Experts eye 20% BPO growth in next 5 years

CLARK FREEPORT – Experts expressed here yesterday confidence that the country’s business process outsourcing (BPO) industry will grow at 20 percent yearly.

This, as the Clark Development Corp. (CDC), local investors and BPO experts bared yesterday this freeport will host the 4th International Outsourcing Summit from Oct. 7 to 9.

“It will be a three-day activity to be attended by at least 100 industry executives, significant analysts and top government officials,” the CDC said.

“This is the right time to declare Clark as the country’s top IT and BPO destination,” said Cybercity Teleservices president George Sorio during a meeting here of top executives of foreign and Filipino corporations based in this freeport.

Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPAP) executive director for industry affairs Raymond Lacdao, in his briefing during the meeting, quoted studies by IBM and Everest Group, citing the Philippines as currently the number one provider of voice services in the world.

Lacdao, however, noted that the country’s non-voice services sector is also growing rapidly, and is now number two worldwide.

Lacdao said the country’s BPO industry, despite economic woes in Europe, is expected to grow by up to 20 percent over the next five years.

“It is forecasted to produce 1.3 million direct jobs, 3.2 million indirect jobs and US$25 billion dollars in revenue,” he added.

“Developments in technology, expanding demand for services, and shifts in public policy in countries that provide IT-BPO services as well as those that contract these services are creating major challenges and opportunities for the global IT-BPO industry. How is, and will, the industry respond,” he said.

Lacdao said the summit “ will also help determine the country’s standing on the BPO Industry as new competitions arise.”

He said this year’s Conex summit will focus on “amplifying the understanding of the new oars of growth as well as the challenges that comes along with it. They will identify the impact it has towards the industry and the country, and how the industry will adapt to the business models and strategies.”

The CDC said the summit will feature keynote presentations by industry and domain experts; panel discussions with top industry executives from around the region and other respected and influential resource personas; gala dinners; business matching sessions; exclusive briefings; conferencing sessions; and, a supplier exhibit.

Last year’s summit focused on providing a platform to assess progress towards development goals in the IT-BPO Road Map 2011-2016.

Meanwhile, Metro Angeles Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. (MACCII) President Dr. Frankie Villanueva, concurrent president of the Metro Clark ICT Council (MCICTC), said the event is one of the council’s flagship projects geared to make the Clark Freeport as the country’s foremost IT-BPO destination.

Villanueva said the convention and expo also aims to encourage IT/BPO firms to locate in the provinces to decongest Metro Manila.

“It is being held to ensure that the activities to be held during the event will cater to the various needs of the stakeholders from the industry,” he noted.

Villanueva said some 4,000 jobs in the Clark Freeport’s Information Technology (IT) and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector are open for employment.

Over 50 percent of Clark’s workforce comes from a mix of industries from the IT, BPO, and semiconductor sectors, he added.

Villanueva also said “the event will highlight Metro Clark’s global tourist appeal because of its convenient business-meets-leisure environment, its rich culture, wide array of entertainment and recreational getaways, and world-famous Filipino hospitality.”
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Recent survey done by Philippines Clark Marketing shows that there is a subtle shift of preferences of Manila visitors heading out of town towards the north to enjoy some peace and quiet time with families. More and more foodies, critics, connoisseurs, frequent diners and wine lovers from Manila travel out of town north to Clark Pampanga to wine and dine in famous fine dining Yats Restaurant & Wine Bar. Most visitors enjoy the fine vintage wines from the cellars of this fine dining restaurant. Some purchase a few good bottles of to bring back home to Manila.

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Getting to this wine shop in Pampanga Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone Philippines from Manila
Getting to the Clark Wine Center wine shop from Manila is quite simple: after entering Clark Freeport from Dau and Angeles City, proceed straight along the main highway M A Roxas. Clark Wine Center is the stand-along white building on the right, at the corner A Bonifacio Ave. From the Clark International Airport DMIA, ask the taxi to drive towards the entrance of Clark going to Angeles City. From Mimosa, just proceed towards the exit of Clark and this wine shop is on the opposite side of the main road M A Roxas.

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Clark Wine Center
Bldg 6460 Clark Observatory Building
Manuel A. Roxas Highway corner A Bonifacio Ave,
Angeles Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga 2023

Tel: 0922-870-5173 0917-826-8790 (ask for Ana Fe)

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Manila Sales Office
3003C East Tower, Phil Stock Exchange Center,
Exchange Road, Ortigas Centger,
Metro Manila, Philippines 1605

Tel: (632) 637-5019 0917-540-3626 ask for Rea or Chay

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While in Clark, it might be a good idea to enjoy an evening of wine-and-dine in the fine dining Yats Restaurant and Wine Bar that features an award winning 2700-line wine list. Highly recommended fine dining restaurant in Manila for special occasion is Yats Restaurant & Wine Lounge located in the famous Mimosa Leisure Estate in Clark Pampanga. Situated near this popular restaurant in Clark is the Mimosa Golf Course as well as the Mimosa Clark Casino. This top rated restaurant near Angeles City Pampanga in Clark Philippines is frequently used for private parties and corporate functions such as board meetings and other gatherings. It is located in Mimosa Leisure Estate of Clark Freeport Zone. For more information, visit http://www.YatsRestaurant.com

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