New integrated resort for Manila

 Ollie Quiniquini, Subic (2010-02-08)

HOT on the heels of unveiling its Resorts World Manila integrated resort, Travellers International has announced plans for another international tourism project in Metro Manila.

The company, a joint venture between Philippines’ Alliance Global and Malaysia’s Star Cruises of the Genting Group, will build a 40-hectare integrated resort called Bayshore City within the Entertainment City Manila development along Manila Bay.

Alliance Global president Kingson Sian said Bayshore City would have close to 5,000 rooms, gaming facilities, shopping arcades, museums and conference venues. “We will also team up with our partner, Star Cruises, to bring big cruise ships to Manila Bay. We are currently studying the feasibility of turning Metro Manila into a cruise destination and hub.”

Development on Bayshore City will start this year but Sian declined to provide a completion date for the project.

Meanwhile, Travellers International’s Resorts World Manila will be fully opened by next year. Presently operating in the eight-hectare project that soft-opened last August are the 342-room Marriott Hotel and one of four gaming floors in the eight-storey building that will house a 172-suite Maxims Hotel, scheduled to open this year. The 700-room Remington Hotel, a budget condotel-type property, will start welcoming guests by early 2011.