Dear Friends in the Industry,

As we come close to the end of the year 2006, a very productive and vibrant year for the travel and tourism community, we in the hotel and restaurant industry resolve to even reach out to greater heights after having started the year with a humble beginning. A growing number of members is determined to bond themselves together to achieve what we started out to accomplish - to provide an environment of peace, stability and progress in the economic front.

The increasing population of foreign and domestic tourists and travellers arriving out of Manila and thru Clark international airport has spurred economic prosperity for the hotel and restaurant sector since the last three years when Clark started flying to regional destinations.

As tourism grows by leaps and bounds, we are resolved to even strive harder to maintain the robust beginning by campaigning for more members to join HARP and share with us the benefits of being one. We are set to produce a common brochure that features the profiles of each member and distribute these to the international and domestic market. We are determined to collaborate with the travel and tour operators in the country and around the globe to ensure our exposure in all their promotional materials and tour packages.

Today, we are proud to tell the world that HARP has become globally competitive as we now make our presence felt on the world wide web thru our homepage at www.goharp.org made possible thru the assistance of the Department of Tourism - Region III.

Allow me now to enjoin the major players and stakeholders in the hospitality sector to become members of HARP to enjoy the benefits that are now made available to us like economic windfall as a result of a positive growth in tourism and making possible your presence on the cyberspace - for free.

All this is possible if you become one with us!

Sincerely yours,

Jim Dale
President