As an active business organization, AmCham provides unparalleled benefits and advantages to its members to further strengthen their foothold in the business world.

AMBASSADOR'S FORUM  
- monthly cocktails with the U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines;a forum where the Ambassador is apprised of the concerns and problems faced by the business community while he shares his own personal peception of the current political and economic situation in the Philippines with businessmen, Embassy representatives and selected AmCham members.

BREAKFAST BRIEFING  
- for your visiting company executives, we would be pleased to arrange, at a nominal cost, a special breakfast briefing with our Board of Directors and selected committee chairmen.  Discussions center  Philippine economy and business forecasts.

KAPIHAN SA AMCHAM  
- an open dialogue "over a cup of coffee" where guest speakers are invited to clarify/elaborate certain issues of interests to the business sector.  Held every Friday, 7:30 a.m., Elk's Club, Corinthian Plaza in Makati.

MONTHLY GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS  
- an excellent opportunity to meet other business leaders from a broad cross-section of industries and nationalities and where vital information is shared by prominent guest speakers selected from the public, private and government sectors.

NETWORKING  
- for the common interest of the business community, the AmCham has successfully established a network with the different foreign chambers, the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP), Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), the Philippine Association of Multinational Regional Headquarters, Inc. (PAMURI), Makati Business Club (MBC), Management Association of the Philippines (MAP), Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines (FINEX), and other trade and business organizations.

RESEARCH  
- the AmCham has library facilities that offer asistance in trade and other business-related information needs of members and the general public.   Open 8:00 a.m.. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday.

MEETING FACILITY  
- a conference room which can accommodate 60-80 people is available for members' use ata reasonable cost.  This can be availed by members, subject to prior arrangements.

THE AMERICAN DESK AT THE BOARD OF INVESTMENTS  
- established on July 1, 1992, the Desk is funded by AmCham members and a grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to AmCham (1) to promote and generate new U.S. investments int he Philippines; (2) to help new U.S. investors obtain BOI incentives which may include importation of capital equipment duty free, income tax exemptions; and (3) to identify areas of opportunity in the Philippines for potential American investors, and to actively promote trade opportunities beneficial to both countries.