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Robinsons hotels

Robinsons Land Corp. plans to build 30 budget hotels in five years to meet increased demand. Company president Frederick Go said Go Hotel, the first budget hotel, which had a soft opening in Mandaluyong City early this year, had stimulated “excellent demand” and was “often fully booked,” Go said as he formally opened the company’s Go Hotel. Mr. Go said each of the planned hotels will have 100 to 200 rooms.

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SM to open Radisson Hotel

SM Investments Corp. plans to open its PhP3-billion five-star hotel in Cebu City by the second half of the year. The company said Radisson Blu Hotel Cebu. , a project of its wholly-owned unit SM Hotels and Conventions Corp., would start operation at the city’s North Reclamation Area right beside SM City Cebu shopping mall complex.

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West Cove Hotel Boracay

A resort reportedly owned by boxing legend and Congressman Manny Pacquiao on Boracay Island has been closed by the local government of Malay because the resort allegedly erected concrete structures on the coves and rocks. Congressman Pacquiao admitted that he always stayed at the West Cove Hotel when in Boracay, but claimed it is owned by his close friend Crisostomo Aquino.

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Coral World Park Underground Resort Palawan

A futuristic undersea resort will be built in Palawan province, according to a report by Philippine Daily Inquirer.  Dubbed as the Coral World Park, the multibillion-peso project will set the record as Asia’s first underwater resort development and the biggest undersea living in the world, once the project is completed by 2013.

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Subic Holiday Villas Review

Subic Hotels and Resorts

Nestled in its quiet corner at the entrance of Subic Bay Freeport, with a lush forest as its background, the four-hectare Subic Holiday Villas, originally conceived as a retirement village for expatriates, now accepts guests in one of its buildings acting as a condotel facility.
 
Going to Subic Bay, vehicles will actually pass Subic Holiday Villas at the left side of the bridge of the Tipo Expressway, right before turning right to Rizal Avenue, the main road in Subic. To get there, however, vehicles will have to turn around, passing Rizal Avenue before turning right to Argonaut Highway or the intersection where the Petron Station is on the left and the Starbucks on the right.  Vehicles will have to pass the Bank of the Philippine Islands and PTT gas station along Argonaut Highway and turn right, immediately before the checkpoint ahead.  Vehicles will pass under the bridge and need to turn left. Subic Holiday Villas is just several meters on the right side.
 

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Jin Jiang Hotel Philippines

Food manufacturer Liwayway Marketing Corporation has signed a brand licensing contract with the Jinjiang International Hotel Investments Co. to invest US$850 million in economy hotels in the Philippines.  The signing was witnessed by no less than President Benigno Aquino III in his state visit to China last week.  Jinjiang sees good potential in the Philippine tourism sector. 

 

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Resorts World Bayshore

Integrated tourism estate developer Travellers International Hotel Group Inc. will construct a much bigger and “grander” Resorts World complex at the Pagcor Entertainment City along Manila Bay by 2012, seeking to replicate the success of its pioneering complex in Newport City, according to a report by Philippine Daily Inquirer.

Mr. Kingson Sian, president of Travellers, which is a partnership between Alliance Global Group Inc. and Malaysia’s Genting group, said they would invest at least US$1.1 billion in what will be called Resorts World Bayshore in Pagcor Entertainment City, its next major project, which is three times bigger than Newport City in terms of land area. 

 

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Sol Marina Resort in Boracay

Businessman Alfredo Yao is investing PhP1.5 billion to expand the capacity of luxury resort Sol Marina Resort on Boracay Island, as part of plans to scale up his tourism-oriented real estate portfolio.   Apart...

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Businessman Hotel

JTKC Land Inc. which owns the Discovery chain of hotels in the country, plans to build a businessman's hotel in Bonifacio Global City, according to a report by Philippine Star.

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Ritz-Carlton and Four Seasons plan Boracay hotels

High-end hotel chains Ritz-Carlton Hotels and Resorts and the Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts are looking at the possibility of putting up luxurious hotels in Boracay.

Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) BizTour committee chairman Samie Lim said the two hotel chains have approached the Department of Tourism for possible investments in the island-resort.