Megaworld to open 2nd Boracay hotel

MANILA, Philippines — Andrew Tan-led Megaworld will put up the P2.1-billion Belmont Hotel Boracay, its second hotel in the island resort, through unit Global Estate Resorts Inc. (GERI).

The hotel will have three towers and will be located within the sloping area of the 150-hectare Boracay Newcoast, just beside Savoy Hotel Boracay.

It features 442 rooms with sizes ranging from 27 square meters to 52 square meters.

Luxury Global Hotels and Leisure Inc. managing director Raymundo Melendrez said the company’s second hotel in Boracay would allow guests to see the island’s panoramic natural scenery from one building to another.

Monica Salomon, president of GERI, said the second hotel is part of the company’s efforts to help boost tourism in the country.

“GERI, as the developer of Boracay Newcoast, remains committed to help build our country through tourism developments,” she said.

Belmont Hotel Boracay offers dining options that include all-day dining at Belmont Café, featuring cuisines with Asian and Mediterranean influences. Located within the ground level, the restaurant will utilize local fresh farm produce to support the farmers in Aklan and other nearby provinces.

Two more food and beverage outlets will also open in the hotel. These are the Zabana Pool Bar at the second level deck, and the Trellis Garden within the landscaped deck that connects the two towers.

Belmont Hotel Boracay likewise features many amenities and services that include a swimming pool and in-pool lounge, aqua spa, courtyard, landscaped gardens, fitness center with shower and changing rooms, business center, function halls, meeting rooms, a full-time concierge, 24-hour in-room dining service and complimentary shuttle services.

Belmont Hotel is the second homegrown hotel brand introduced under Megaworld Hotels following the first Belmont Hotel that the company put up in Newport City in 2015.

Another Belmont Hotel is set to open in Iloilo Business Park by 2023.

Megaworld now has five hotel brands. Richmonde Hotels, Belmont Hotels, Savoy Hotels, Twin Lakes Hotel, and Hotel Lucky Chinatown with close to 3,000 hotel rooms.

In the next five years, the company will also open new homegrown hotel brands in Parañaque, Bacolod, Iloilo, Boracay and Laguna.