Hotels and Resorts

[cropher]

Its because Cebu can still accomodate resort hotels with beach front and non-resort hotels while Manila can't because Manila Bay is polluted already . Metro Manila however has many with business hotels big and small .

[ryanr]

Yeah...Cebu has resorts and business hotels, while Manila only has business hotels.

[Power-mad]

Originally Posted by GreyX

A refurbished Cebu Plaza Hotel turned into Peninsula Cebu will make the hotel very nice. And good that Sheraton might be revived. That will make a Marriott, Peninsula, Hilton, Shangri-la and Sheraton in Cebu and Mactan

This is all news to me. Is this going to be the real-thing Peninsula (as in managed by Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels Inc.) and not a rip-off? The last Peninsula project on the drawing board I've heard of is the one in Tokyo...

[thomasian]

Originally Posted by GreyX

Robinsons Land allots PhP21M for hotel upgrade

Property developer Robinsons Land Corp. is spending PhP21 million to renovate and modernize the twelve-year-old Cebu Midtown Hotel in a bid to attract more tourists.

The project has obtained non-pioneer tax incentives from the Board of Investments (BoI) as a tourism-related activity under the Investment Priorities Plan, an annual listing of the government's preferred economic activities. Robinsons Land will upgrade 96 hotel rooms including hallways, but without changing the original structures and amenities.

A first-class hotel on Fuente Osmeña, Cebu's newly developed commercial district, Cebu Midtown has 200 guestrooms -- 76 standard rooms, 113 deluxe rooms, and 11 suites. Facilities include a restaurant, a bar, a fitness center, a pool, and banquet halls. The grand ballroom, which can be converted into five function rooms, can accommodate 400 to as much as 800 people. -- F. F. Salvosa II

That's good news for the Cebu Midtown.
It was a pity they had to demolish Manila Midtown for Adriatico Place residences.

[renell]

Originally Posted by GreyX

Yeah...Cebu has resorts and business hotels, while Manila only has business hotels.

hmm.. not really, the hotels along Roxas Boulevard and beside Manila Bay are catered for tourists.

[ryanr]

What i meant was hotels and not beach resorts so i said business, as i couldnt think of another way to describe them.

[renell]

Originally Posted by GreyX

What i meant was hotels and not beach resorts so i said business, as i couldnt think of another way to describe them.

alrighty.. that's true, since Manila has no beaches

[renell]

Pics of Manila Pen. i dunno if they've been seen before. but i haven't seen them here lately

[a-wire_2.0]

for me another best hotel here in the philippines is the Mactan Shangrila Hotel, the interior was done by atelier almario. Check their designs guys and surely your gonna like it...

[mhe-ann]

thanks for those pics @renell.

[OtAkAw]

Wow, ang ganda pala ng peninsula sa manila. Bakit ba walang masyadong nagdedevelop na mga bagong hotels sa manila? Hina ba ang demand? Sa HK nga may itatayong four seasons kahit na halos lahat na yata ng international brand na htel nandun na. Sana dumami intl hotels sa manila noh?

[rustyboi]

popular resort hotels in cebu



Plantation Bay Resort, Mactan




Shangri-La's Mactan Island Resort


Cebu Hilton Towers & Resort (Commercial operations will start on December 2004)

[rustyboi]

here are some business hotels in cebu


Marriott Hotel, Cebu Business Park


Waterfront Cebu City Hotel & Casino


The Fuente Osmeña Towers I (Club Ultima 25-floors) & II (Crown Regency Hotel 40-floors)
Tower I completion is set on December 2004.
Tower II is still under construction.

[renell]

wasup with the Fuente Osmena Towers' top? awfully ugly.

[tyronne]

Fort Ilocandia Resort & Casino
Laoag City, Ilocos Norte







photos from www.fortilocandia.com

[kiretoce]

FORT ILOCANDIA BECKONS

LAOAG CITY – If there’s something that the late President Ferdinand E. Marcos did right during his 20 years in power, it would probably be the construction of the only 5-star resort in Northern Luzon: The Fort Ilocandia Resort Casino/Golf and Country Club.

Because of the presence of this worldclass tourism facility plus the city’s various historical and nature attractions, Laoag International Airport today draws 18 international flights a week, much more than its closest rival: The Cebu International Airport.

Tourists who come to Laoag are mostly Chinese from Hong Kong, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Taiwan and Manila.

