Chef Jessie Sincioco, who runs three upscale restaurants bearing her name in Makati City and Pasig City, has joined the Visa Epic Experiences affluent dining platform—a wine and dine series exclusive to Visa Platinum, Visa Signature, and Visa Infinite cardholders.
Cardholders can enjoy either a complimentary glass or a bottle of wine at some of the Philippines’ finest and most premium dining establishments, including Chef Jessie’s Group of Restaurants.
Sincioco, who won the grand prize in the baking category of The Great Maya Cookfest in 1983, became the first Filipina pastry chef in 1990. She has twice bagged the L’Assiete D’Or, the most coveted gold trophy in “Chefs On Parade”, the country’s most prestigious culinary competition.
With three expat partners, she set up and managed the popular Le Soufflé restaurant in Greenbelt in 1991. The partnership led to more Le Soufflé branches and other restaurants like Papermoon and Poppies until the break-up in 2009. Sincionco then decided to establish her own group of restaurants.
Global payments company Visa invited Sincionco to become among the merchants under Visa Epic Experiences, its exclusive dining and travel privileges for cardholders worldwide.
Through this platform, all Visa cardholders, including tourists from all over the world, can easily discover unforgettable trips and gastronomic experiences by presenting their Visa card at over 60 choice establishments nationwide.
Visa cardholders can enjoy epic offers from well-known establishments such as Kettle in Manila to Taza Fresh Table in Tagaytay to Enye by Chele Gonzalez in Cebu to Subo in Boracay.
This year, sought-after restaurants such as Antonio’s, Chef Jessie’s Group of Restaurants, Pablo Bistro, Samba, Epilogue and many others were introduced into the Visa Epic Experiences affluent dining platform.
In addition to dining merchants, Visa Epic Experiences platform also includes travel offers such as a 25-percent discount off published room rates at Anya Resort Tagaytay, 60-percent off published room rates and 30-percent off massage services at Crimson Resort & Spa Mactan.
“Filipinos love to travel and dine and this is proven from our data, where we see almost half of all Filipino cardholders spend on these categories. With this in mind, we are introducing the fifth edition of Visa Epic Experiences. Every year, we make an effort to revamp and introduce new offerings to make this platform bigger and better for our cardholders,” says Stuart Tomlinson, Visa country manager for the Philippines and Guam.
“Filipino cardholders and tourists from all over the world who own a Visa card will be able to enjoy exclusive dining and travel privileges, where they can create unforgettable life memories with their families and loved ones,” Tomlinson says.
The unique perks of Visa Epic Experiences are available to all Visa cards issued anywhere in the world. Visa cardholders can enjoy all the offers on Visa Epic Experience platform until March 15, 2019.
Visa also introduced the Visa Digital Concierge app, where Visa Signature and Visa Infinite cardholders can view the Visa Epic Experiences offers, and also book hotel accommodations and make restaurant reservations through the app.
Traditionally, cardholders need to dial a hotline or email a concierge service provider to engage their services. The new Visa concierge mobile app offers a real-time channel for affluent consumers to arrange for services such as hotel, flight and restaurant reservations, event ticket purchases or other inquiries.
A recent survey conducted by Visa found that most Filipinos make flight reservations, accommodation and dining reservations on their own because they find it troublesome to have someone else doing it for them.
The Visa Concierge mobile app simplifies these traditional concierge processes. It is equipped with a live-chat function, which enables consumers to chat with a customer service representative directly to make personalized and bespoke requests. Through this feature, they can get instant results and prompt responses to their requests.