ILOILO: HEART of the PHILIPPINES

Officials from finance ministries and multilateral organizations, infrastructure experts, and capital market players across APEC member-economies gather at the Royal Garden Hall Convention Center in Iloilo City on July 23-24, 2015 to discuss infrastructure and capital market development in the Asia-Pacific region. With the theme “Fostering APEC’s Infrastructure through Long-term Investment and Capital Market Development,” the meeting aims to solicit proposals and share best practices in boosting connectivity and mobility within and across member-economies, particularly through more active capital markets.

Richmonde Hotel Iloilo is now open to serve the Ilonggos! The first hotel to open at Megaworld's PhP35-B Iloilo Business Park, Richmonde is just in a soft-opening "mode" as a bigger and grander opening is scheduled later this year. Richmonde Hotel Iloilo Lounge at the 5th Floor Richmonde Hotel Iloilo occupies eight floors of the 12-storey Richmonde Tower. The luxury hotel will have a fully opened capacity of 151 guest rooms (only two? floors are opened as of now).  It will house a restaurant and deli, function rooms, business center, fitness gym as well as a lap pool with its own pool bar. Quoting from a previous press release from Megaworld, "Megaworld has commissioned Gettys to conceptualize and design the hotel’s facade, grand lobby and interiors, restaurant and guest rooms. Unwind at the BizBar “Megaworld is bringing the first world-class, luxury hotel in Iloilo City with our very own brand, the Richmonde Hotel Iloilo. Commissioning an int