• Bloomberg, Friday, October 8, 2010 8:53 AM

Flight attendants for Philippines carrier Cebu Air dance to the beat of Lady Gaga's "Just Dance" as they demonstrate the safety tips that most people snooze through in a video that a passenger posted to YouTube Sept. 30.

It just so happens that the company is going public; with the IPO price of 125 pesos/share just announced. CMO Candice Ivog, however, says that the timing is "impeccable" if serendipitous.

The government goes further, according to a report by Clarissa Batino and Cecilia Yap. It feels the video may help revive tourism in the country following extensive media coverage of a fatal 10-hour bus hijacking in Manila. "People will see that this is a singing country, a dancing country," says Philippine tourism secretary Alberto Lim in an interview. "It will help persuade people to come here."

A Reuters headline, meanwhile, reports that Forbes, the magazine, finds "Lady Gaga 'More Powerful' Than Nancy Pelosi." One thing's for sure: Pelosi isn't doing any dancing in the aisles of Congress these days.

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