RLC further beefs up Cebu portfolio with new Dusit hotel
Robinsons Land Corporation (RLC) is further strengthening its presence in Cebu with the planned completion early next year of its 300-room resort hotel in Mactan, Cebu under the Dusit Thani hospitality brand.
“The five-star resort, which will be the centerpiece of our ten-hectare AmiSa mixed-use complex, will cater to international and domestic tourists and will be a top choice of the MICE market,” said RLC President Frederick D. Go.
Dusit Thani Mactan Cebu Resort is a short drive from the newly expanded Mactan Cebu International Airport, via the Punta Engano Road and is RLC’s first resort project.
RLC, however, has long been involved in the bustling province’s hospitality sector, taking keen interest in the country’s tourism sector and taking advantage of Cebu’s new developments such as the upgrading of Mactan- Cebu Airport.
According to the Department of Tourism report last April, a total of nearly 7 Million tourists arrived in Central Visayas.
Considering that Island of Cebu has virtually become the tourist hub of the country, RLC’s move to build hotels in the province will continue to serve this growing tourism market.
The Robinsons Hotels and Resorts Group currently operates two hotels in Cebu City: the 211-room Summit Circle Cebu and the 220-room Summit Galleria Cebu. Both hotels are popular among local and foreign travelers and enjoy high occupancy rates year-round.
The Gokongwei family has been doing business in Cebu for 8 decades, having started in the 1940s. Now, their real estate conglomerate, Robinsons Land Corporation, has already established a solid presence in other segments of the Cebu’s real estate business with malls, office buildings, and residential developments.
Currently, RLC has three Robinsons malls operating in the city, two PEZA-registered office buildings, three high-rise residential projects, and two residential subdivisions.
“Cebu is special and very important to us and we will continue to expand our footprint in this metropolis. We are proud to be among the catalysts for the growth of the local economy,” said Go.