Press Release
Davao City Launched as Wedding Capital at Kasalang Filipino 2010

Wedding suppliers from Davao City and the rest of Mindanao proved why it could be the next wedding capital of the Philippines during the seventh leg of Kasalang Filipino 2010 12-city wedding and tourism fair and exhibit, held last June 25 – 27, 2010 at NCCC Mall in Davao City.

The event, co-presented by Kasal.com, ABS-CBN Regional Network Group, and New City Commercial Corporation (NCCC) Mall Davao, showcased the best wedding venues, products, and services from the Crown Jewel of Mindanao as well as other wedding suppliers from nearby provinces.

Aside for creative wedding displays of local wedding suppliers, numerous activities were staged for attending couples and guests. These include marriage processing seminar, hair and make up trends, and cake decoration demo. Local music artists entertained the soon-to-wed couples and mall goers at the event area. Aspiring and professional make-up artists showed off their skills at the Ever Bilena Gandang Pinay Bridal Make up Competition. It was make up artist Edgar Digol who took home the grand prize of PhP. 20, 000.00 worth of Ever Bilena products, 1-year Gold Priority Listing advertising in Kasal.com worth PhP. 5, 000.00, and a trophy. Bocari Sidik and Juls Robert Milans managed to bag first and second place, respectively. Finally, Davao City’s premiere wedding fashion designers took over the runway and displayed their latest wedding fashion collection.

Certificates were given to all the wedding suppliers who took part in the event. All the couples who attended the event received free gift pack while lucky couples received special gift packs and gift certificates courtesy of the event sponsors.

Kasalang Filipino 2010 is a nationwide wedding and tourism fair road show, which ties twelve (12) Philippine cities with one goal of promoting the local wedding industry. The following are the 12 cities of the 2010 road show – Cabanatuan, General Santos, Lucena, Baguio, Dumaguete, Pampanga, Davao, Malolos, Tagaytay, Cagayan de Oro, San Fernando, and Bacolod. This year’s Kasalang Filipino 12-city roadshow is endorsed by the Department of Tourism.

Kasalang Filipino 2010 is co-presented by Kasal.com and ABS-CBN Regional Network Group and made possible by Ever Bilena Cosmetics, Goldilocks Bakeshop, Ariel Javelosa Photography, and the following media partners: Lifestyle Network, Sky Cable, Tambayan 101.9, My Only Radio, Metro Weddings, Metro Home and Entertaining, Food Magazine, Foodie Magazine, The Manila Times, Business Mirror, Philstar.com, Woman Today, and LocalDirect.com.