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Harold’s Hotel in Cebu reports high occupancy rate

Oct 29th, 2011
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Harold’s Hotel on Gorordo Avenue, Cebu City has reported an average of 70 percent occupancy since it started operating early this year.

A company official attributed the growth to Cebu’s vibrant hotel industry and the company’s good market planning and investment.

Rey Fuentes, chief operating officer of Platinum Beacon Strategic Management Corp., said the hotel has found a niche market to serve, with the growing number of corporate functions here.

Fuentes said most of its guests are from local corporations with business dealings in Cebu. (more…)

Posted in: Cebu and Destinations.
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Carlson brand hotel to rise in Davao City?

Sep 28th, 2011
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Carlson Hotels Group, one of the world’s largest hotel companies, has chosen Davao City to build its first Radisson Hotel in the Philippines and Asia worth P800 million.

Lourdes Macalindong, vice president for sales and marketing for SM Hotels and Conventions Corp., in a press conference, said the Park Inn by Radisson Hotels will soon rise within the 10-hectare SM City Lanang, north of Davao City.

Macalindong said SM City Lanang is a mixed-use complex comprising of mall, a proposed convention center and the 204-room Park Inn hotel. The hotel will have 198 regular rooms and six suites or a total of 204 rooms.

“The Park Inn, which is a Carslon brand of hotel will be the first in the Philippines and in Davao City, and first ever in Asia,” she said. (more…)

Posted in: Davao, Destinations and Hotel & Resort Reviews.
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Top Sights To Explore While at Boracay Island

Sep 28th, 2011
by Philippine Travel Blog.
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Boracay Island can be a perfect holiday spot for one and all. Tourists across the globe can get to explore thumping avenues while they are at Boracay. In many ways, Boracay Island has persevered its wilderness and natural ways.

For instance, tri cycles are the primary transportation mode in Boracay Island. Tourists can get to explore thumping beach sites and take back marvel memories from Boracay Island. Some of the recommended sights to explore while there includes:

• The White Beach stretch – The lush coral sand view and the ultimate view of sea can rejuvenate the senses of one and all. Tourists can get to relax in small shacks or lie around facing the beach and get to enjoy the thumping sight while sipping on their drink or while playing poker. (more…)

Posted in: Boracay Island, Destinations and Eco Tourism.
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Devotees visits Our Lady of Peñafrancia in Naga City

Sep 17th, 2011
by Philippine Travel Blog.
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Early Friday, people from different places came to visit this city to express their devotion and love to Our Lady of Peñafrancia.

Every September, tens of thousands of pilgrims, devotees, and tourists come to Naga City for a nine-day festivity in honor of Our Lady of Peñafrancia, the Patroness of Bicol, endearingly addressed by Bicolanos as “Ina” (mother).

The festivities begun with the recently famous Traslacion procession during which the images of the Lady of Peñafrancia and the Divino Rostro (Holy Face) are brought by barefooted male “voyadores” from the Basilica through the main streets of the city to the Cathedral. (more…)

Posted in: Destinations, Island Festivals and Naga City.
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Bañamos Festival to celebrate ‘healing’ hot springs of Los Baños

Sep 10th, 2011
by Philippine Travel Blog.
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The Special Science and Nature City of the Philippines will celebrate Bañamos—a unique healing waters festival—beginning September 14 that will highlight the town’s colorful history capped by various fun-filled events.

This year marks one decade of the Bañamos Festival in honor of the town’s patroness Nuestra Señora de Aguas Santas (Virgin of the Holy Waters). Bañamos, meaning ‘to bathe,’ carries the theme “Papuri’t Pasasalamat Nuestra Señora de Aguas Santas: Viva Bañamos sa Bagong Los Baños” and which also coincides with the town’s 396th founding year as a municipality.

Mayor Anthony Genuino said “Bañamos is a way to thank God for the blessings in Los Baños and for keeping our collective spirits alive in our efforts to promote science, environmental preservation and economic progress.” (more…)

Posted in: Island Festivals.
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Buntal Hat festival launched in Baliuag Bulacan

May 20th, 2011
by Philippine Travel Blog.
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Loud cheers reverberated at the event center of SM City Baliuag mall here as members of the municipal council took the ramp to showcase their town’s distinct product — the world’s famous “Buntal hat” — during the launching of “Buntal Festival” Wednesday afternoon.

Baliuag community affairs and tourism officer Rosie Bautista thanked the members of the Sangguniang Bayan for participating in the Buntal hat fashion show where they acted as models of the different types of Buntal hat, a native headwear made from the fiber of the Buri palm.

Bautista, who is one of the pioneers and leading Buntal hat makers in Baliuag, also said local weavers made a giant Buntal hat which can be viewed at the entrance of the mall’s event center. (more…)

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