I was at the 16th Travel Tour Expo 2009 "Travel in Style" last week and I'm a photographer for Style and Relax blog, the event was held in SMX and heard that it was jam packed of event visitors during the first day and for the last day it is still jampacked with people and expo visitors. We were there to cover the event for a blog coverage and I enjoyed seeing the tours offered by traveling agencies and hotels. Air fare are cheaper if you will book your ticket here, and my observation is that many people took the big opportunity to buy their tickets and research for a good venue for their vacation, mos of the people I encountered are family and soon to be married couples, who plans their vacation and honeymoon trips.
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The event occupied 3 halls, not sure, but the place is big. SMX is one great venue to host a big expo or convention. And I'm very happy to see replica of landmarks located in some countries, like the Government Tourist Office in Macau, the water lion of Singapore, and nice backdrop of the Taj Mahal in India, if you have your photo taken with it, you'll have a feel that you are in that country. I also a mini display of the Mint toys of Singapore and for me is one of my best teaser for a come on, and because of that I now know how the toys exhibit in Mint looks like, hoping that I can get my own flight in the mid year of 2009.
Also we met Francis of Blue Water Day Spa, he introduced to us this new Spa movie theater and also some big plans coming up for Blue Water Day Spa, we got a free shiatsu massage in their booth and it was a blast, it regenerates the flow of my blood in my body and I feel very relaxed, and because it was my first time to have that massage, I allow Lace to take a video of me enjoying my first massage hahaha, but that will be for private viewing only. sorry.
We ended our tour and visited, I took home some cool brochures and contacts that can help my future travel and adventures outside Manila, Luzon or maybe Philippines. We also got to check out the Balikbayan Gear at the expo, and I saw how it can be used and very convenient for a balikbayan or a traveler to have this item, it can protect your balikbayan box, or event use it as your packaging for your pasalubong and gifts to your family if you are going to back home in the mother land.
the event is a blast, and I got jealous because Lace enjoyed the most and for having that Indian massage and lots of freebies hahahaha. Will wrap this up and wait for next year's Travel Tour Expo 2009.
more photos in my album at 16th Travel Tour Expo 2009 "Travel in Style" - photo coverage
