New Seda Hotel opens in Cebu City
AYALA LAND, Inc. (ALI) has opened its newest Seda Hotel in Cebu City this month, targeting both business and leisure travelers.
How world’s priciest home market is pushing millennials beyond the law
HONG KONG’S stratospheric property prices are pushing some residents beyond the law.
Hilton eyes more partnerships in PHL
HILTON WORLDWIDE Holdings, Inc. is on the lookout for more partnerships with hospitality institutions in the Philippines, as it seeks to develop more talents to serve the growing tourism industry in the country.
CPG tops off 5th tower in QC project
CENTURY PROPERTIES Group, Inc. said it has topped off Roxas West, the fifth residential tower at The Residences at Commonwealth in Quezon City.
Avida targets young, single professionals for 2nd Davao project
DAVAO CITY -- Avida Land Corp, the mid-range brand of property giant Ayala Land Inc, (ALI), has launched its second condominium project here, targeting young and single professionals as a major market.
How RCBC Plaza secured LEED Gold certification
THE RCBC PLAZA in Makati City has received a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification, making it the first multi-tenanted building in the Philippines to achieve such kind of green building certification.
Benettons go from preachers to pariahs after bridge disaster
FOR HALF a century, Italy’s Benetton family has preached compassion through eye-popping ads for its eponymous clothing line that have included photos of a dying AIDS patient, a black woman breast-feeding a white baby, and most recently, African immigrants being rescued at sea.
Office take-up seen to breach 1M sq.m. this year
THE PHILIPPINE office market is expected to record a net take-up of more than one million square meters (sq.m.) by the end of 2018, driven by the expansion of outsourcing companies that previously held off their expansion plans last year.
Eurotel group pouring more funds to renovate Davao’s Apo View Hotel
DAVAO CITY — Global Comfort Group Corp., the company behind the Eurotel and Icon hotel brands, is injecting more funds until 2019 for the renovation of rooms and the construction of a halal kitchen at the Apo View Hotel.
Concentrix bullish on Philippines, opens new contact center
CONCENTRIX PHILIPPINES is keeping a rosy outlook on its growth in the Philippines, calling the country a “pre-eminent destination for business.”
Go Hotels to open 16th branch by end-2018
THE GOKONGWEI-LED Go Hotels is set to open its 16th branch by the end of 2018.
Tycoon Victor Li betting big on HK’s frothy property market
TYCOON VICTOR LI made his first land purchase in Hong Kong since taking the reins of CK Asset Holdings Ltd. from his billionaire father Li Ka-shing, splashing out on a development site above a subway station.