March 8, 2016 To: Balesin Members and Friends On April 14 this year, Balesin Island Club will be five years old. In recent years, due to the fact that Balesin is an island surrounded by the ocean, the maintenance costs have been increasing rather dramatically. We have already had to replace corroding metal, rotting woodwork, …
March 1, 2016 To: Balesin Members and Friends Hallelujah! After almost a year of some of the most difficult negotiations I have ever gone through in my entire career, I am delighted to inform you that the 68- passenger ATR72 500 has this afternoon arrived in Manila, after the ferry flight from Toulouse, France. We …
February 2016 To: Balesin Members and Friends This will be just a short update to let you have some good news immediately. At long last, we have now acquired an ATR72-500 for our Alphaland Aviation fleet. This is a 68- seater airplane and perfect for our Manila/Balesin and Balesin/Manila routes. Enclosed is a photo of …
December 2015 To: Balesin Members and Friends The year 2015 seems to have flown by in the blink of an eye. This year has been a good one for Balesin Island Club, as we grew by another 50% in patronage over last year. In 2013, our first full year of operations when all of the …
November 2015 To: Balesin Members and Friends To All Balesin Island Cluband City Club Members: I am writing you this update to announce the opening of our newest amenity for both The City Club and Balesin Island Club members — the Aegle Wellness Center. We are particularly proud of these new facilities which we have …
June 2015 To: Balesin Members and Friends It is Sunday today, June 14, and the end of a great Independence Day weekend here at Balesin. We had the usual run of beautiful sunny weather during the day and occasional rains at night—a most welcome combination! This weekend, we had more than 1,000 members and guests at …
May 2015 To: Balesin Members and Friends This will not be one of my usual loquacious updates because I am still on the road in Europe. However, I did not want to delay informing you of a major development which will no doubt have a significant impact on Balesin and our aviation facilities. After almost …
February 2015 To: Balesin Members and Friends Chiz and Heart’s Balesin Wedding What a week this has been! The fabulously beautiful wedding of Chiz and Heart, as you all know by now, was held here at Balesin last Sunday. I will not attempt, in this update, to outdo the euphoric media coverage except to say …
January 2015 To: Balesin Members and Friends The last two weeks of the holiday season which ended on Sunday was the longest ever, at least, as far as I can remember. For a period of almost two weeks, there was only one working day, December 29 and thus, Balesin Island was inundated with a very …
December 16, 2014 To: Balesin Members and Friends It is a sunny day today at Balesin as I write this. Certainly much more welcome than yesterday which was a bit wet. I would like to write you this short update so that I can tell you quickly about the good news in store for you …
