ASEAN SUMMIT in CEBU

[baron]

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I heard the ceremonial opening and lighting of lamp posts in the CICC will be done tomorrow. Now, we're all prepared for the ASEAN Summit. The controversial venue is already complete and we are just waiting for the delegates to arrive.

For sure, Cebu City will be busiest on these coming days.

[sumaganday]

obviously sumagandahay is not grasping the idea of PEAK and OFF PEAK... Even cellphone rates are based on them...

SUPPLY AND DEMAND means that a hotel will revise their rates based on the hotels HISTORY and FORECAST for a given date, at the given area of business... if they know that there will be 1000 people wanting to get into their 500 rooms, then they will jack up the price for that period, but if there are only 30 people forecasted to arrive and need rooms, then they will dive their prices in order to attract more business...

But this is not the only factor that affects the rates, I'm afraid that if i start lecturing about the correlation between Average Room Rates (ARR), Revenue per Available Room (REVPAR), and Market Penetration Index (MPI), that we would lose you altogether to a brain hemorrhage...

On the contrary, YOUR HIGH HOTEL RATES is discouraging visitors. Ug dili na mga pipitsugin ang nag reklamo. FOCAP lang gud. Way K. Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines. Menus ra kaayo ang mieymbro, CNN, BBC, Reuters, Asahi Shimbun, kana gung mga bukot bukot nga journalists.

Basin ganahan mo suwatan ang Cebu ug negative articles nga mahal ang rates sa hotel. Kamu gud, pagtuman mo. Gusto man kaha mo mag entice bisita, ayaw palabi-i ninyo ug pangwarta.

Hala patas-i pa.

[sumaganday]

Hype ra kaayo ang ASEAN Summit. Makahasol sa traffic.

[bcasabee]

Wala lagi ka mo reklamo sa mga rally rally nga utro man pud nang maka hasol sa traffic..........

Hype ra kaayo ang ASEAN Summit. Makahasol sa traffic.

[tolstoi]

mosimos/dawnrunner is tat u? =)

[pandisal]

hahaha... bisan unsa himuon sa gobyerno... naa gihapon reklamador :P

for all cebuanos (native or adopted)... in cebu right now... good luck and have fun on your Asean Summit vacations!!! woot!

[tolstoi]

Road closures start Sunday

MOTORISTS and commuters thinking of an easy drive this Sunday are in for a disappointment.

Road closures for the Asean summit will start on Sunday instead of Monday, Dec. 11, because heads of state and their delegations will already be arriving that time.

“Be prepared for sporadic, short closures, especially of the ceremonial route,” said Cebu city Councilor Sylvan Jakosalem.

The route includes Veterans Drive, Salinas Drive, Juan Luna Ave. and Sergio Osmeña Ave. in Cebu City, which leads to the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Marco Polo Plaza Hotel.

Jakosalem, chairman of the City Council committee on transportation, said no time was specified for the road closures since it will depend on when the dignitaries will arrive.

And since the Asean summit opening ceremony is at 6 p.m., the ceremonial route will surely be closed even before that time, he said.

Specifically, those going to the Carmelite monastery or the Mabolo Parish Church will be affected.

“There will be no parking along the entire ceremonial route from Dec. 10 to 14. Tow trucks will be on standby,” he said.

Also, Jakosalem said German car maker BMW just shipped in eight vehicles that the company will lend to the Philippine Government for the Asean delegates’ use.

He said the eight BMW 760li, worth at least P40 million each, arrived in Cebu City last Monday.

The vehicles, assessed as “level seven security”, or cars with the highest security features, will be sent back to Germany after the summit.

At the 888 News Forum yesterday morning, Police Regional Office (PRO) 7 Director Silverio Alarcio Jr. said ceremonial routes will be closed for around one hour only during the summit.

The roads will be closed only when the dignitaries are on their way to the summit venues or their hotels.

Alarcio said they originally intended to close the ceremonial routes for two hours every time the convoy passes through.

But after last Friday’s dry run, they realized the travel time of the convoys could be limited to less than an hour.

This means that the roads will remain closed to vehicular traffic for only one hour, or while the convoys are passing through.

Alarcio said that in between gaps or when there are no dignitaries on the road, the ceremonial routes will immediately be opened to allow vehicles to cross the intersections.

He said they have identified some portions of the ceremonial routes that need to be opened during a “lull” in order to ease traffic in the area.

The areas that need to be opened include the Salinas Drive, starting from Marco Polo Plaza Hotel to J.Y. Square in Lahug.

[d`monyita]

dodong tolstoi.... wala man kaha closure sa SRP on Sunday?

[angelicax]

Ask lang ko mga bro:

Unsay kaha mga altenate activities or re-routing scheme in case of natural calamity?...(e.g. typhoon) kay karong adlawa ba morag grabe man dag-om basin simbako bagyohon sa summit or heavy hard rain ba...

hopefully dili unta sayang gyud ang preparation dili makita sa mga visitors.... GOD BLESS CEBU....

[tolstoi]

^^i dunno mader D..closure raman daw sa ceremonial route