Megaworld Corp., the country’s largest developer and operator of homegrown Filipino hotel brands, is building its second hotel within the 462-hectare Paragua Coastown, the listed property developer’s ecotourism township project in San Vicente, Palawan.
It said the 10-story Paragua Sands Hotel will offer 313 guest rooms and suites in varied layouts, which are ideal for tourists and travelers visiting the picturesque town of San Vicente.
Room types and sizes range from Twin Suite (up to 32 square meters), Queen Suite (up to 32.5 square meters), Junior Suite (up to 61 square meters), Executive Suite (up to 60.5 square meters), and Presidential Suite (140 square meters). There will also be dedicated Specially-Abled Suites (up to 34 square meters) for guests needing special room arrangements during their stay.
These rooms will feature varying views of the nearby mountains and the nearby Pagdanan Bay.
“We are very excited to introduce our 20th hotel property in our portfolio, and what better destination to host it than in San Vicente, Palawan, which is home to the longest beach line in the country and the second longest in the entire Southeast Asia,” said Cleofe Albiso, managing director, Megaworld Hotels and Resorts.
Megaworld Hotels & Resorts will manage and operate Paragua Sands Hotel, which is scheduled for opening in 2029.
Of the 20 hotel properties launched by Megaworld, 12 are operational with around 5,000 hotel room keys, namely Richmonde Hotel Ortigas, Eastwood Richmonde Hotel, Richmonde Hotel Iloilo, Savoy Hotel Newport, Savoy Hotel Boracay, Savoy Hotel Mactan Newtown, Belmont Hotel Manila, Belmont Hotel Boracay, Belmont Hotel Mactan, Kingsford Hotel Manila, Twin Lakes Hotel in Laurel, Batangas near Tagaytay, and Hotel Lucky Chinatown in Binondo, Manila
Megaworld didn’t disclose financial details of the Paragua Sands Hotel project.