Davao hosts opening ceremony MICECON 2023 organized TPB

Tourism Promotions Board (TPB) Philippines, the Department of Tourism’s marketing and promotions division, recently kicked off the Philippine M.I.C.E. Conference (MICECON), the country’s leading gathering for meetings, incentive travel, conventions, and exhibitions professionals in Davao City. The three-day event, with the theme “MICEConverge: Blaze New Trails,” aimed to surpass previous MICECON gatherings, drive tourism and economic activities, and highlight Davao City as a preferred MICE destination in the Philippines and Asia. In the photo, Maria Margarita Montemayor Nograles, the TPB’s Chief Operating Officer, is standing fourth from the left, accompanied by Atty. Jay Melchor B. Quitain, Jr., Vice Mayor of Davao City, and members of the Kathara Dance Collective, representing the 11 tribes of Davao.