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Megaworld to open biggest hotel in Entertainment City

Published Jul 24, 2023 07:21 am
Urban township developer Megaworld Corporation is aiming to open before the end of the year the 1,500-room Grand Westside Hotel inside its 31-hectare Westside City township in the Entertainment City in Parañaque. The firm said in a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange that, once opened, the 19-story, two tower hotel will become the biggest hotel development in the Philippines in terms of total room keys. Grand Westside Hotel will offer a variety of room types and sizes, ranging from Queen Suites (up to 48 square meters), Twin Suites (up to 48 square meters), and Executive Suites (up to 48 square meters). It will also have Twin Suites (35 square meters) and Queen Suites (37 square meters) designed specifically for specially-abled guests. “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. She added that, “It will be just a short drive away from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) via the NAIA Expressway (NAIAX), 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.” Grand Westside Hotel will also feature a two-level retail and commercial space covering 1,995 square meters of floor area. Over at the amenity floor on the fifth floor, guests will enjoy generous amounts of open space, featuring an expansive pool area with a rewarding view of the picturesque Manila Bay sunset, children’s pool, gazebo, as well as a sprawling Zen garden and outdoor seating area filled with colorful shrubs, flowering plants, and small trees. Inside, there will be four function rooms that can host different events, from intimate celebrations to big gatherings—three of which can be combined to form a bigger hall good for events with up to 300 people—as well as a fitness gym and massage rooms. The hotel will feature four dining outlets, including the Grand Westside Café, an all-day dining restaurant serving a combination of Filipino and international cuisines and can accommodate nearly 250 persons. There will also be an Executive Lounge, exclusive to VIP guests, that can host up to 52 persons. Here, guests can dine, do their express check-in and check-out, and fulfill other business functions using the meeting room integrated into this facility. Megaworld's 1,500-room Grand Westside Hotel in Westside City, Paranaque
Guests will also be able to enjoy a variety of celebrated concoctions at the Zabana Bar on the ground floor, while a pool bar will also serve guests their drinks of choice and more on the fifth floor. Grand Westside Hotel will be the latest development to rise inside Westside City within the Entertainment City in Parañaque. Megaworld has committed to invest around P64 billion to build Westside City. To be managed and operated by Megaworld Hotels & Resorts, Grand Westside Hotel will be the 19th hotel property launched by Megaworld and the second homegrown hotel brand to rise inside Westside City—the first being the 529-room Kingsford Hotel Manila. The first tower of Grand Westside Hotel is slated for opening this year, while the second tower will welcome guests by 2024.
Out of the 19 hotel properties launched by Megaworld Hotels and Resorts, 12 are already operational while seven more are in the pipeline. Megaworld’s operational hotels have around 7,700 hotel room keys.
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