Mastercard Inks Exclusive Partnership with PHISGOC to Power the 30th SEA Games and 10th ASEAN Para Games

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Mastercard signed an agreement with the Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee (PHISGOC) and Mediapro Asia to be an official sponsor of the 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games and 10th ASEAN Para Games.

“As the appointed sponsorship agent for the SEA Games, we are excited to announce Mastercard as an exclusive category sponsor, joining other partners who are also leaders in their respective categories to support this Philippines milestone Games and most important sporting event across South East Asia in 2019,” said Lars Heidenreich, Managing Director of Mediapro Asia.

Supporting big events and campaigns in sports, music, fashion and entertainment is not new to Mastercard which has been a sponsor of major events like the GRAMMY Awards®, Australia Open and Pebble Beach Food and Wine. Through these sponsorships, Mastercard creates Priceless Experiences to engage cardholders through their passion points and also supports national economic and welfare agendas.

This sponsorship of the SEA Games and ASEAN Para Games affirms Mastercard’s commitment to support the cash-lite agenda of the Central Bank as it has pledged to power the official mobile app of the regional multisport events. The bespoke platform will be a one-stop source of information for spectators, athletes, and officials during the Games. It will include details on game schedules, score tallies and medal tables, and news related to the event.

As a technology network powering smart and secure payments, Mastercard will also enable convenient and secure online and offline purchases like event tickets and food at the venues through a payment card stored in the mobile app.

The Philippine SEA Games Organizational Committee (PHISGOC) Foundation, Inc. welcomes MasterCard as the official payment partner of the 30th SEA games.

PHISGOC Chair, House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano, welcomes the entry of MasterCard in the growing list of private companies expressing their support for the Philippines hosting.

“The outpouring of support from international private companies encourages the organizers to work harder every day. And with less than three months to the Games, we also look forward to the entry of more local Filipino businesses and Philippine-based companies in our growing list of sponsors and partners,” Cayetano said.

"Indeed, with our friends from the private and public sectors, and our sports-loving Filipino people who all have supported Philippine sports throughout the years, we can truly win as one," added Cayetano.

The unique involvement of Mastercard in the Games is expected to make it easier for people all over the region to converge and enjoy the events. Through the use of the app, Mastercard promises convenient tracking of game results straight from one’s mobile device and quick and secure cashless transactions for the events.

Mastercard aims to elevate the Games’ experience in the Philippines through the app and through a number of activities for its cardholders to engage with and support the Games. The first of these will be the upcoming exclusive privilege for Mastercard cardholders to have access to the best and most popular seats before the tickets go on sale to the public. This will be accompanied by a special offer on the tickets.

“While Mastercard lends its technical expertise to the Games with the goal of paving the way for the Philippines to be a cash-lite society, it also wants to provide an opportunity for Filipinos to come together to support the nation and its athletes and to Start Something Priceless,” said Rowell Del Fierro, Country Manager, Philippines, Mastercard.

Craft: Molding the Lore of Marketing Wizards Post-Event Highlights

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Last September 16, PUP-Junior Marketing Executives had its academic mentoring seminar entitled "Craft: Molding the Lore of Marketing Wizards" at Claro M. Recto Hall. It was attended by 300 students from PUP Marketing Management and 50 from partner schools.

The mentors which are the highlight of the event molded the lore of the students by giving them humorous but knowledgeable ideas about their respective topics that made the event more exciting.

Mr. Lloyd Luna, who named as the Pambansang Inspirasyon, tackled "Personal Branding" which gives the students an impact on how to develop their personal brand as an individual.

Mr. Jigo Reloj, a Digital Strategist of ABS-CBN, discussed about "Digital Marketing" which is timely and relevant on our generation. It made the students learn different stategies that they can use in their future businesses.

It was successfully conducted with the help of their adviser, alumni, faculty members, and the whole PUP-JME family. Ofcourse it wouldn't be possible without their generous sponsors namely Loyal Coin, Budgetarian Travel Services, Zest-o, Smart, TNT, Wazzup Pilipinas, Techkuya, Astig.ph.

Wazzup Pilipinas Awarded with Hall of Fame for Most Outstanding Social Media Influencer

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Hall of Fame is a huge feat because being consistently awesome is difficult and rare! But at Wazzup Pilipinas, we live and breathe to excel above and beyond the standards. We break barriers to stand out among the online noise.

We would like to thank the Best Choice Awards council for conferring to Wazzup Pilipinas a Hall of Fame recognition as Most Outstanding Social Media Influencer for having been awarded for three consecutive years from 2017 to 2019.

The awards night was held at the Richmonde Hotel Eastwood in Libis, Quezon City just recently this September 14, with an impressive list of celebrity performers and co-awardees from many industries.

Leading the line-up of talented performers were the TNT Boys, the kid trio with their amazing voices. There were also Anthony Rosaldo and Mikee Quintos who also wowed the crowd with their powerful voices. The Manila Tron Dancers were the ones who started the mood that night with their night glow opening performance, followed by the disco beat singing of Osang Soliven, Betong Sumaya, Dace David, and Twity Bird, and Lassy who made us all laugh with his crazy antics with a Canadian guest. He got a P1000 for his joke! Seriously, engaging with the audience is still an effective way to please the audience.

The traditional cake slicing and wine toasting was expected as they have always been part of the opening ceremonies. This was participated in by not to forget MMDA Spokesperson Celine Pialago, who has always been a stunner even in her casual outfits (but tonight she was elegantly gorgeous as ever that I was too shy to request a selfie with her) together with the Best Choice Awards Council and other VIP guests.

But tonight was Wow! Look at the cake with projected moving images on it. This is the first time I've seen cake mapping!, and the stylish setup - a blue, silver and gold color combo theme tonight  So elegant!

Tonight we feel like royalties! This is better than attending the Star Magic Ball because here we were all stars, not just the celebrity performers for tonight. This is the biggest salvo in business and achievement awards!

Hosting the night were Beauty Queen Chole Florendo and Voice-over Jun Dumlao - a pleasing to the eyes and ears combination.

Congratulations to the "Pambansang Blog ng Pilipinas" for another milestone. We are definitely humbled but extremely proud.

It is heartwarming that our humble beginnings way back 2013 was the birth of a courageous expression guised in the form of a blog which evolved into more than just another online presence.

This was only possible because of our followers and "partners" who supported us throughout the years

With so many collaborations like media partnerships for both local and international brands, TV and radio guestings, as resource person or speaker, and even judging and event coordinations, event, presscon and media launch invites, product and service reviews, personality features, out-of-town and country coverage and features, with local and international contributors, advocacy boosts and promitional campaigns, and the numerous awards from different award-giving bodies,we are proud to be among the highly recognized online presence in the country.

Thank you for the trust!

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