Manila Hotel

One of the grandest hotels in the orient, the Manila Hotel stands among the structures of the finest architectural and social creations of its time. Originally built from 1908 to 1912, it has been aptly referred to by many as the “Showcase of the Philippines”, “Aristocrat of the Orient”, and “Address of Prestige”. It’s guest book is a veritable Who’s Who, always filled out by celebrated names and famous figures from business tycoons to royalty and heads of state to superstars of sports and entertainment world. Beautifully nestled among such sights as the historic Intramuros and the famed Manila Bay, today, the vastly improved refurbished in the same distinctive classic architecture with modern amenities and facilties, Manila Hotel, a proud institution, a landmark and a heritage preserved, it has a wealthy reservoir of stories to tell. And to quote Ernest Hemingway, one of the grandest story tellers of our times on his definition of a good narrative , he said, “it is a good story if it is like the Manila Hotel”.