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Resorts World Manila continues expansion with launch of Marriott Grand Ballroom

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Resorts World Manila (RWM), the country’s first integrated resort and tourism destination, recently opened the Marriott Grand Ballroom—a three-story convention center boasting the country’s largest grand ballroom and an 8,000 square meter MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions) facility.

The grand opening was highlighted by a one-night only concert of multi Grammy award-winner and back-to-back Oscar nominee James Ingram, together with new Siren of the Strip Lani Misalucha. Prior to the opening, the Marriott Grand Ballroom had also hosted the 50th “Gabi ng Parangal” Anvil Awards in May.

Boasting six VIP sky boxes and a main 3,000 square meter pillarless ballroom that can easily accommodate 4,000 guests for concert events and 2,500 guests for banquet set-up, this first of its kind facility is targeted at the Philippine MICE industry and is an important addition to RWM’s sprawling 14-hectare integrated resort in Newport City.

With the largest MICE facility in the country, RWM is also expected to have an influx of both local and foreign guests in the coming months as the integrated resort continues its Phase 3 expansion projects including two new hotel brands in its property, Hilton Manila Hotel and Sheraton Hotel Manila set to open by 2017.

“With Marriott Grand Ballroom, the largest hotel ballroom in the country now operational, we intend to capture a significant share of the MICE market,” said RWM Chief Operating Officer Stephen Reilly.

Also part of its Phase 2 expansion plan is the Marriott West Wing a 10-storey annex to the Marriott Hotel Manila with approximately 3,000 sq. m. which is expected to add 227 rooms across approximately 31,000 sq. m. of built-up space.

 

Yolanda survivors get new lease on life with Sun & Moon Village

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A milestone was reached as 50 newly constructed homes were turned over by Resorts World Manila (RWM) with at least another 150 ready for occupancy to accommodate a total of 209 families who survived the wrath of the strongest storm ever recorded to make landfall.

Just last year, RWM, in partnership with Bouberg Productions, IMG artists, Enda Markey, and Ultimate Shows produced a 2-night charity concert entitled “Do You Hear the People Sing?” at the Newport Performing Arts Theater (NPAT). The funds raised during the concert were used to build these new homes for the survivors of typhoon Yolanda in Barangay Dolores, Ormoc, Leyte.

Present during the ceremonies were Habitat COO for Disaster Response Leonilo Escalada; OCCCI Board of Director chairperson Fr. Elmo P. Manching; OCCCI chair on housing committee Director Juanito Reyes; NEDC field officer Janet Pasicaran; city councilor Hon. Pedro Ebcas; Barangay Captain of Barangay Dolores Pedro Pepito; and RWM Director for Corporate Communications Owen Cammayo.

Named Sun & Moon Village after a song penned by music theater composers Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil for the musical Miss Saigon, the project is a collaborative effort with partners Habitat for Humanity, National Confederation of Cooperatives (NATCCO), and the Metro Ormoc Community Multi-Purpose Cooperative (OCCCI).

“RWM is committed to responding and helping the Filipinos especially in times of calamities,” said Cammayo. “Enabling a fresh start for some of the Yolanda survivors is both an advocacy and a privilege. We are confident that these new typhoon-resilient homes will be as tough and resilient as our countrymen.”