The Guam Visitors Bureau has once again held the annual Excellence in Tourism Awards and two team members from Fiesta Resort Guam were named as awardees:  Mellany Camero, Executive Administrative Assistant and Lisa Castro, Human Resources Assistant

Camero won the HERO Award for the Middle Management Category which is awarded to employees who demonstrate consistent outstanding performance in the course of the job, productivity of his/her department, and instills pride in service to those he/she supervises.

Castro won the HERO Award for the Non-Supervisory Category which is awarded to employees who demonstrate consistent exemplary performance in the course of the job and exhibits pride in rendering service.

The awarding ceremony was held last May 28 at the Sheraton Laguna Guam Resort.

Tan Holdings affiliates once again joined this year’s Corporate Challenge; an event sponsored annually by the Saipan Chamber of Commerce.

The participating companies from Tan Holdings were:  CTSI Logistics/FedEx Express, D&Q Saipan, Fiesta Resort & Spa Saipan and Take Care Insurance.

Prior to the challenges presented during the event last May 30, the teams were tasked to participate in the rehabilitation of the pavilions situated within the premises of the island.

A fee worth $300 was collected from each participating company.  The collected fee will go to the SCC’s educational endeavors for the NMI youth.

Tan Holdings has once again expressed support in the fight against cancer by joining the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life.

The American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life is an annual event that seeks to exhibit unity against cancer while providing cancer victims support.

According to reports, the successful fundraising efforts for the previous year enabled the Guam field office to pay for 270 nights of lodging, provided 177 cases of ensure, 182 boxes of ostomy supplies, and 115 gift items for cancer patients.

This year’s event, which was held at the George Washington High School Track in Mangilao last May 28carried the theme Celebrate Another Birthday.

Chef Leo Santiago, Sous Chef of the Fiesta Resort Guam, won second place in the 2010 PHARE Professional Chef’s Competition held last May 7 at the Hyatt Regency Guam.

Judges awarded Chef Leo second place for his original recipe Grilled Lobster Salad Eggplant Pistachio Rouille with Vegetable Chips.

The judges based their decisions on taste, best use of the theme ingredients, presentation and originality.

Chef Leo received a trophy courtesy of Quality Distributors and a $300 cash prize.

The culinary competition highlighted the skills and creativity of local professionals in preparing recipes featuring live quarter lobster and local egg plant.

In cooperation with Tan Siu Lin Foundation, Saipan Grand Hotel turned over hospital garments and linens to the Commonwealth Center (CHC) last May 10.

The management of Saipan Grand Hotel came up with 128 pieces of bed pads; 437 bed sheets; 1,433 pillow cases; 257 pillows; and 12 duvets and donated these to the CHC.  The turnover of the donations was also aided by Tan Siu Lin Foundation Manager Ed Arriola.

In a statement, Saipan Grand Hotel GM Ed Cho said that they are confident that the hospital will make good use of the donation.

Fourteen trash cans were presented by the Tan Holdings Football Club during a turnover ceremony held at the Octopus field of the San Antonio Elementary School last April 20.

Aside from its impact on the beautification of the environment, Tan Holdings Football Club President Eli Arago says that they initiated the donation of trash cans to the school because it accommodated them when they had no field to regularly host their training sessions and actual games.

Tan Holdings President Jerry Tan also joined the Tan Holdings Football Club officials during the turnover ceremony.

Tan is also the president of the Northern Mariana Islands Football Association.

Last April 20, Asia Pacific Airlines (APA) welcomed Korean airline Jin Air in its fold as they start the maintenance handling for the said airline.

Jin Air had its inaugural flight to Guam last April 20 carrying 183 passengers. This is a welcome to Guam as it opens up the island to Korean visitors with its daily flights.

The low cost airline is a subsidiary of Korean Air.

CTSI Logistics Saipan and POI Aviation GM Frank Camacho were bestowed with awards in recognition of their contributions to various environmental efforts.
CTSI Logistics and Camacho were hailed as Environmental Champions during the 29th Annual Flame Tree Arts Festival, the biggest arts festival celebrated in Micronesia, last April 24.
“The Environmental Champion award recognizes a person or group that exemplifies the Beautify CNMI spirit. Those qualities include volunteerism, cooperation, innovation, creativity and the ability to infect others with the Beauty Virus. The Environmental Champion is a role model for others to follow. They bring environmental issues to the forefront of public consciousness. They make things happen and effect change.” These are the award descriptions from the group Beautify CNMI!.
CTSI Logistics made a mark through their last Saturday of the month clean ups at their adopted beach, Susupe Beach Park. They started the trash pick up, facility restoration and installation of trash bins last January 2009 and both team members and management have been diligent in attending this monthly activity.
Frank was recognized for his effort in helping organize the DanDan Community Watch, where he stands as Community captain. Aside from the neighborhood watch patrol, the group also helped clean Dandan Children’s Park in July 2009. “This award has inspired me to do events more and inspire more people in our community to join our group every Saturday”, Camacho said.

