Megaworld to bring Belmont Hotel in Iloilo Business Park

Fourth hotel under Megaworld’s homegrown Belmont brand to add 405 hotel rooms in Iloilo City

Property giant Megaworld is building its fourth Belmont Hotel inside its 72-hectare Iloilo Business Park township in Mandurriao, Iloilo City.

Belmont Hotel Iloilo will have 405 suites, composed of a mix of Twin Suites, Queen Suites, Junior Suites, Executive Suites and Specially-Abled Suites for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs).

The 12-storey hotel, which is the third in the entire township, will be located along the stretch of the 1.1-kilometer long Festive Walk Parade, just a walking distance to the iconic Iloilo Convention Center and the Festive Walk Mall.

It will have its own swimming pool with in-pool lounge, landscaped deck with pool bar and outdoor lounge, fitness center with sauna, function room, and an all-day dining restaurant.

“We have seen the huge potential of Iloilo as a tourism destination. With the Iloilo Convention Center as a main facility for Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions (MICE), there is no doubt that Iloilo City needs another world-class hotel. And we are bringing another Megaworld homegrown hotel brand, which has gained popularity among business travelers since Belmont Hotel Manila opened in 2015,” says Jennifer Palmares-Fong, vice president for sales and marketing, Megaworld Iloilo.

Belmont Hotel Manila, Megaworld’s first Belmont Hotel that opened in Newport City, was awarded this year’s Best Airport Hotel in the 2018 Travel and Hospitality Awards. The second Belmont Hotel is set to open in Boracay Newcoast next year, while the third one will be at The Mactan Newtown, the company’s 30-hectare township in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu.

In Iloilo Business Park, Megaworld opened its third Richmonde Hotel in 2014 and its sister company Travelers International Hotels Group, Inc., owner and operator of Resorts World Manila, opened the Courtyard by Marriott early this year.

According to the Iloilo City Tourism Office, tourist arrivals in the city have remarkably increased during the past five years. In 2017, around 1.08 million local and foreign tourists visited Iloilo City. Most foreign visitors came from South Korea, US, Canada, Mexico and Australia.

Tourism receipts, on the other hand, reached P19.8-billion in 2017 as registration for tourism-related establishments such as hotels rose by 55% to 1,605 last year compared to those posted in 2013.

“Megaworld’s Iloilo Business Park itself is a tourist destination. Visitors come to the township to visit the Iloilo Museum of Contemporary Art (ILOMOCA), shop and dine in Festive Walk Mall, chill in Festive Walk Parade, attend events in the Iloilo Convention Center, or stay in our world-class hotels. We expect more tourists to come to our township as more establishments and attractions open in the coming months,” explains Palmares-Fong.

Belmont Hotel Iloilo is scheduled to open in 2023.

Progress in Iloilo Business Park Township: September Site Development Updates

With each passing month, Iloilo Business Park Township is getting closer to its completion. Megaworld Corporation, the country’s real estate giant established the 72-hectare Iloilo Business Park in the old Iloilo airport in Mandurriao District to create a bigger pathway for economic rise and elevate the lifestyle in the region. It is by far the largest commercial and business township in Western Visayas.

Recently, Iloilo Business Park was recognized as the “Best Township Development” for the Philippine Property Awards 2018. This proves the township is indeed a master-planned community of the highest standard of developments, amenities and concept.

For those who are looking ahead to experience upscale lifestyle at the best township, here are some latest construction and site update photos of the high-end residential tower, and commercial establishments rising soon in Iloilo Business Park.

ILOMOCA and Iloilo Festive Walk

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Iloilo Convention Center

Sit tight as we upload more of the latest updates of the Iloilo Business Park Township in the succeeding days!

 

Marketplace by Rustan’s at Iloilo Festive Walk

Marketplace by Rustan’s is bringing its premium grocery shopping experience to Iloilo Business Park as it opens its first-ever branch in Western Visayas located at Festive Walk Mall Annex A, Iloilo City.

