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Megaworld to open Marriott Courtyard Hotel Iloilo this 2017

In it's bid to make Iloilo City an investment haven in this part of the country, property giant Megaworld has strategically positioned its almost 100-hectare Iloilo Business Park (IBP)  to be at the center of it all. 
Serving as the catalyst which triggered the investment boom the city is experiencing in the past few years, Megaworld has also set sights in making Iloilo City as an international MICE (meetings, incentive, conferences, exhibitions/events) destination. 
The iconic Iloilo Convention Center located in the heart of IBP will serve (and has served) as the city's MICE showcase hosting big events like the APEC Summit in 2015. Richmonde Hotel Iloilo is the first of two hotels Megaworld has launched to be complement this "Iloilo City as MICE destination" thrust.



And set to open within the first half of 2017 is an iconic hotel brand recognized around the world - Marriott. It will be another first in the region (and the only two outside Metro Manila) brought by the property giant. 

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Under construction the last two years, the 15-storey Marriott Courtyard Hotel will offer more than 300 rooms and it will be the first Marriott brand to open in Western Visayas (and among the only two outside Metro Manila). It strategic location beside the iconic Iloilo Convention Center (together with Richmonde Hotel Iloilo) reinforces Megaworld's id to further boost tourism in its various developments across the country.

“This is another milestone for Iloilo Business Park. Our development in Iloilo is a showcase of our company’s commitment to uplifting the Ilonggo lifestyle to a whole new level,” says Jericho Go, first vice president, Megaworld, during the launch a fewy ears ago. “The quality of service of Courtyard by Marriott is legendary and will help to lift the level of accommodation and leisure in Iloilo City.”

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"This is the first Courtyard by Marriott hotel in the Philippines. We are happy and very excited that our fastest-growing brand in the Marriott group will rise in Iloilo Business Park," says Peter Gassner, Director, Hotel Development Asia-Pacific, Marriott International, Inc.

Courtyard by Marriott, from Marriott International’s portfolio of world-class brands, is all about ‘Refreshing Business.’ The brand aims to provide guests with an environment that offers smart, energizing choices so that they can make the most of their time on the road. 

Catering to guests with the most discerning tastes, the hotel is equipped with 326 spacious rooms and suites. The hotel rooms are classified as King Rooms, Doubles, Executive Rooms and Suites. All rooms will have a curtain wall system that provides an amazing view of the urban landscape of Iloilo Business Park.  

Aside from the simple yet elegant furnishings, guests can also enjoy the amenities that include a lounge bar, meeting rooms, swimming pool with pool bar, outdoor bar and grill, state-of-the-art gym and business center. 

“The Courtyard by Marriott Iloilo will also feature a restaurant which will serve high quality food that the Courtyard brand is also famous for, featuring a variety of international and local cuisines,” Gassner adds.  

Megaworld is also set to open 3 other hotels this 2017 across its various townships. The 559-room Savoy Hotel Boracay in Boracay Newcoast will also open by the first half of 2017 while the 684-roomSavoy Newport Hotel in Newport City and the 93-room Hotel Lucky Chinatown in Binondo, Manila, by the second half of the year.

“We see tourism as a potential driver of growth for Megaworld as we draw more people to our developments. Within the next three to five years, we hope to see a bigger slice of hotel earnings in our revenue pie as we open our new hotels,” says Kevin L. Tan, senior vice president, Megaworld.

To date, Megaworld owns three homegrown hotel brands namely Richmonde Hotel, Belmont Hotel and Savoy Hotel.

The company is operating three Richmonde Hotels in Eastwood City, Ortigas and Iloilo Business Park; and one Belmont Hotel in Newport City. Three more hotels under its portfolio are scheduled for completion within the next five years in various townships

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  1. AnonymousJanuary 18, 2017 at 4:56 PM

    we are so happy that Megaworld has brought the Marriott brand of hotel to Iloilo City, truly pang world-class!

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