You Can Now Convert Your SMAC Points to PAL Mabuhay Miles and Vice Versa

Had a wonderful time at Conrad in Pasay City for the Philippine Airlines Mabuhay Miles and SM Advantage Card event aimed to elevate your travel and shopping experience as they partner up for a rewards program like no other that would be able to make you convert your Mabuhay Miles into SMAC Points and vice versa.

This was witnessed by PAL President and COO Stanley Ng, PAL Senior VP and General Counsel Atty. Carlos Luis D. Fernandez, Executive Director for SM Food Retail Group Herson Sy, COO of Digital Advantage Corp, Kevin Hartigan Go and several members of the Sy and Tan families. This is great news as you can now choose the best rewards for yourself and use either for a purchase in any SM retail corp or fly to any destination that Philippine Airlines cover. They properly call it "Shop To Fly , Fly To Shop" and every frequent flyer with PAL can convert their Mabuhay Miles points i.e. 500 Mabuhay Miles Poiints can be converted into 50 SMAC points, while any SMAC members can convert 250 SMAC Points into100 Mabuhay Miles points, so imagine the shopping, the local and international destinations you can go to right?

 

Stanley Ng the current Philippine Airlines President and Chief Operating Officer says "We are certainly evolving over at PAL Mabuhay Miles and this program will certainly make every heart of the Filipino beat. If you're into travel, shopping or dining, Mabuhay Miles will continue to be your partner everyday. This would be a great for both of our customers, we are so glad about this partnership!"

Digital Advantage Corp COO Kevin Hartigan Go says "We're helping the travel and retail sectors especially at a very crucial moment in the PH economy. It would be good to see how customers would be able to fly with their SMAC points when they shop at SM shops and brands nationwide."

This is part of Philippine Airlines' celebrations on their 81st Anniversary. It's a way to thank their most loyal members as they plan to further pursue more lifestyle partnerships for the benefit of their 5 Million customer base. SMAC on the other hand takes this to thank their 6 Million members, finding more ways to reward them every time they use the SMAC Card. 

Congratulations to PAL and SMAC, with this, people are certainly going places!

WORLD GIN DAY Celebrations Kicked Off by GSMI

Thirsty? Me too, and I really dread not going to this event by Ginebra San Miguel Inc. a few nights ago in Makati City. It's World Gin Day and what better way to celebrate it in the Philippines but by dishing out finely crafted drinks, designed, localized with products from GSMI. With some of the best bartenders in the country, they made different drinks for the media to try. Fret not people, because just like the ones experience by these people, you too would get the chance to do the pub crawls in your own area.

There will be Gin Bar Crawls in Baguio via Cowboy Town, One Piece Bar, Moeging, Yankees, and Tavern Rose. In Rizal and Marikina, there's Upper Level, Hippers Antipolo, Hippers Marikina, Barkada Treats, Padi's Point too. In Naga City, there's gonna be one in Bora Hut, Hive and Seek, El Gabino's, Momotz, and in Gabi's Diner. If you're in Cebu, don't be sad because you can enjoy drinks in Southscape, Kwikspar 1 and 2, Werpa, and Plaza ni George. For those who are down south in Davao, there's one in Base Camp, Chick and Chill, Whatever, Dox and Emok's. This will all happen on June 11, 17, 18, 24 and 25 from 6PM to 12MN, so time to set that long awaited session with the whole gang right?

Ginebra also flexed their new products like 1834 Premium Distilled Gin, GSM Blue Cosmopolitan, the new sized GSM Hari (a liter of your original Ginebra San Miguel). GSMI Marketing Manager Ron Molina says "We hope there would be more Filipinos that will have greater appreciation for gin drinking, we're glad to host more World Gin Day activities for them to feature more of our world class drinks!"

Congratulations Ginebra San Miguel Inc.! You're welcome anytime in my bar.

A Decade of UNIQLO in the Philippines

Had so much fun yesterday at the UNIQLO Flagship store in Glorietta 5 in Makati City. Press, Vloggers, Bloggers and Influencers were treated to first dibs on how they celebrate 10 successful years in the Philippines. While we were there, I was one of the few people who got to join games as they asked hints of the new collection they're releasing to commemorate the occasion.

Their thrust is having a UT collection that's ICONIC. They collaborated with brands that have been in the lives of Filipinos, because of course, they are LIFEWEAR. They then announced that the THE BRANDS UT PILIPINAS include JOLLIBEE, SAN MIGUEL BEER, NATIONAL BOOKSTORE and SELECTA. Much of them had the official logos of these brands, Jollibee had the bee logo in the front left side, San Miguel Beer had the San Miguel Pale Pilsen label on the black shirts. The one for National Bookstore had pockets with the classic red and white stripes design of the old National Bookstore logo. Then Selecta was a bit more colorful putting the actual Selecta trike with words TENENENN a couple times, a thing that these machines play when they're out on the streets and getting kids sweet treats these days! Which one takes your fancy?

Thanks to Myke Soon of MixofEverythingLifestyleBlog for the shots!

They are also doing a lot of promos using the Uniqlo app so make sure you download that as well. They have showed me a few CSR projects they do with re-used fabric from cuts made on alterations of jeans in the store. They sell them to local women who sew and buy the product back as bags, they were awesome looking! So really, there's no waste happening with this clothing brand.

Thank you to the good people from UNIQLO whom we were able to spend our afternoon with. I like the new UT shirts you came out with as you celebrate 10 years in the country, that's no small feat! Congratulations!

REDOXON Now in the Philippines

The restrictions might have changed over the months in the country but that doesn't mean we have to be complacent in or out of our homes. Good news is, there's REDOXON now in the Philippines. I used to see this in other ASEAN countries but never here because there's popular one is Berocca. Little did we know, it came from the same company and they actually have different uses for it. Berocca is for mental and physical performance whilst this one is more on supporting your body's immune system. This has got Vitamins A, B6, B12, C and D. It also has Zinc, Iron, Copper and Selenium. They've been in the business since 1934 and if you lasted that long, you're probably good at it right?

Miss World Megan Young and Model/Actor Mikael Daez was also there in the event, telling us stories about their lifestyle choices. Even if they're in the best shape of their lives, they too come to a point where they don't get motivated to work out or eat healthy. They need something to keep them protected and not get sick and they're glad that REDOXON came at the right time. They also showcased (with Chef Edward Bugia) how to make Avocado Toast, as they're fond of learning healthy recipes that they pair with working out, plus if they feel a little under the weather it gets them back on track and get better.

Dr. Leah Manio explained to us what Cholecalciferol means and says "It's a fancy word that only means Vitamin D3, much like the one you get when your skin is exposed to sunlight. You need this to absorb calcium in your body, and you can get this in fish oil and eggs (though you would need a lot to get needed amount)."

This is part of Redoxon's worldwide efforts to address immuno threats which is timely as we're still fighting a huge threat in health. Their call is to have this be a habit, possibly take every morning before starting your day. Redoxon helps strengthen your immunity, keep you and your loved ones protected too.