 

Enjoy upscale grocery shopping with the extensive range of international, specialty and gourmet selections – from rare finds to daily essentials. Its product offerings include premium meats, fresh catch and produce, a good representation of cheeses, a wide selection of top tier wines from some of the best vineyards, as well as big-name brands sourced from all over the world and are exclusively available at Marketplace by Rustan’s.

Choose from a wide selection of cheese

Shop for fresh seafood and poultry

Shop for fresh fruits and veggies

Whether a lengthy shopping spree or a quick errand, shopping at The Marketplace upgrades the entire experience of doing groceries from being a bit of a boring chore to something they can actually look forward to.

Come and experience premium shopping at the Marketplace by Rustan’s located at the Iloilo Festive Walk Mall Annex A, Iloilo Business Park.

Outsmart the Limits: 5 Tips in Planning Your 23 sq.m. Condo Space

As Iloilo rockets the metropolitan lifestyle, more and more young professionals have been convinced to start their metro living. They flock into conveniently located townships that are near, or is centered by a business district like Iloilo Business Park. In the beginning of their careers, many are looking for a studio-type condominium space.

As you start adulting, independent living does not mean you can give up on designing and organizing your first residential unit. Small and limited as they may seem, here are 5 techniques to live in 23 sq. m. creatively and effectively.

1. Examine your space and start a plan

Get to know your space. Familiarize the corners, the spaces, the circuit and how you want your daily life to happen. Identify your daily traffic path. Purchase your furniture and appliances according to your concept. Planning will make you spend practically. It avoids waste of investment and it will be easier for you to achieve your interior goals.

2. Purchase multifunctional pieces of furniture

Barcelona Lego GIF by Makespace

Your room setting and spaces will depend on the furniture pieces that you have. The likes of a sofa bed, storage chair, table cabinet, and shelf dividers, can give your room advantageous spaces. It does not only maximize your space but also minimizes clutter and make maintenance easy.

3.  Consider floating your furniture pieces

Mount your appliances to the wall or let them hang from the ceiling. This does not only save space but also adds to the visual appeal of the room. Floating furniture such as shelves, cabinets, can have both the top and underneath as another storage place. Mount your TV than placing it on a table.

4. Loft your space

Take advantage of your vertical space. If you have a little more budget customizing your space, it is economical to go lofting. Different kinds of lofting can give you that extra functional corner. You can either low loft your bed for extra storage or loft your whole bedroom to create another room for study at the bottom. Lofting will give you always something extra.

5. Add vertical elements

Vertical elements add to the impression of having a spacious room. Use book cases, artworks, decorative wall panels, ceiling to floor drapes, and other enhancements that can create a spacious illusion to your room.

With a lot to consider before you can even say you are comfortably settled in your own space, planning can actually be fun! Choosing what furniture to place, what curtains to hang on those windows overlooking the township, and what bed can give you a good night rest, are just some of the exciting things you’ll be dealing with when you plan your condo space.

Start planning your own condominium with Iloilo Business Park as it offers various studio-type units found in its 7 residential towers. For queries and details on how to sta2t a brand new lifestyle at Iloilo Business Park, just dial (033) 330-3464, visit our IBP Sales and Information Center showroom, or check out our online media official sites: website, facebook.

Festive Walk Mall’s as the Region’s First-ever Pet-friendly Lifestyle Mall

Photos from Barking Cafe Iloilo Facebook page

A lifestyle mall for all even for dog and pet lovers. The Festive Walk Mall as a vibrant shopping and leisure hub in Iloilo Business Park offers almost everything you’re looking for an ideal entertainment and relaxing destination to fulfill what you need. Conceptualized as the first-ever lifestyle mall in Western Visayas that boasts of “many firsts,” this highly-anticipated destination is located in the heart of a bustling township designed by Megaworld Corporation as their first full-scale mall outside of Luzon. It is designed to complement the versatile and multifaceted lifestyle of Iloilo Business Park’s “live-work-play” township concept. The P2.2-billion Festive Walk Mall offers 90,000 square meters of gross floor area of shopping, dining, leisure and entertainment, highlighted by Iloilo’s most state-of-the-art cinemas, which include VIP cinemas that offer full butler service with unlimited popcorn and drinks, and reclining leather seats with food tray and LED lamp as well as adjustable footrest. Some cinemas also feature the latest Dolby Atmos sound technology, the first in Western Visayas.

