Eight Good Reasons to Make a Food Trip to Araneta City

A good food trip leaves room for a little spontaneity. At Araneta City, more than 350 food brands come together across the City, making it easy to turn a simple meal into an afternoon or evening of eating well, with plenty of affordable and value-for-money options for every budget.

This season, the City’s dining scene has a few things worth seeking out. Lunch gets its own festival, a one-peso dish makes a surprisingly good excuse to order more, World Cellar turns dinner into a wine pairing experience, and even a rainy-day food court run comes with a little game. Here are five to put on the radar this BER season.

Araneta City highlights stories of courage, wellness, healing this Breast Cancer Awareness Month

The City of Firsts joins the global health movement with "Beyond the Pink Ribbon" campaign, featuring free screenings, wellness activities, and educational programs

Behind every breast cancer diagnosis is a patient navigating uncertainty, a survivor demonstrating resilience, a family providing unwavering support, and healthcare professionals helping guide the journey toward healing.

This October, Araneta City shines a light on these stories through "Beyond the Pink Ribbon: Recognizing the People Behind Every Story," a Breast Cancer Awareness Month campaign in partnership with the Philippine Cancer Society (PCS) and the Love Hope Dream Foundation (LHDF).

Gateway Art Fair opens 5th year with record number of exhibitors, first-ever awards

Gateway Art Fair, Quezon City's highly anticipated celebration of visual arts, officially opened its fifth edition, and biggest yet, on October 1 at Araneta City.

The event, which ran from October 1 to 4, showcases artworks from 250 local participants – the highest number since the fair began – across Gateway Malls 1 and 2, making this year's edition the biggest yet.

The main exhibit unfolds at the Quantum Skyview of Gateway Mall 2, where 36 booths featuring artists and art groups from different parts of the country showcase their works. Among the participants are Yaru Nu Artes Ivatan, Voyage: Mindo Artist Group, UST College of Fine Arts, Artistica PH, Pugad in Art Studio, Female Art Addicts, and more. Admission to the exhibit is free.

Araneta City bags dual victories at the Asian Experience Awards 2026

A rewards mobile app and weekly wine-tasting classes together bridge digital convenience with immersive engagement

Araneta City (ACI, Inc.) has cemented its status as a trailblazer in lifestyle and retail innovation after securing two accolades at the Asian Experience Awards 2026 in Singapore on October 1.

The country's premier lifestyle hub earned Philippines Digital Experience of the Year - Real Estate for the Araneta City Rewards Mobile App, and Philippines Brand Experience of the Year - Food & Beverage for the Wine 101 sessions at World Cellar.

Spook-tacular street parties and more in store for Hong Kong’s first-ever Halloween Month

Cosplay street parties, theme park frights, Halloween installations and free rides await Filipino visitors this October

For Filipino travelers looking for a reason to travel to Hong Kong this season, this is your sign. For the first time, Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) is bringing “Hong Kong Halloween Month,” to the streets, with major districts across the city gearing up for the spooky season every Saturday from October 17 to 31.

With the theme “Make the Streets Your Runway,” the city-wide celebration invites both visitors and locals to dress up and take their Halloween looks beyond the theme parks and straight into the streets.

Landco Pacific and mWell Sign Agreement to Bring Wellness Home to CaSoBē and The Residences at Terrazas de Punta Fuego

The partnership brings mWell's digital health platform to two Landco Lifestyle Ventures estates and lays the groundwork for wellness-centered offerings across LLV's hotel projects in CaSoBē

Landco Pacific Corporation, the leisure real estate arm of the MVP Group, has signed a Memorandum of Agreement with mWell, the MVP Group's integrated digital health and wellness platform, to make wellness an integral part of life at two of its Landco Lifestyle Ventures (LLV) estates: CaSoBē in Calatagan and The Residences at Terrazas de Punta Fuego in Nasugbu, Batangas.

The agreement brings together two promises. For Landco Pacific, it is the promise of a life on vacation, where residents and guests live every day in the ease and beauty of a leisure destination. For mWell, it is the promise of a life well lived, supported by accessible, reliable health care. Through the partnership, residents of both estates will be able to access mWell's services through the mWell app, keeping care within reach wherever their time by the sea takes them.

Tops Artfest 2026 Calls On Student And Professional Artists To See The World Differently

Plein-air painting competition “PERSPECTIVE PLAY” offers up to ₱50,000 in cash prizes

What happens when artists are invited to look at the same place but see it differently?

That question lies at the heart of PERSPECTIVE PLAY, the Plein-Air Painting Competition of Tops ArtFest 2026, which opens its call to student and professional artists this October. Set against the landscape of TOPS, the competition challenges participants to explore how observation, imagination, and personal interpretation can transform a familiar scene into something uniquely their own.

Rather than working within the confines of a studio, participating artists will create their entries onsite, drawing inspiration from their immediate surroundings. The competition welcomes artistic approaches ranging from realism to figurative abstraction, encouraging artists to interpret the landscape while retaining identifiable representational elements.