Megaworld is building its fourth Belmont Hotel inside its
72-hectare Iloilo Business Park township in Mandurriao, Iloilo City.
With a budget of P1.5 billion, Belmont Hotel Iloilo will have 405 suites,
composed of a mix of Twin Suites, Queen Suites, Junior Suites, Executive Suites
and Specially-Abled Suites for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs).
The 12-storey hotel, which is the third in
the entire township, will be located along the stretch of the 1.1-kilometer
long Festive Walk Parade, just a walking distance to the iconic Iloilo
Convention Center and the Festive Walk Mall.
It will have its own swimming pool with
in-pool lounge, landscaped deck with pool bar and outdoor lounge, fitness
center with sauna, function room, and an all-day dining restaurant.
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| Executive Suite |
“We have seen the huge potential of Iloilo
as a tourism destination. With the Iloilo Convention Center as a main facility
for Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions (MICE), there is no doubt
that Iloilo City needs another world-class hotel. And we are bringing another
Megaworld homegrown hotel brand, which has gained popularity among business
travelers since Belmont Hotel Manila opened in 2015,” says Jennifer
Palmares-Fong, vice president for sales and marketing, Megaworld Iloilo.
Belmont Hotel Manila, Megaworld’s first
Belmont Hotel that opened in Newport City, was awarded this year’s Best Airport
Hotel in the 2018 Travel and Hospitality Awards. The second Belmont Hotel is
set to open in Boracay Newcoast next year, while the third one will be at The
Mactan Newtown, the company’s 30-hectare township in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu.
In Iloilo Business Park, Megaworld opened
its third Richmonde Hotel in 2014 and its sister company Travelers
International Hotels Group, Inc., owner and operator of Resorts World Manila,
opened the Courtyard by Marriott early this year.
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| Junior Suite |
According to the Iloilo City Tourism
Office, tourist arrivals in the city have remarkably increased during the past
five years. In 2017, around 1.08 million local and foreign tourists visited
Iloilo City. Most foreign visitors came from South Korea, US, Canada, Mexico
and Australia.
Tourism receipts, on the other hand,
reached P19.8-billion in 2017 as registration for tourism-related
establishments such as hotels rose by 55% to 1,605 last year compared to those
posted in 2013.
“Megaworld’s Iloilo Business Park itself is
a tourist destination. Visitors come to the township to visit the Iloilo Museum
of Contemporary Art (ILOMOCA), shop and dine in Festive Walk Mall, chill in
Festive Walk Parade, attend events in the Iloilo Convention Center, or stay in
our world-class hotels. We expect more tourists to come to our township as more
establishments and attractions open in the coming months,” explains
Palmares-Fong.
Belmont Hotel Iloilo is scheduled to open in 2023.
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