Photos from Barking Cafe Iloilo Facebook page

The Festive Walk Mall is inspired by Iloilo City’s rich cultural heritage and spectacular festivities from Dinagyang to Paraw Regatta, into a place where people can converge, experience exciting activities and pleasure all in one stylish destination. Hailed as the region’s “most beautiful shopping mall,” Festive Walk Mall is exceptionally captivating as a leisure and tourism lifestyle mall because it responds to the passionate celebrations of Ilonggos. Every day, Festive Walk Mall aspires to surprise and pleases the visual taste of Ilonggos when it comes to its sleek architectural design from the exterior to the interior aspect.

But one of those remarkable unique features of Festive Walk Mall is its advocacy and passion as the first mall to be declared as a “Pet-friendly” shopping and lifestyle center. In fact, before its grand opening this year, the mall itself has been highly promoted in the social media and online world as the very first dog-friendly mall in Western Visayas. This unique concept is attached to the whole township vision of Megaworld for Iloilo Business Park as the only “pet-friendly” lifestyle township in the region. With the township’s existing bike lanes, open parks, and gardens designed to offer a relaxing space for Ilonggos to bring their pets for a walk and stroll, Festive Walk Mall continues the tradition of Iloilo Business Park to offer diverse lifestyle experience like no other. Festive Walk Mall is not just a lifestyle mall to shop, dine, stroll, and experience many other activities to relax and enjoy, you can also bring your dogs with you for a complete family bonding. The mall is designed to become a leisure hub where pet owners can have coffee or shop at their favorite boutiques without leaving their dogs at home. They can bring their pets for a complete shopping and strolling experience. The Barking Cafe, the first of its kind in the region located in the mall’s third level is a coffee shop conceptualized to become a dog haven. Here, you can sip your favorite cup of coffee with your dogs feeling at home. Also, the mall has its own rooftop open garden and chapel, where dog owners can enjoy the serene ambiance. To get a Pet Pass for your dog, bring your pet’s 1×1 photo and their latest vaccination record to the Festive Walk Mall Concierge for your a free pass.

The Festive Walk Mall envisions to create more special mall events and activities to showcase its concept as a pet-friendly lifestyle hub, ensuring that your beloved furry friends are welcome for a relaxing walk any time you want. Surely, your dogs are at home in Festive Walk Mall.

A Feast of Firsts at Festive Walk Mall

Iloilo’s newest iconic mall with unique features and the first of its kind full-scale Megaworld lifestyle mall outside of Luzon, the Festive Walk Main Mall opens today at Iloilo Business Park. Here are some of the best reasons why you should visit and experience this astonishing destination.

 

IBP’s Festive Walk Mall Colorful Opening

 

Festive Walk Main Mall, Megaworld’s first full-scale lifestyle mall in Visayas-Mindanao region successfully opened at Iloilo Business Park, where stellar spectacles, surprises, celebrities, and excitement brought the Ilonggos together in one classy destination. Take a look at these snapshots of the iconic event that happened on June 30, 2018.

Festive Walk Iloilo Main Mall official ribbon cutting and ceremonial toast headed by Megaworld top officers, Iloilo Province, Iloilo City government and Department of Tourism.

ILOMOCA Captures Iloilo’s Vision as ‘City of Love, Art and Culture’

Iloilo Museum of Contemporary Art (ILOMOCA) facade. Photo Source: Sarah Agatha Villaluz

Known as the centrepiece lifestyle community for vibrant developments, promising infrastructures, upscale leisure destinations, and investment location in Iloilo City, the 72-hectare Iloilo Business Park shapes up flawlessly as a place for synergy by offering “live-work-play” opportunities for Ilonggos and investors rising steadfastly in the old Iloilo airport in Mandurriao District. Visitors, guests and diplomats who came to have a glimpse of the township during various national and international events held at the Iloilo Convention Center have all agreed that “everything’s here” in this visionary township developed by Megaworld Corporation, the country’s leading real estate developer, who saw Iloilo City’s potential to become the next business destination in the Visayas region.

