Press Release
Soon-to-wed Couples Visited Baguio City for Third Leg of Kasalang Filipino 2010

Numerous soon-to-wed couples visited the City of Pines to see Baguio City’s premier destinations and meet up with wedding suppliers during Kasalan sa Baguio wedding and tourism fair and exhibit, held last April 10 – 11, 2010 at the Baguio Convention Center.

The fourth leg of Kasalang Filipino 2010 12-city roadshow is co-presented by Kasal.com and ABS-CBN Regional Network Group, in cooperation with I Do in Baguio Events Management and City Government of Baguio. The event showcased the best wedding suppliers from the Summer Capital of the Philippines as well as other wedding suppliers from Manila and nearby provinces.

Ms. Shieyl Aranas of Sophisticashaun conducted a free Personality Development Workshop during the first day of the event. Afterwards, sixteen aspiring and professional makeup artists transformed their models into stunning Filipina brides during the Ever Bilena Gandang Pinay Makeup competition. In the end, it was Mr. Randy Danao’s work that stood out, earning him 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. Meanwhile, Mr. Paul Sanglay and Mr. Joey Yumana were declared first and second prize, respectively. They took home PhP. 5,000.00 worth of products and 1-year Priority Listing in Kasal.com. The day ended with a fashion show featuring the entourage and bridal wear collection of Ms. Karla Santillan of La Femme.

The second day of the event started off with an Events Mangement seminar by University of the Cordilleras professor Mr. Jonathan Micua. Afterwards, event exhibitors gave away discounts and free services to lucky soon-to-wed couples during the raffle draw. These include imported bouquet arrangement, invitation printing, catering service, bridal gown rental, on the day coordination, photo and video coverage, and more. All the couples who attended the event received free gift pack 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 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, Ariel Javelosa Photography, and the following media partners: Lifestyle Network, Sky Cable, WRR 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.