Memorable, meaningful Palawan: Holidays at Hotel Centro

MANILA, Philippines - There’s no better way to usher in the holidays than to indulge in a perfect getaway. When thinking of destinations, Palawan easily comes to mind as an ideal location. Think sun, sea, surf and sand, exotic environs, friendly people, great food and accommodations.

Hotel Centro is the go-to hotel when in Puerto Princesa, Palawan. Whether you’re preparing in advance to maximize your saved-up vacation time in 2013 or making spontaneous and last-minute bookings for this Christmas season, Hotel Centro welcomes whatever travel plans you have in mind.

Chic urban travelers who flock to Puerto Princesa’s natural attractions (such as the Honda Bay for island-hopping and snorkeling and the Subterranean River National Park, recently recognized as one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature) pick Hotel Centro as their home for the experience that awaits its guests.

Immediately pleasing to the eye with its well-thought-out architecture, it’s replete with facilities to delight anyone in the mood for leisure and R&R — swimming pool with Jacuzzi, a fitness center (the only hotel in the area that has one), spa and souvenir shop.

The hotel also offers meeting services with its own specialist to take charge of event and conference requirements that there’s no need to fly in pricey organizers. It’s fittingly equipped with amenities like Internet access, dedicated conference and meeting facilities and top-of-the-line audio and video equipment.

Guests will appreciate Hotel Centro’s personalized travel concierge services, which provide an able and amiable tour coordinator with whom you can entrust any arrangement you wish to make during your stay: tours, transportation, massage, lunch or dinner out, information on souvenir shopping, you name it.

Also meriting many a good feedback is its help desk for its quick assistance for guest requirements and inquiries.  

But even as Hotel Centro is suited up to fulfill the needs of the slick, modern-day traveler, the hotel, nevertheless, banks on its “resort-ness” to entice visitors hankering for time away from the city buzz even if they are still at the heart of the city.   

For one, it has wide open spaces and an abundance of greens, thus creating a feeling of being in a secluded resort. It’s complemented with Grill Nights every Friday at the Verde Garden with romantic and relaxing live piano-playing wafting in the background.

Hotel Centro is also being touted as a culinary hub for being the only Puerto hotel with three F&B outlets: Expressions Café for international cuisine, Soul Pool Bar for al fresco dining and cocktails, and Sicily Club Lounge for intimate functions.

Nevertheless, one of the most unique attributes of Hotel Centro is its being a truly green hotel in response to Puerto Princesa’s call for sustainable tourism development, according to hotel manager Kharla Luneta. Among its environment-friendly features are energy-efficient LED lights; refrigerators relying on an absorption cooling system and not on a compressor that uses costly electricity; a used-water treatment facility; Flotex washable textile flooring which has been recognized as a best practice in sustainable building designs; Pure Herb organic bath amenities; and other eco-friendly technologies and systems that made it the worthy recipient of the Cleanest and Greenest Hotel distinction in 2011.

Treat yourself to a memorable and meaningful getaway in Palawan with Hotel Centro. It’s now offering special rates such as 20 percent off on “UR Holidays All-Inclusive” for a minimum booking of three persons at P12,888 (regular twin rate) and P10,888 (regular triple rate). This is inclusive of three-day, two-night stay in a deluxe room, daily buffet breakfast, roundtrip airport transfers, exclusive Honda Bay tour (with chauffeur, boat, tour guide, and a fine-dining set-up for picnic lunch on the island complete with chef and butler) and exclusive Underground River National Park tour (exclusive van with chauffer, boat, tour guide, and a lunch at a four-star hotel at the Sabang Wharf). Or you can enjoy the “Long Weekend Special” which is 50 percent off on published room rates for all long weekends of 2013 with a minimum of four-day, three-night stay. Just booked a Palawan flight on sale? Hotel Centro also offers the “Airline Discount Special” which is 40 percent off on published room rates if you have an airline ticket bought at a promo rate. Booking period is until Jan. 15, 2013 with stay period from Jan. 1 to March 22, 2013 and April 1 to May 31, 2013.

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Hotel Centro is located along the national highway in San Pedro, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan. For reservations, call (48) 434-1110 in Puerto Princesa, (32) 556-5656 in Manila or (0917) 5991912 or visit www.hotelcentro.ph.