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SM Hotels and Conventions Corp. Set to Open the 400-room
Radisson Blu Hotel
in Cebu, Philippines; Grant Gaskin the Opening General
Manager
(23 September 2010. Pasay City, Philippines.) - SM Hotels and Conventions Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Philippine conglomerate SM Investments Corporation (SM) invited the media today to a pre-launch event for its premier project in the Visayas, the 400-room Radisson Blu Hotel Cebu. The media event was held at 3:00 p.m. on 23 September 2010 at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City. SM Hotels provided the guests an exclusive preview of the very first Radisson Blu Hotel in the Asia-Pacific region, which is scheduled to open on 27 September 2010 and is managed by Carlson, a privately held, global hospitality and travel company. Elizabeth
T. Sy, president of SM Hotels and Conventions Corporation said, �The inaugural
launch of Radisson Blu Hotel Cebu is a fulfillment of the dream long held
by my father and SM chairman, Henry Sy, Sr., to open the premier hotel
in Cebu. Although the hotel�s completion was put on hold during the nineties
due to the prevailing business climate then, we never lost our vision of
one day opening its doors to welcome guests from all over the world. In
light of our optimism about the prospects of Philippine tourism and the
resurgence of the economy, we exerted our utmost efforts to ensure that
the highest quality in the hotel�s design, functionality, detail, and artwork
is firmly in place for its opening. Thus, we are confident that the Radisson
Blu Hotel Cebu will be the tourist destination of choice and the leading
events venue in Cebu City and nearby regions. It is SM�s further contribution
to Philippine tourism which embodies our chairman�s great enthusiasm on
the industry�s bright prospects.�
The upper-upscale Radisson Blu Hotel Cebu is ideally situated right beside SM City Cebu, which is the largest and leading shopping mall complex in the region. Robust business synergy is expected to be created by and between the two SM establishments, inasmuch as SM City Cebu may also be considered a tourist destination in the area that attracts close to 120,000 customers daily. In addition, the mall boasts of a duty-free shopping section, a gross floor area (GFA) of 265,832 square meters (sqm), over 700 tenants, eight cinema theaters, and more than 1,700 parking slots. Aside from its many other amenities such as two spacious and contemporary ballrooms and ten multi-purpose meeting rooms, Radisson Blu Hotel Cebu will also offer state-of-the-art meeting facilities and extensive professional meeting and conference planning services, thus making it a top choice for MICE (meetings, incentives, conventions, and exhibitions) events. The hotel�s Santa Maria Grand Ballroom measures 1,200 sqm and has an eight-meter high ceiling. It comes with its own dedicated top-of-the-range audiovisual equipment room and can accommodate up to 1,200 guests. The Niña Ballroom, on the other hand, measures 780 sqm, with a five-meter high ceiling. It can seat up to 650 persons. Both ballrooms come equipped with the latest technology, including ceiling-mounted LCD projectors and drop down screens, among others. All general public areas and guest rooms will have high speed, complimentary wired and wireless Internet access. |
Contact:
Ms. Gigi G. Teves
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