To aid the victims of the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti last January 12, a total of $2200.00 was recently donated by team members of Fiesta Guam.

The donation was presented to the Guam Chapter of the American Red Cross in support of Haiti emergency relief efforts.

The 7.0 magnitude earthquake that shook Haiti last January 12 caused significant damage and took the lives of many.

On April 12, several team members of Tan Holdings and its affiliates met with Dr. Tan Siu Lin to present donations for the American Red Cross NMI Chapter.

Employees were able to raise $1,200 and in turn, the TSL Foundation matched the proceeds.  The donation totaled $2,400.

The cash donation will benefit the victims of the Haiti earthquake.

Last March 19, Judith Cool, an Aircraft Service Agent from POI Aviation, found large sums of cash while she was finishing her cleaning duties.

Cool narrates that she discovered the cash, both in American and Korean currencies, within the premises of Asiana Airlines flight 603/604 and Asiana Airlines flight 120/119.  The cash was immediately turned over to the management of Asiana Airlines.

The management of POI Aviation relates that they are proud of Cool for her honesty and integrity.

After all the efforts exerted in constructing a library at the Palau Community College (PCC), the Tan Siu Lin Library was finally opened last April 6.

The opening of the Tan Siu Lin Library was held at the Assembly Hall of the PCC. It was graced by the presence of Chairman Tan Siu Lin himself. Chairman Tan Siu Lin initiated the ribbon-cutting rites during the ceremony. Along with PCC Board of Trustees Chairperson Bilung Gloria Salii and President Johnson Toribiong of Palau, Chairman Tan Siu Lin was also among the guest speakers at the ceremony.

Aside from Chairman Tan Siu Lin, Tan Holdings President Jerry Tan and Tan Holdings EVP George Chiu were also in Palau to attend the ceremony.

Before the ceremony was concluded, Toribiong handed over a boat paddle to Chairman Tan Siu Lin as a token of appreciation for all his contributions to the Tan Siu Lin Library in PCC. The paddle was handcrafted by PCC President Dr. Patrick Tellei.

Following the example set by Tan Holdings, POI Aviation has taken up greater efforts to care for the environment by launching its own monthly cleanup.  According to the management of POI Aviation, this initiative is their participation in the iServe.iGive Back Campaign of Tan Holdings.

The first cleanup drive for POI Aviation was held last March 26 at around 4 p.m.  The team members’ itinerary was to take away the trash and debris from the Tun Herman Pan Road (intersection) to Flame Tree Road.

After the cleanup drive, the team members gathered to share food and to play fun games.  This was done to celebrate the birthday of the team members who were born on the month of March.

Team members of the Fiesta Resort Guam picked up trash along JFK Road to Matapang Beach Park in Tumon on Saturday, March 27, 2010 in support of the Keep Guam Clean – Trash Cleanup.  This event is held bi-annually through the coordinated efforts of members of the Guam Hotel & Restaurant Association and Japan Guam Travel Association, with the purpose of keeping Guam clean and safe for everyone to enjoy.

Tan Holdings has strengthened its resolve to protect Saipan’s natural resources by joining hands with Mariana Islands Nature Alliance (MINA) as the latter celebrated the installation of trash bins at the Obyan Beach last March 27.

With help from other volunteers from CTSI Logistics – Saipan, Tan Holdings was among the companies that adopted bins and pledged to pay for regular waste collection services for one year. 

Conducting beach cleanups at their site was also part of the arrangement that Tan Holdings agreed to when they pledged their support for this project.

A courtesy visit, purposive of facility inspection and review of security matters, took place last March 24 as Cape Air executives met with the management of POI Aviation.

The executives who visited the POI Aviation office were Corporate Security Director Melanie Gradsky and Pacific Administrator Geoff Price.

Cape Air is an airline company that is recognized for their outstanding customer service and convenient hourly flights.

Tan Holdings is proud to announce that the launch of its ADOPT-A-PAVILION program last Saturday, March 20, was very successful.

The launch of the program started off with the cleanup and rehabilitation of the pavilion fronting JP Center.  A large number of volunteers were present during the launch of the program as it also coincided with the month of March birthday celebration at the JP Center.

The scope of the first rehabilitation initiative for ADOPT-A-PAVILION covered the painting of the pavilion structure and tables as well as the cleanup from the pavilion premises to the 13^th Fisherman Pavilion & the shoreline.

ADOPT-A-PAVILION is under the “iServe.iGive Back” Program of Tan Holdings.