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THE Alliance Global Group Inc. (AGI) said on Thursday that it is set
to build the Philippines’ first all-suites hotel in Newport City
inside the Villamor Air Base.
The group’s tourism arm, Travellers
International Hotel Group Inc., said it will invest about P3.8
billion for the construction of its Maxim’s Hotel through a joint
venture with Star Cruises Ltd., which is also AGI’s partner in the
Manila Bay Tourism City project.
“With the opening of Ninoy Aquino
International Airport Terminal 3, we are expecting a surge in
tourist arrivals. The Maxim’s Hotel will be rushed to give these
tourists a memorable and positive business experience here in our
country,” Andrew Tan, AGI chairman, said.
Maxim’s Hotel is a luxury hotel brand of the
Genting Group, a sister company of Hong Kong-listed Star Cruises.
AGI is tapping the expertise of world-renowned
Gettys Chicago to design the interiors of the Maxim’s Hotel to
ensure its luxurious quality. Gettys has completed interiors for
over 500 luxury hotels and five-star resort projects in the Americas
and the Caribbean region, including The Ritz-Carlton Chicago and the
Hilton Grand Vacation Club in Hawaii.
Maxim’s Hotel Newport City will feature 158
king and junior suites, about a dozen deluxe suites and one
presidential suite from the fourth to the eight floors. A personal
butler will service all the suites, which start at a floor area of
about 50 square meters for the king suite and a spacious 100 to 150
square meters for the junior suites.
Three private villa residences with individual
pools are planned for the fourth floor. The same floor will host a
luxurious pool for the exclusive use of hotel guests.
The hotel will be built on a one-hectare lot
beside a lagoon, near the entrance to Newport City. The hotel will
have a gross floor area of more than 20,000 square meters.
The lower floors will be allocated for the
Newport Entertainment and Commercial Center. This new mall will
feature signature brands at the ground floor, a performance stage at
the second level and four cinemas at the third floor.
Newport City is a 25-hectare residential,
commercial and office development of AGI’s property arm, Megaworld
Corp. At full development, the project will feature luxury
residential condominiums, shopping malls, restaurant strips and
business process outsourcing office space.
-- Katrina Mennen A. Valdez
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