After 22 years, the country hosts once more the 17th Asia-Pacific Retailers Conference andExhibition from 28-30 October 2015 at theSMX by the bay.  At its Welcome Dinner for elegates at the Marriott Grand Ballroom, he Board of the Phil. Retailers Assn. stepped on stage in style and greeted the guests in their native tongue. The theme was Filipiniana and PAGASA delegates were garbed for the occasion as they had a shot taken with the Chairman of the Federation  of Asia-Pacific Retailers Assns. (FAPRA)> Mr. Mehmet Nane (of Turkey; in coat).  The President of the Phils. gave the Official Welcome Remarks at the Conference as majority of PAGASA delegates took a shot at one of the many photo op areas within the Exhibition Area. PAGASA Pres. Steven Cua was invited to chair one of the Sessions on Country Retail Reports where the Heads of Delegations gave their country’s retail development reports to the whole body.