Event photos by Argus Mente

What was left behind the rich imagination of investors and Ilonggos for Iloilo Business Park is making it as the “art capital” of Western Visayas. But this promising concept is now within reach and will soon magnetize global art lovers and enthusiasts with the opening of another revolutionary destination, the Iloilo Museum of Contemporary Arts (ILOMOCA). It’s another vision fulfilled for the township by fusing “art life” to the lifestyle mix.

Megaworld Commercial Senior Vice President Kevin Tan passionately led the official opening of ILOMOCA in Iloilo Business Park on March 17, 2018. Together with him are Megaworld bigwigs Chief Operating Officer Lourdes Gutierrez-Alfonso and Iloilo Business Park Vice President for Sales and Marketing Jennifer Ann Palmares-Fong welcomed visitors and guests. Joining them during the unveiling are exhibit curator Martin Genodepa and art patron Edwin Valencia who gladly talked about the museum’s visionary concept.

Photos by Joey Viduya from Philstar.com

Most of the impressive art collections was loaned by Ilonggo artist Edwin Valencia, including about 125 works, as well as established Ilonggo artists Rock Drilon, Ed Defensor and Jose Tence Ruiz. Also, it include original artworks by Salvador Dali, Joan Miro and Marc Chagall, and many other rising artists, such as Clairelyn Uy, Toti Cerda and Metrobank Artist awardee Moreen Austria, whose mixed-metal sculpture attract visitors at the museum entrance.

Kevin Tan explained that ILOMOCA is a significant step in Megaworld’s new commitment to art spaces. Also planned in the next two years for other Megaworld townships across the country include a Chinese heritage museum in Binondo (Lucky Chinatown Museum) set to honor the Chinese community in the Philippines over the past 400 years; a museum in Mactan exploring Magellan and Lapu-Lapu that will “pay homage to our heroes”; and possibly a Pampanga museum honoring the sugar industry and its impact on the Philippines.

Creating ILOMOCA is rooted from Megaworld’s passion to inspire Ilonggos, as well as visitors and investors to emphasize the significance of establishing a gorgeous space for culture and the arts, a heartfelt commitment of the company to blend modern lifestyle with timeless heritage. The museum itself is a sincere reminder that aside from creating opportunities and expanding the tourism potential of the township and the whole Iloilo City, giving a place for art, culture and history re-educates, empowers and redefines the strong essence of living in a township that values a timeless appreciation of the past and the future. It is all about transforming lives with passion and embracing wisdom while living in a stunning township of promising opportunities.

Located inside the Case de Emperador, near the well-known Ilonggo hero Martin Delgado’s impressive statue, and the main attraction of the posh Festive Walk Parade fountain area, the P110-million worth ILOMOCA showcases a gorgeous gift shop called “Hulot,” a Hiligaynon term for room located in the lobby that’s free to the public, and a theater space at the second floor called “The Box,” where art performances and film screenings are envisioned to be shown for guests. The three-story museum, with close to 3,000 square meters of space is dedicated to showcase the works of mostly Filipino and Ilonggo artists within the realms of modern, regional, and contemporary art.

ILOMOCA is open from Tuesdays to Saturday, 10AM to 7PM, with tickets at P100 for regular admission and P50 for students.

ILOMOCA is slowly positioning Iloilo City known as Asia’s “City of Love” into a future “City of Art and Culture.” Megaworld makes it all happen by remaining true to its passion to create inspiring life beyond lifestyle and upscale developments with priceless vision. Lives are being transformed and enriched when you live in Iloilo Business Park.

Chase and envision a lifestyle closer to your dreams, see more updates and news in our official website at www.iloilobusinesspark.com.ph. For lifestyle investments, call (033) 330-3464 and 09173524888 or visit the Iloilo Business Park Sales and Information Center.

 

 

Sustainable Lifestyle Benefits of a Township

 

Townships are best example on how the real estate business evolve and respond to the changing needs of people around the world. There are many reasons that clearly show that township living is the next step in the sustaining healthy human lifestyles. Check out some of these essential benefits of living in a township:

Community Going Global

Townships have reinvented the concept of community living to a newer, more global level. Here, every kind of individual has access to amenities and benefits and can form strong bonds with not just his neighbours but with every resident in the township. As people, visitors and even investors coming together in one exciting place to live and chase a new pathway for career or business elevation, they all create a global community together. Everything in a township creates bridges, links and connection in a more global scale.

