Franchise meetings

The Philippine Franchise Association hosts the twin meetings of the World Franchise Council (WFC) and the Asia Pacific Franchise Confederation (APFC) from Oct. 25 to 27, coinciding with the Franchise Asia Philippines 2023 International Expo on Oct. 27 to 29 at the SMX Convention Center Manila with the theme ‘Fun.Friendship.Franchising. Shown are PFA chairman Sherill Quintana, president Chris Lim, WFC secretary general Simon Bartholomew, Franchise Asia Philippines 2023 overall chair Joseph Tanbuntiong, Franchise Asia Philippines 2023 overall co-chair Richard Sanz, vice chair Ma. Alegria Sibal-Limjoco and chairman emeritus Samie Lim with international delegates from Brazil, Britain, China, Colombia, Egypt, Finland, Hungary, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Taiwan and UAE. Also present are the three supranational associations—the Asia Pacific Franchise Confederation (APFC), Europe Franchise Federation (EFF) and the Federation of Ibarro-American Federation (FIAF)