Taal Vista Hotel hosts national tourism confab
To highlight its past, the hotel offers ‘A Walk Through Time,’ a one-hour guided walking tour through the history and heritage of the hotel, Taal Volcano, and Tagaytay City, depicted in vintage pictures.
Taal Vista Hotel, one of the country’s pioneer hotels and the best along the Tagaytay Ridge in Cavite, recently hosted the 23rd national convention of the Association of Tourism Officers in the Philippines.
The three-day event, the group’s first face-to-face gathering since the pandemic began, was attended by 1,055 delegates from local governments, local chief executives and recipients of the ATOP Pearl Awards from all over the country.
The four-star, Department of Tourism-accredited accommodation was chosen as venue of the confab because of its convention facilities and meeting rooms, 262 rooms and suites, several food and beverage outlets and boutique shops, and various ancillary services.
TVH boasts of a 1,292-person grand ballroom, seven 58-person function rooms, and a view deck and premiere garden which can hold 947 and 448 persons, respectively.
One of the top properties of the SM Hotels and Convention Corp., TVH is a leading MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions) hub south of Metro Manila which has hosted several national and international government and private events in recent years.
Opened in 1939 as the Taal Vista Lodge, it is considered as a heritage hotel because of its being part of historic Philippine events, particularly during the Second World War when it became quarters of Imperial Japanese Army officers and later on for American Army officers from the 11th Airborne Division who parachuted along the Tagaytay Ridge to assist in the liberation of Manila in February 1945.
To highlight its past, the hotel offers “A Walk Through Time,” a one-hour guided walking tour through the history and heritage of the hotel, Taal Volcano and Tagaytay City, depicted on the photo wall with curated vintage pictures. The tour is offered with packages — rooms, meals and afternoon tea for guests.
The ATOP convention, which registered the biggest attendance in the group’s history, was hosted by the province of Cavite and the city of Tagaytay, and supported by DoT and the Tourism Promotions Board.
The delegates visited historic, natural, and culinary attractions, farm tourism sites and wellness spots during the familiarization tour of the province.