Healthy Environment

A community foster healthy growth and development for an individual who calls it as his or her home. Thus, it is essentially important to live in a serene and complete community that helps develop healthy mind, body and soul for a person. A township is a social environment that promotes various interests such as sports, adventure, lifestyle, entertainment, leisure, and must create a place where modern amenities harmonizes with greens and serenity.

Reliability and Security

A great township is a community that provides everything that residents need to pursue a healthy lifestyle including a sense of security and reliability. Every development, structure, destination, building or edifice in the township is a part of a well-planned community to ensure smooth flow of everyday living. Here, residents and visitors are ensured of their safety and enjoy various amenities. There should be effective sustainable security solutions in the township. There services offered that compliments various people in the community, from persons with disabilities (PWD) to children and tourists, a township find ways to offer the best possible way for everybody to feel at home and safe.

Everything is just a few steps away

One of the most important benefits of a township living is the easy accessibility. From workplace, leisure, entertainment to recreation, all of these are within reach. Everything that residents and visitors will need for services and relaxation are just a few steps away. Business opportunities and options to invest are all taking shape inside the community. A complete township must connect everything and will make everybody feel at home without moving farther away from each other.

Self-sustaining lifestyle 

They say interdependence is the highest degree of independence. The best part about townships is that the many amenities provide a scope for many other amenities. A place where shopping malls give rise to a social milieu that also participates in other sports and leisure activities.

A Township for Ilonggos

For the first time since its establishment few years ago, Iloilo Business Park, the 72-hectare lifestyle township developed by Megaworld Corporation in the old Iloilo airport located in Mandurriao District in Iloilo City transformed into a modern community that offers limitless opportunities for Ilonggos. Visitors, tourists and investors found this township a captivating setting to come home, visit and start their business ventures.

In the real estate business, Iloilo Business Park became Western Visayas region’s premier lifestyle and investment destination. From high-end residential towers, luxurious international hotels, modern commercial center, BPO Cyberpark hub to convention location, this upscale lifestyle township makes every Ilonggo feel at home and look forward to appreciate the unstoppable rise of Iloilo City as the next center of investment and developments. More just a modern community of mesmerizing changes and rising lifestyle elevation in the region, Iloilo Business Park ensures that Ilonggos, as well as investors and visitors will surely find their home right here, where a bright and promising future awaits everybody.

Find your way to Iloilo Business Park and we will make sure your visit will be worthwhile and a life-changing experience to enjoy everything where you can “live, work and play” altogether in one exciting community. For more information, visit our website at www.iloilobusinesspark.com.ph or call (033) 330-3464 or 09173524888. Visit the IBP Sales and Information Center for township visit and tour.

 

Lafayette Park Square August 2017 Update

Lafayette Park Square’s lifestyle amenities and facade perspectives

Inspired by the classic grandeur of Europe, Lafayette Park Square is a 16-story single tower with 289 residential units with studio and three-bedroom layouts. It will rise beside Megaworld’s first residential condominium cluster, the three tower One Madison Place, and is set to be completed in 2018.

Lafayette Park Square features French and Spanish architectural designs and is Megaworld’s first themed residential condominium within the Iloilo Business Park, Megaworld’s 72-hectare development.

The tower will feature a third floor amenity deck with its exclusive swimming pool and kiddie pool and pool lounge, a Jacuzzi, a state-of-the-art fitness gym, a spacious social hall, a daycare center and children’s play area, a reading nook and garden and a covered sitting area. Additionally, an arcade of commercial and retail shops will occupy the tower’s ground floor.

For those who are looking ahead to experience upscale lifestyle at Lafayette Park Square, here are some latest construction and site update photos of this high-end residential tower rising soon in Iloilo Business Park. For further details on investment and lifestyle, just call (033) 330-3464 or visit IBP Sales and Information Center.