Property developer Megaworld Corp. said Monday it is set to open the Philippines’ largest hotel within the year as it bets on the strong recovery of travel and tourism industry.
Megaworld said in a disclosure to the stock exchange it would open before the end of 2023 the 1,530-room Grand Westside Hotel within the 31-hectare Westside City in Entertainment City in Parañaque City.
“Once it opens, Grand Westside Hotel will become the biggest hotel property in our portfolio and in the entire country to date,” said Megaworld Hotels & Resorts managing director Cleofe Albiso.
It will also be the biggest hotel development in the Philippines in terms of total room keys.
The first tower of Grand Westside Hotel is slated for opening this year, while the second tower will welcome guests by 2024.
Grand Westside Hotel will offer a variety of room types and sizes, ranging from queen suites, twin suites and executive suites with up to 48 square meters to twin suites (35 sq. m) and queen suites (37 sq. m.) designed for specially-abled guests.
Grand Westside Hotel will be the 19th hotel property launched by Megaworld and the second homegrown hotel brand to rise inside Westside City.
“It will be just a short drive away from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport via the NAIA Expressway and promises to delight guests with wonderful views of the world-famous Manila Bay sunset as well as the skylines of Makati, Manila and Taguig City,” said Albiso.
The hotel will have four function rooms which can be combined to form a bigger hall good for events with a capacity of up to 300 people. It will have four dining outlets, including an all-day dining restaurant that can accommodate nearly 250 persons.
Its amenities include an expansive pool area with a view of the picturesque Manila Bay sunset, children’s pool, gazebo, fitness gym, massage rooms, a sprawling Zen garden and an outdoor seating area.
It will feature a 2-level retail and commercial space covering 1,995 square meters of floor area.
Grand Westside Hotel is the latest development to rise at Westside City—a P64-billion integrated resort and entertainment complex of Megaworld.
Westside City, formerly known as Resorts World Bayshore, is the fourth resort complex to rise in Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp.’s Entertainment City project, after Solaire Manila, City of Dreams and Okada Manila.
