TACLOBAN CITY – The members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Leyte made a site inspection of MacArthur Park Beach Resort Hotel which is currently being redeveloped by the LKY Property Holdings Incorporated.
Leyte Board Member Roque Tiu in an interview said that based on what they saw, there was a big improvement on the facility which the province can really be proud of.
Tiu added that based on the information that they received, the hotel will have its soft opening on Dec. 16, this year while its grand opening will be on March next year.
Around 65 rooms will be available on its soft opening while on its full operation more than a hundred hotel rooms including villas are to be available for possible guests.
Tiu also said that during their visit, the members of the provincial board had suggested to the operator of MacArthur Park Beach Resort Hotel to add additional amenities such as water sports like jet ski, banana boat ride, wind surfing to attract more tourists.
“If this will be finished this can be a very good attraction and come-on for tourists, especially for those who will conduct convention, because they will also be constructing a convention facility that can cater around 1,000 people on a classroom type and around 500 participants on a roundtable discussion type of convention,” Tiu said.
Convention facility is among the facility that the province and the region needs, according to Leyte Governor Jericho “Icot” Petilla and this was also echoed by the Department of Tourism.
The existing big facilities in the region which are gymnasium and astrodome are not suitable for convention activities but for sports events only.
Tiu added that in the upcoming convention of board members which Leyte is to host January of next year, they will hold it in the said hotel to showcase that Leyte has a hotel facility that can be compared to other hotels in other cities of the country.
To recall, LKY Property Holdings Incorporated president Wilbert Lee assured Gov. Petilla during his visit to the hotel that they will open on December.
At least P150 million was already invested by the LKY in renovating MacArthur Park Hotel, representing half of its total investments of P300 million under the 25 year contract with the provincial government.
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