On a hunt for the best travel deals? Mark your calendar as Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) holds the first ever Smart Travel Sale Fair at the World Trade Center in Pasay

This Smart promo is just in time as we are going to travel this coming November to Shen Zhen, China and Taiwan.  We will need some reliable internet connection to help us cover these trips and document them.

On a hunt for the best travel deals? Mark your calendar as Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) holds the first ever Smart Travel Sale Fair at the World Trade Center in Pasay City on Oct. 12 to 14, 2018.

A huge travel extravaganza, the Smart Travel Sale Fair brings together major airlines and over 100 agencies and booking partners to offer exciting deals perfect for your holiday getaways and bucket list destinations.

Groundbreaking pre-booking feature for data roaming packages

At the event, Smart is set to introduce its groundbreaking pre-booking feature for data roaming packages - a first in the country. This unique feature will allow customers to conveniently buy their data roaming services ahead of their trip, so they won't have to worry about staying connect online while traveling and exploring the world.

As a big treat, customers pre-booking at Smart's themed booth at the event will get 50 percent discount on Smart’s data roaming products. All Smart customers can also enjoy 50 percent discount on the Php100 entrance fee by simply presenting a special text message from Smart before paying at the ticket counters.

Celebrating Filipinos' passion for traveling

“The first ever Smart Travel Sale Fair is a huge celebration of the Filipinos’ growing passion for exploring the world and sharing all these memorable travel experiences with loved ones,” said Kat Luna-Abelarde, FVP and Group Head of International Roaming & Carrier Business for PLDT and Smart.

“That’s why aside from giving the best airline promos and hotel discounts, the Smart World Travel Sale Fair also offers 50 percent discount on new and improved Smart data roaming products so you can enjoy a more convenient and worry-free getaways in over 153 destinations,” she added.

When you roam with Smart, you have all the travel information you need at your fingertips. You can also hail a cab using an app, book flights and hotels on the go, track your trip or map out your destinations, translate foreign words in a snap, and, most importantly, share all your travel experiences with loved ones in real time on Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat and via top messaging apps.

One-stop portal for worry-free data roaming

Smart customers can easily purchase and monitor their data roaming activities while traveling with Smart’s Data Roaming Manager, a one-stop portal that features all available data roaming products as well as keeps track of data roaming usage while on the go.

The Data Roaming Manager is accessible to all Smart customers traveling in over 153 countries. Just follow these 4 easy steps when outside the country:
1. TURN OFF WIFI on your smartphone
2. TURN ON DATA ROAMING and MOBILE DATA
3. Open your smartphone's web browser and go to  roam.smart.com.ph
4. Select the Data Roaming Package that’s right for you and CLICK “SUBSCRIBE”.

 With just a simple click, the portal allows you to conveniently subscribe to Smart’s suite of new and improved data roaming products – from the data-packed GigaRoam, which offers 1GB data roaming valid for 5 days for as low as Php999, to the no-frills Roam Lite, which offers light web surfing and social media apps access valid for 24 hours for as low as Php150. Data packs are also available for social media use and browsing, starting at P150, valid for 24 hours.

To find out how you can catch exciting deals at the Smart Travel Sale Fair, check out Smart’s official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages for updates. You can also follow #RoamWithSmart for updates and visit smart.com.ph/Roaming or more details on how to make the most of Smart’s data roaming offers.

TrueMoney PH is now one of the largest payment and remittance networks in the country,

TrueMoney Philippines recently achieved one of their biggest milestones to date. In less than a year of operations in the country, the company already reached its 1 million transacting customer mark. TrueMoney is a Fintech brand of Ascend Money, a digital finance venture of the C.P. Group from Thailand, one of the largest diversified conglomerates in Asia, and Ant Financial (Alipay), the payments arm of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group.


 Humble Beginnings and Rapid Growth 
It wasn’t so long ago when TrueMoney Philippines was just a business concept on a set of PowerPoint slides.

Within the first few months, TrueMoney Philippines grew its workforce from one person to hundreds of employees spread across several regions in the country. The team also launched its core technology system and began offering services on a pilot basis to several partners.

In a few months’ time, it already built what is now one of the largest payment and remittance networks in the country, with over 5,000 TrueMoney Centers.

“Our mission is to provide everyone with ACCESS to affordable and innovative financial services, particularly those who are underbanked and underserved today,” says TrueMoney Philippines CEO Xavier Marzan. “That means being pervasive and going to where these underserved segments are.”

Today, TrueMoney Philippines already provides services such as payment of e-commerce purchases, bills payment, buying of load and credits, and remittance to multiple provinces nationwide, including far flung areas in Albay, Bataan, Benguet, Bohol, Bukidnon, Cagayan de Oro, Camarines Sur, Cavite, Cebu, Davao, Ilocos, Isabela, Laguna, La Union, Metro Manila, Misamis Oriental, Nueva Ecija, Nueva Vizcaya, Pampanga, Pangasinan, Quezon, Rizal, Tarlac, and Zambales and more!

“Where we are today is just the starting point,” Marzan says. “We are constantly growing our network of partner centers to cover more greenfield areas.” 

With an empowered footprint of TrueMoney Centers in strategic corridors, TrueMoney introduced its Money Padala (remittance) service a few months ago. For TrueMoney’s Partner Agents, this meant a more diversified portfolio of services and a greater potential of earning higher income. For its customers, it meant convenience and affordability as TrueMoney’s cash-to-cash Money Padala service is one of the lowest sending rates in the country.

While the average rates for domestic remittances today range from 3 percent to more than 10 percent for some providers, TrueMoney rates go as low as only 2 percent of the transaction amount—without any additional charges to the recipient. So say for remittances of P1,000, the total cost of sending is only P20. The recipient also gets the entire amount without any additional charges.
To reinforce its drive to serve the masses, TrueMoney has also worked with talk show host Boy Abunda in promoting the new brand in the Philippine market.

“This is just the first step,” Marzan adds. “In the coming months, we will be launching additional payment partners and expanding our portfolio of services. Given our industry, we need to constantly stay ahead of what the market demands. We need to be at the forefront of innovation to address current gaps in the market with new products as well as to solve difficult challenges in an emerging market like ours with new capabilities.”

To know more about TrueMoney and how to become a TrueMoney partner agent, visit www.truemoney.com.ph or call (02) 7189999. You may even text them at 09778063775 (Globe) or 0998565999 (Smart).