Philibert Challan Belval, Director, Founding Partner and majority owner of Asia Relocation in the Philippines (Manila) attended his first EUROMOVERS conference this year.
Ending his introductory speech, Philibert offered to all EUROMOVERS members a Free Home Search for every move booked through Asia Relocation.
Philibert incorporated Asia Relocation Inc in 2011 in the Philippines; he gained his experience in the moving industry from his past posts in AGS in France, Thailand and the Philippines. The motivation to go alone came from discussions with a close friend (now business partner) in the real estate industry with whom he agreed on the needs for a stronger service and better customer relationship in the industry.
For the first year, Philibert worked on developing the moving side of the business and integrating the relocation side which he was not an expert on at the time. Subcontracting all the operations for about a year, as the new work came in, he was able to recruit full-time staff, including an accountant, an import/export officer, a crew leader, a sales lady, and more recently a French sales manager. His on-road staff are recruited from a common pool of experienced packers available in Manila.
Asia Relocation has its own warehouse and Philibert is already planning the next expansion which includes a bigger warehouse and the purchase of its own trucking fleet. Most of its work is import and export moving and the company handles the requirements of his network of agents that Philibert developed partly from attending the IMC conference every year. Agents are sending their shipments to Philibert for his trust and professionalism but also for the reciprocity he created with his shipments to mainly Australia, Europe and throughout Asia.
Asia Relocation recently became a member of IAM and is now looking at new investors and/or strategic partners to be able to support its 2016-2017 planned expansion.
The Free Home Search offer to the whole EUROMOVERS group is for Philibert, a way to encourage a closer relationship with its members and therefore continue growing his company further with stronger, more meaningful relationships.
Photo: Philibert and the Asia Relocation team.