Miss Cebu 2010

The search is on!

Somewhere in the mad dash between being a quiet beach town and a highly urbanized conference city, Cebu took on a charming face…a different one every year. But nevertheless, a face the city and the world became familiar with. She is Miss Cebu.

About Cebu City Tourism Commission
HON. TOMAS R. OSMEÑA
City Mayor

Commissioners:
HON. MICHAEL L. RAMA
City Vice- Mayor/ Chairman

MRS. MARGARITA V. OSMEÑA
Consultant

Members:
HON. ARSENIO C. PACAÑA – Councilor/ Chairman, Committee on Tourism
MRS. MA. CRISTINA GARCIA – President, Arts Council of Cebu
MRS. OLIVIA LYNN UY DIZON – President, Victor Uy Foundation
MR. PHILIP RODRIGUEZ – Proprietor/ Designer, Pierre Angeli & Filippo
MRS. HONEY JARQUEL LOOP – Columnist, Philippine Star
MRS. JOAN Y. TIU – Manager, Wanderlanes Travel & Tours
MS. PATRIA AURORA B. ROA – Regional Director, Department of Toursim
MS. TETTA BAAD – VP, Marketing & Sales, Cebu Holdings Inc.
MR. JOSEPH DAVIDSON C. GAISANO. JR. – Proprietor, Whitegold Club Inc.
MS. ENRILEN JOY T. BENEDICTO – Executive VP, Benedict Ventures, Inc.
MR. MARCO E. PROTACIO – General Manager, Waterfront Cebu City Hotel & Casino

CCTC PERSONNEL:
CINBETH E. ORELLANO – OIC/ Project Director
ROGELIO R. ALAYRE
NIÑO RICHIE T. MATILOS

MISS CEBU 2009 / SUPPORT STAFFS
Ms. Kris Tiffany Janson
Ms. Michelle Iva Eguia
Ms. Tara Francis L. Oliver

MISSION: (stipulated in the Ordinance) Ordinance No. 1068, Section 3 and 4 Backgrounder: The Cebu City Tourism Commission (CCTC) was created in 1980 under City Ordinance No. 1068, in order to actively pursue the programs and projects of the then Ministry of Tourism and the Philippine Tourism Authority and to initiate its own program of promoting, encouraging and developing Tourism as a means of projecting Cebu culture, history, traditions and natural beauty, and as an instrument of accelerating the development of the City of Cebu.

VISION: A RESPONSIVE AND EFFECTIVE BODY IN SHOWCASING CEBU AS A TOURIST DESTINATION THROUGH ITS DYNAMIC, INNOVATIVE AND RELEVANT PROGRAMS.

General Purpose of the Cebu City Tourism Commission
– To act as the implementing arm of the Cebu City Government in the achievement of policies and programs for the development, promotion and supervision of tourism in collaboration with other agencies, persons or entities concerned with tourism;

– To promote the development of areas with potential tourism value, otherwise known as “tourists zones”.

Ordinance 1068, Section:
Specific Functions & Powers:
• To undertake studies on natural tourism resources and potentialities of the City of Cebu;

• To formulate a tourism development plan for the City of Cebu in Collaboration with the Department of Tourism and the Philippine Tourism Authority;

• To coordinate with the Department of Tourism in the development of infrastructure requirements supporting a tourist zone;

• In coordination with the City Planning Board and Department of Planning and Development as well as other appropriate agencies, to formulate and implement zoning regulations within a tourist zone;

• In coordination with the Department of Tourism, to arrange for the preservation and/ or restoration of city monuments, historical landmarks and other tourist attractions;

• To recommend to the City Mayor to engage or certain and pay for the services of any professional or technical assistance from the private or government sector;

• To undertake fund raising campaigns such as cultural and benefit shows, etc. And to accept donations from any and all sources for city tourism development;

• To implement CCTC’s licensing and regulatory functions; and

• To do any and all acts necessary, convenient or expedient to carry out the purposed for which the commission is created and which are not violative to any law.

Pursuant to City Ordinance 1068, CCTC undertakes the yearly activities to promote cultural tourism in the City of Cebu:
• Participation in the annual Sinulog Festival
• Holding of the Miss Cebu Pageant
• Community-Based Tourism
• Balik Cebu Project
• Promotion of Heritage Sites
• Development of CCTC Website
• Promotion of Cultural Tourism
• Holding of Cultural Shows
• Publication of Calendar of Events
• Participation of Travel Exhibition/ Trade Fairs
• Publication of CCTC Brochures
• Holding of Lecturer Series on “CEBU”
• Holding of “Familiarization Tour” Participation of activities undertaken by the Cebu City Government

source/photo credit : Miss Cebu Website