What happens in Vegas does not always stay in Vegas. We’re not talking of hanky-panky, but rather the wild idea of staging an expensive musical production in the grand tradition of the hotels on the Las Vegas Strip—with a Filipino-flavored twist.
When the 45th annual meeting of the ADB Board of Governors is held in Metro Manila early May, the buzz will be not only about banking or finance, but also about gracious style and dining, done the Filipino way.
At his 90th birthday party last June 30 at the Rizal Ballroom of Shangri-La Makati, where some 600 guests—business, political, and society heavyweights, including President Benigno Aquino III—feted the grand old man of Philippine business, celebrator Washington Sycip reportedly brought the house down with his apology for the supposed typographical error in the invitation.
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