Engineer Grace Bondad Nicolas—the woman behind successful shows, an unparalleled civic and multiplatform leader, adviser to billionaires, and media maven par excellence—successfully launched Rising Tigers Magazine in a well-attended gala of the business industry’s who’s who of entrepreneurial giants.
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| Engr. Grace Bondad Nicolas launches Rising Tigers Magazine |
This new publishing milestone, another brainchild of
the Asia Leaders Awards (ALA) Committee
and TAG Media Group, was launched on
March 22, 2022 at the Grand Hyatt Manila in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, with
the banner story "Top 50 Rising
Tigers, Nation Builders across Asia Pacific" with Frontrow
Enterprises’ dynamic duo, RS Francisco and Sam Verzosa, on the covers.
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| On the cover of the maiden issue, Frontrow duo, RS Francisco & Sam Verzosa |
“We
keep on innovating, we’re already writing in broadsheets, event maven, concert
producers, branding and pr experts and adding the magazine is just to make our
media excellence complete ,” said Engineer Nicolas,
who is taking on new hats as Publisher and Managing Director of the latest
business and lifestyle magazine to be exclusively distributed by National Book
Store, the Philippines oldest and largest book store.
Rising
Tigers Magazine Prestigious Editorial
Rising Tigers Magazine's editorial board and content
are power-packed with the editorial team populated by accomplished and
ultra-successful tycoons and titans in Philippine business: Yupangco Group of
Companies Robert Laurel Yupangco,
grandson of former President Jose P Laurel; The E-Hotels and Resorts' Dr. Elton See Tan and Tan Yu III,
father and son heirs to billionaire fortune; and, TAG Media Group's Andrew Troy Nicolas as co-publisher.
They are joined by Rising Tigers Magazine's columnists Susan Afan of the Magsaysay Foundation
and Elizabeth Timbol of the IELT
Group with Karren Cernal of the
Zoomanity Group as Editor in Chief.
Rising Tigers Magazine was conceptualized to feature
the latest in Asian and Philippine business and society, with 80% of its pages
dedicated to business and 20% to society lifestyle, with special focus on the
success stories of veteran and emerging business icons and personalities that move
and shake various industry sectors.
Rocking
Metro Manila's Events Landscape
As if publishing a quarterly magazine of business
leaders is not enough, Engineer Nicolas, also a business writer for The Manila
Times, recently launched the Beauty
Industry Awards, to recognize and award the Philippines' top beauty
companies, leaders, and movers and shakers.
This would serve as the third diamond on her crown of
mega-events for 2022, on top of Rising Tigers: Nation Builders and Asia Leaders
Awards.
Indeed, the tireless supporter of all things
productive, helpful, and socially responsible, Engineer Nicolas not only
founded and judged Asia Leaders Awards, she was also the brains behind TAG
Media Group—composed of TAG Media and Public Relations, AG Builders and
Developers, and AAA Cosmetics and Trading Company—the team behind ALA and other
successful shows.
TAG
Media and Public Relations is the force behind Asia Leaders
Forum, Asia’s Best Singing Competition, Asia Digital Marketing Expo, Asia HR
Expo, Asia E-commerce Expo, Dwelo, and Pandemic Heroes Online Series in
partnership with The Manila Times.
Making
Waves Among Socio-civic Circles
Engineer Nicolas, a tireless achiever with a vast
network of influence and organizational magic, has also recently been tapped by
Kiwanis International to be its Events Director for its upcoming Asia Pacific
Convention in April, while concurrently serving as the
Lieutenant-Governor-Elect for Division 3A (Metro Manila) of the Kiwanis
Philippine Luzon District.
She had likewise recently been elected Vice President
for External Affairs by the Los Baños Chamber of Commerce and Industries
(LBCCI) and is Vice President of the Makati Tourism Foundation.
Famously, Engineer Nicolas is recognized among business
circles for making history as the first lady President of the American
Association of the Philippines (AAP) since its establishment 73 years ago to
help Americans, Filipino Americans, and indigent Filipinos.
Chilling
Out with Multimillion Peso Plants
Engineer Nicolas, fondly known as NobodyButGrace in the
social media community, however, has a more laid-back side to her very public
high-society life as founder and proprietor of eco-tourism destination Hidden Hills Farm by Josefino.
Now a certified plantpreneur who recently completed her
wishlist of million-peso-worth rare plants, she honors the memory and
inspiration of her father, Josefino Bondad, by running their fruit and
ornamentals farm and food destination in Calauan, Laguna.
“In
this crisis, it’s your time to prove your worth and make a difference. Even
while in lockdown, you can still do something productive and be of help to
others by sharing your blessings,” she said, encouraging
everyone to follow her lead.
Nicolas, who believes in continuous education, holds
both a BS in Industrial Engineering and took an MM in Engineering Management
from Colegio de San Juan de Letran also attended programs in Entrepreneurship
and Marketing at the Asian Institute of Management and the Ateneo de Manila
University and trained in Social Media Management in Malaysia and now also a
certified mentor and coach for Entrepreneurial mind-setting, Marketing and
Business Development.
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