Summer may be over, dahlings, but flip-flops are a must-have all year round, so flip-flop enthusiasts rocked the Rockwell Tent...
The Radisson Blu Hotel hosted a “Hail & Farewell” bash in its Niña ballroom, well-attended by personalities from the travel trade, the august media and the glamour crowd. After two and a half years in Cebu, Grant Gaskin has left with a long list of friends, all of whom have wished him “balik-balik.”
The Radisson Blu Hotel in Cebu celebrated its first anniversary with one of the grandest parties of the season. The occasion also served to celebrate Christmas. Quite a crowd had gathered at the spacious lobby by 6 p.m.
Just as their invitations said, Dr. Jose Enrique “Joe-Em” de las Peñas and Jill Johns de las Peñas hosted “an enchanted evening to celebrate the 18th birthday of their beautiful daughter Mary Ellen.”
Elizabeth Sy, president of SM Hotels and Conventions Corp., hosted the second anniversary of the Radisson Blu Hotel. Actually, it was a double celebration, for, as she said, “it’s Christmas, too.”
Sachiko Miyashita, acclaimed guitarist from Japan, performed to an enthusiastic audience at the Marcelo Fernan Cebu Press Center. She was presented by the Arts Council, the Cebu Luthiers Education Foundation and Guitar Friends. Event chair was Arts Council vice president Maxwell Espina.
Wed at elegant afternoon rites in the Cebu Cathedral were John Cunanan and Ays Randrup, who met and fell in love in Singapore where they have their respective jobs. They chose Cebu for their wedding as John has a number of kin here.
The gift shop cum convenience store at the lobby of the Cebu City Marriott Hotel has metamorphosed into a glitzy boutique displaying the gala line of clothes by Jun Escario and the handcrafted Vero jewelry by Gladys Young.
The Ambassador of Canada Neil Reeder and his lovely wife Irene hosted a reception at the Santa Maria ballroom of the Radisson Blu Hotel with a double purpose.
Operation Smile came to Cebu for the 16th year under the aegis of the MSY Charitable Foundation. The initials stand for Mariquita Salimbangon Yeung whose foundation is involved in various civic endeavors.
