industry deals from negotiations between the more than 15,000 buyers, 9,500 exhibitors (1,500 main stand holders and 8,000 stand sharers) in attendance of its four events.

WTM is  part of Reed travel Exhibitions, the leading events organizer in the travel industry, and is owned by the world’s leading events organiser Reed Exhibitions.

Reed Travel Exhibitions

Reed Travel Exhibitions (RTE) is the world’s leading provider of exhibitions in the travel and tourism industry. Its wide-ranging portfolio of events around the globe covers leisure travel, luxury travel, meetings, incentives and business travel, as well as golf, ski and spa travel.

RTE, which organises more than 22 events around the world, includes three divisions; World Travel Market, IBTM Events and International Luxury Travel Market.

RTE is a business unit of Reed Exhibitions.

About Reed Exhibitions

Reed Exhibitions is the world’s leading events organiser, with over 500 events in 43 countries. In 2014 Reed brought together over seven million event participants from around the world generating billions of dollars in business. Today Reed events are held throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and Africa and organised by 41 fully staffed offices. Reed Exhibitions serves 43 industry sectors with trade and consumer events. It is part of the RELX Group plc, a world-leading provider of information solutions for professional customers across industries.

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The Future of Travel: Three predictions that Came true

For the tenth consecutive year, Euromonitor International and World Travel Market London (WTM) are at the forefront of the travel industry, predicting future trends that will shape the industry in the annual WTM London Global Trends Report. Three of the most popular trends from the 2014’s edition are:

The rise of the MAMILs and cycling tourism

The WTM London Global Trends Report 2014 revealed that the growing popularity of cycling is posing a threat to golf tourism with the rise of MAMILs (middle-aged-men-in-lycra) in the US and beyond.

In March 2015, FOX News identified a growing number of travel players witnessing a considerable increase in bicycle tourism. In the US, the historic Ojai Valley Inn and Spa partnered with a bike shop to offer rental bicycles through an onsite kiosk. Furthermore, in August 2015, sustainable transport charity Sustrans estimated that cycling tourism adds over £650 million to the UK economy each year.

Poshtels Have a Luxury Facelift

The WTM London Global Trends Report 2014 announced that an increasing demand for low cost, high-value travel and non-conventional lodging establishments will spread from the UK to the rest of the world.

Design-led Generator Hostels are a success story taking the tourism industry by storm, currently with ten unique hostels in nine European cities and two more planned for 2016. Additional notable examples of poshtels include Freehand Miami Hostel with its cocktail bar named one of the World’s 50 Best Bars in 2014, the Shophouse Social Hostel in Singapore, offering a ladies-only pink-hued floor called No Mans Land, as well as eco-friendly Once in Capetown Hostel.

Wearable electronics goes mainstream

The report predicted that the incredible rise of wearable electronics will impact on the way we travel.

According to Euromonitor data, wearable electronics are no longer considered a niche sector and have become the world’s best-selling consumer electronics product after smartphones. Wearable electronics are forecast to exceed 305 million units in 2020, with a compound annual growth rate of 55 percent over the next five years.

Continued innovation and new applications will define the success of this category and its importance to the travel industry. With the Apple Watch consumers can now access airline data, book a journey with Uber, plan a trip with TripAdvisor and access their room at hotel chains such as Starwood and Marriott. And with the addition of the Google Maps app in September 2015, the traveler’s journey is becoming a smoother, less complicated experience.

The WTM Global Trends Report 2015 by Euromonitor International will be launched at London’s Excel Centre during a press conference on Monday 2nd November at 13:30 in the Platinum Suite 5&6. A session for WTM attendees will be held on Tuesday 3rd November at 12:00 in Platinum Suite 1.

For more information, click here: http://blog.euromonitor.com/2015/08/hear-euromonitor-speak-at-world-travel-market-wtm-2015.html

To download the WTM Global Trends Report 2014, please click here: http://go.euromonitor.com/WTM-2014-global-trends-report.html

Pre-register to receive the WTM Global Trends Report 2015 here: http://go.euromonitor.com/event-wtm-global-trends-report-2015.html

For further information, please contact:

Violetta Scola

Senior Communications Executive – Euromonitor International

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7251 8024 EXT 1360

Violetta.scola@euromonitor.com

About Euromonitor International

Euromonitor International is the world’s leading provider for strategic market analysis, with over 40 years of experience publishing international market reports, reference books and online databases on consumer markets.

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CONVERSE CHUCK TAYLOR ALL STAR II UNVEILS NEW SEASONAL COLORS

Bold new colors added for the Holiday 2015 season.   

CONVERSE Inc. unveils two new seasonal colors of the Converse Chuck Taylor All Star II. Available in a bold grey Thunder and an eye-catching maroon Bordeaux, these new colors embrace the upcoming holiday season and are a perfect complement the original four colors. This marks the first seasonal collection for the Converse Chuck Taylor All Star II since its debut on July 28.

Designed to meet the demands of the creative lifestyle of Chuck fans all over the world, the Converse Chuck Taylor All Star II combines durable new details including a Lunarlon sockliner, nonslip padded tongue, super soft micro-suede lining and a premium canvas. While dialed-up exterior details include the on-trend high foxing, monochrome matte eyelets, tonal pinstripes and statement embroidered All Star patch.

The all-new Converse Chuck Taylor All Star II seasonal colors will be available on Thursday, October 1, for a suggested retail price of Php 3,990 at Converse retail stores. Visit www.converse.com.ph and www.facebook.com/ConversePhilippines for more of Chuck II Seasonal Colors! #ChuckIISeasonalColors

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