Megaworld to build 12-storey, 405-room, PhP1.5 billion Belmont Hotel at Iloilo Business Park

“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." says Jennifer Palmares-Fong, vice president for sales and marketing, Megaworld Iloilo.

"(With this) we are bringing another Megaworld homegrown hotel brand, which has gained popularity among business travelers” she announces.

Finally, the rumor we have been talking about for weeks in various forums and FB groups has been revealed - BELMONT HOTEL ILOILO!

And the confirmed details are as big as Megaworld always have been when it comes to their projects at Iloilo Business Park!

First it's the mind-blowing 405 suites that will make up the hotel- making it one of the biggest hotels in Iloilo in term of number of rooms. These suites  are classified as Twin Suites, Queen Suites, Junior Suites, Executive Suites and Specially-Abled Suites for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs).

It will be a 12-storey mid-rise that complements the design and feel of the 1.1 kilometer Festive Walk Parade with the lower levels hosting shops, cafes and restaurants. It is adjacent to the Parisian-themed residential towers - Saint Honore and Saint Domonique.

Belmont Hotel Iloilo 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.

All these to the tune of PhP 1.5 billion pesos and is scheduled to open by 2023!

Jennifer Palmares Fong and Harold Geronimo, Head of Public Relations & Media Affairs of Megaworld. 

It will be the fourth hotel under the Megaworld homegrown brand- BELMONT after Newport City (Resorts World Manila), Boracay Newcoast (opening next year) and in Mactan Newtown in Lapu-Lapu City Cebu. Early this year, Belmont Hotel - Newport City, was awarded Best Airport Hotel in the 2018 Travel and Hospitality Awards.

At Iloilo Business Park, Megaworld opened Richmonde Hotel Iloilo in 2014 (third hotel after Ortigas and Eastwood) and its sister company Travelers International Hotels Group, Inc., owner and operator of Resorts World Manila, opened the Courtyard by Marriott Iloilo (first in the country!) early this year.

Megaworld is bullish with Iloilo City's MICE and tourism potentials as it plans to build its biggest hotel in the city yet. 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,” concludes Palmares-Fong.