Fort Ilocandia was constructed just to accommodate the invited guests at the wedding of Irene, daughter of the late strong man. It was conceived in 1980 and first opened its doors in 1983.

The Fort Ilocandia wasn’t quite what I’d imagine it to be: An ordinary resort so to speak. Everything I saw from the moment I stepped down from the coaster quite amazed me. It was definitely not an ordinary hotel for its wide lobby and large chandeliers hanging from its glass ceiling reminded me of the grandeur of the Grand Dame of Asia: The Manila Hotel.

The main building houses the lobby, a number of restaurants, shopping arcade, casino, discotheque, and a glass-topped atrium where you can relax as you sip your favorite drinks, tea or coffee.

If you love Asian cuisines, Lucky House and Golden Pavilion are the best places for you. It offers the finest Cantonese dishes you can find plus delicious dishes from Korea, Japan and Taiwan.

You can also have a drink with your beloved one or friends at Sunset Bar which is located at the beachside after which you can dine in a Spanish Restaurant, or CoCo Lobster where you can enjoy authentic Filipino cuisine.

After your dinner, you can visit the Casino Filipino at the second floor. It is open 24 hours a day with multi-lingual attendants. The gaming area includes more VIP game rooms to satisfy your appetite for thrill.

Or, you may proceed to Passion Night Club and Karaoke where glamorous shows are held every night. There are VIP rooms where you can show your singing prowess or none of it, and have a fun and relaxing time.

Hotel facilities include an Olympic-sized swimming pool, seven function rooms, video arcade, tennis court, badminton court, gym and sauna, driving range, golf course, paintball, beach volleyball, jet ski, sea donut, wind glides, sailing boat, bodyboard and pool toys.

You may also indulge in various recreational activities such as wind sailing, archery, shooting, horseback riding, wind gliding/wind surfing, canoeing, open sea fishing, snorkel diving, scuba diving, and rafting, among others.

The hotel’s red brick facade and roofs beautifully contrast with white round windows. Clearly, it’s inspired by the architecture of the colonial Spanish or Spanish Moroccan style.

There is an impressive and immense fountain and well-maintained gardens and flowering plants-lined walkways.

The rooms that spread out in four other two-storey buildings include 233 standard rooms; 25 deluxe rooms; eight junior suites; and two presidential suites. All of them have aircon units, cable tv, telephones, and a bathroom with hot water.

The resort also has a world-class 18-hole golf course with international standards and a perfect design to challenge one’s playing skills. The golf course, with thousands of trees built along Lake Paoay was designed by PGA champion, Gary Player for the late President Marcos. It measures 6,518 yards from the blue tee with a par of 72. Added hazards are the century-old fruit bearing trees and man-made ponds and lake.

The hotel is sprawled over 77 hectares of land at the middle of sand dunes, prime forests, and two kilometers of fine sandy beach facing the South China Sea. It is situated on the northwestern tip of Luzon island in Ilocos Norte. Laoag City and Laoag International Airport are accessible by a 10-minute ride from the hotel.

[ryanr]

@ Fort Ilocandia Resort & Casino...no wonder lots of Japanese and Koreans go there.


Manila Peninsula's lobby is the best hotel lobby in MM if im not mistaken. btw, i think Manila Penn's pictures are better off in the MM hotel thread, since this is for other hotels outside MM

And another thing, Shangri-la Mactan is the business traveler's top resort choice for Asia. I saw it in Far Eastern Economic Review.

[ryanr]

bump

[jbkayaker12]

Metro Manila has boutique hotels, not a 5* hotel nor a chain but something nicer than a pension or a hostel.

Jon

[absent-minded]

Originally Posted by renell

wasup with the Fuente Osmena Towers' top? awfully ugly.

what...?! hahaha! i thought the curved Chinese/Japanese-y tops looked pretty good pa naman... I think the podium/the bottom part of Tower II doesn't look too good though...

Fort Ilocandia looks really nice...

Originally Posted by a-wire_2.0

for me another best hotel here in the philippines is the Mactan Shangrila Hotel, the interior was done by atelier almario. Check their designs guys and surely your gonna like it...

I read this short little plug/feature on one of the last BluPrint issues and they said Shangri-la Mactan just underwent a pretty big renovation. they sourced much of the furniture from local Filipino makers. looked good..! Makati Shangri-la's rooms are also real nice. very modern...