Megaworld to open 2nd hotel in Mactan

Township developer Megaworld Corporation is opening its second homegrown hotel development inside its 30-hectare The Mactan Newtown in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu by fourth quarter this year.

In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said this will be the 12th hotel property of Megaworld Hotels & Resorts, the country’s largest operator of homegrown hotel brands.

The 20-storey Belmont Hotel Mactan will have 550 guestrooms and suites, composed of a mix of Twin Suites, Queen Suites, Junior Suites, Executive Suites, and Specially-abled Suites, with most units featuring an expansive view of the Hilutungan Channel.

All rooms will be fully-equipped with essential amenities, in-room electronic safety box, wall-mounted TV, tea and coffee-making facilities, a minibar, and wireless Internet connection.

The new hotel will be located just beside Savoy Hotel Mactan along Newtown Boulevard, and only a few minutes’ walk from the Mactan Newtown Beach and the soon-to-rise Mactan Newtown Beach Walk Mall.

It will also be about a five-minute walk away from the Mactan Alfresco, a hawker-type dining destination that hosts a variety of restaurants offering authentic Cebuano cuisine and other delicacies.

“Belmont Hotel Mactan will be our third Belmont Hotel property in the country. It is only about 15 minutes away from the Mactan-Cebu International Airport and will offer an unparalleled opportunity for families and travelers visiting Cebu either for business or leisure,” said Megaworld Hotels & Resorts Managing Director Cleofe Albiso.

She added that, “From cafes, restaurants, grocery stores – everything is just a few steps from the hotel. Once opened, we will be the largest hotel operator in the whole of Cebu Province in terms of the number of hotel keys.”

In 2019, Megaworld Hotels & Resorts opened the township’s first hotel property, the 547-room Savoy Hotel Mactan. Last year, Megaworld Hotels & Resorts also opened the 529-room Kingsford Hotel Manila in Westside City, Parañaque.

To date, Megaworld Hotels & Resorts has already opened 11 hotel properties under six homegrown brands with around 4,000 hotel keys.

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The article was originally published in Manila Bulletin and written by James A. Loyola.