Fil-Canadian Daphne Osena-Paez and husband Patrick Paez
Guests dined on authentic Canadian specialties including smoked meat from Montreal, poutine, blueberry desserts, and a Beaver Tail-inspired pastry. They also sampled Canadian beer, wine and whiskey, including the Labatt 150 beer especially crafted for Canada’s sesquicentennial. Lucky guests won prizes including a round-trip ticket for two to Toronto sponsored by B2B Gold and CanCham, and a round-trip ticket for one to Vancouver sponsored by TELUS, as well as overnight stays in various luxurious hotels and resorts including Busuanga Bay, Discovery Primea, Fairmont Hotel Manila, IM Hotel, Kandaya Resort, Marriott Resorts World Hotel, and Shangri-La Fort Hotel.