HEMISPHERE TRAVEL & TOURS started on January 03, 2003 with only the Proprietor herself manning the business. It offered only tour packages during its first four months in operation. After that, the company was able to hire its first employee who, until today, remained as a loyal employee.
After a short while, the proprietor observed that most of its clients needed assistance in their passport application processes. There were no consular offices in Pagadian City then. This concern opened up the opportunity for Hemisphere Travel & Tours to apply and be an Accredited Agent of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in Cagayan de Oro City – the nearest consular office to Pagadian City apart from Zamboanga City. It was during this time that travel agencies were given DFA accreditation to assist people in the passport application process.
In less than a year, Hemisphere Travel & Tours became the first ACCREDITED AGENT of the Department of Foreign Affairs – Cagayan de Oro City in the whole province of Zamboanga del Sur. Because of this, the company became the “passport assistance center” in Pagadian City.
At the same time, it has also gained the accreditation from the National Statistics Office of Cagayan de Oro City in becoming the said agency’s arm in processing for the release of NSO documents in Security Paper (SECPA) such as Birth Certificates, Marriage Certificates, Death Certificates, and Certificate of No Marriage or CENOMAR.
Considering that customers are beginning to crop up, the company was able to open job opportunities and hire for more employees. A year after its first operation, Hemisphere Travel & Tours has successfully extended its services to different locations and opened its branch offices to some municipalities in Zamboanga del Sur to Zamboanga Sibugay. It was also able to open up offices in Cagayan de Oro City, in Mandaue City, and in Parañaque City.
By the year 2008, Hemisphere Travel & Tours became a trusted partner and consolidator to various domestic and international airlines. To name a few, it has become a PREFERRED WHOLESALER AGENT (PWA) of CEBU PACIFIC AIRLINES, a DOMESTIC TICKETING PROGRAM (DTP) of PHILIPPINE AIRLINES (PAL) and an ACCREDITED AGENT of AIRASIA.
Hemisphere Travel & Tours proved to be on top of its game that a year after being the PWA of Cebu Pacific, it received its first award as one of the TOP PRODUCERS of CEBU PACIFIC. It bagged its first SILVER EAGLE WINGS AWARD from Cebu Pacific Airlines in 2009. Ever since then, the company consistently soared high and has received this annual prestigious award for ten (10) consecutive years.
Today, Hemisphere Travel & Tours remained as the most trusted travel agency in the province of Zamboanga del Sur in providing the cheapest airline and shipping airline tickets, the agency that provides the cheapest tour packages (domestic & international) and up until now a trusted agency in travel services.
MISSION
Hemisphere Travel and Tours dedicates itself as a professional travel service agency influenced with the passion for promoting customer value satisfaction through giving affordable solution to people with travel needs, promoting tourism in the country, and by becoming part of every traveler’s best experience.
VISION
We, at Hemisphere Travel and Tours, aim to be the country’s leading travel agency in continuing to thrive as a business by providing the customers top quality service through our team whose values are embodied with competency, efficiency and productivity.