October 15, 2025 marked Robb Report Philippines’ first annual Best of the Best dinner, a night devoted to the publication’s celebration of craftsmanship, innovation, and distinction across industries with the publication awarding excellence in the ultra-luxury lifestyle. The global franchise is already a fixture among tastemakers across the planet, but this celebration was unmistakably Filipino: a confident roll call that signaled how the Philippines now speaks, clearly and credibly, within the wider luxury conversation. Cocktail hour was heralded by arrivals in sleek BMW’s flagship i7 sedans which chauffeured National Artists BenCab, Ryan Caybayab, and Alice Reyes, as well as AGCPH Chairman and CEO Archie Carrasco and Robb Report Philippines’ Chief of Editorial Content Yvette Fernandez. Guests from diplomatic circles, lifestyle and retail, sportscars and high jewelry, private banking and art, and real estate and travel gathered at the lounge of Blackbird at the Nielson Tower, where sapphire-blue carpeting and fine..
