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Benjamin Locsin Layug
 WHENEVER I would head for Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal (Naia) 3, Manila’s newest airport, I couldn’t help but notice the massive hotel edifice being built right across it, wondering what this new kid on the block was all about. Well, I ceased to wonder when I accepted a media invitation from Michelle “Mitch” Garcia and Indraneel Benadikar, marketing communications manager and director of sales and marketing, respectively, of Marriott Hotel Manila. Located within the 25-hectare, mixed-use Newport City (which includes the world-class tourism complex of Resorts World Manila) project of property giant Megaworld Corp., this eight-story hotel is the first in Metro Manila to carry the Marriott name and the second in the Philippines after the 301-room Cebu City Marriott Hotel.Not many people know this but, according to Mitch, the Marriott name had its beginnings in food and beverage when, in 1927, J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott opened their first A&W (after Alice and Willard) Root Beer stand (with nine stools) in Washington, D.C. During t
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January 20, 2010
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Benjamin Locsin Layug
 WHEN one mentions Corregidor (nicknamed “The Rock”), the first thing that goes through your mind is the heroic World War II defense of the Fil-American forces of Gen. Douglas MacArthur (and, later, by his successor Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright) against the invading Japanese forces. It is for this footnote in history that most tourists go to Corregidor for. However, the island also offers a variety of adventures to complement the historical tour, and this I found out when I was invited to attend the soft opening of the Rocket Zipline. This would be my third visit to the tadpole-shaped island (the first was via a Philippine Navy LST during a high-school bivouac in 1975 and, 20 years later, in 1995). We left the CCP Ferry Terminal at 8:30 am for a 48-kilometer cruise, through Manila Bay, to Corregidor, via the MV Sun Cruises II, a 293-foot catamaran fast ferry of Sun Cruises Inc. (SCI), our host. SCI, which traces its beginnings in August 1988 as a ferry service, now brings 70,000 tourists to the island annually, making the island one of the most visited tourist spots in the country.
Business Mirror
January 7, 2010
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Benjamin Locsin Layug
Business Mirror
October 1, 2009
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Benjamin Locsin Layug
MY son Jandy and I had just had our fill of fiestas, having just attended the star-studded and colorful Sangyaw Festival of Tacloban City. For a change of pace, we were yearning for some adventurous “rest and recreation,” this time opting to visit the progressive town of Guiuan in Eastern Samar, our first in the province. To get there, we left the city after lunch, on board an air-conditioned Van-Van van at downtown. The trip took all of three hours (the opening, in the late 1990s, of the South Samar Coastal Road cut land travel time to Guiuan by about two hours), crossing the beautiful, S-shaped San Juanico Bridge (the country’s longest) into Samar, traveling along a coastal highway which runs past mountains, steep cliffs, distant rock islands and boat-filled bays, then making a right at a T-junction (the left goes to Borongan) to an occasionally potholed asphalt road all the way to Guiuan.
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August 20, 2009
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Benjamin Locsin Layug
June, better known as the wedding month, is not usually a month for fiestas. Tacloban City in Leyte begs to be different, as it is the month when two simultaneous festivals, the Pinta-dos Kasadyaan and the Sangyaw Festivals, are held, a reflection of the city’s determination, resilience and optimism, especially during these most trying of times.
Sangyaw is derived from the Waray word meaning “to herald the news.” This year’s parade promised to be extra special, as it was the 120th celebration of the Fiesta of Sto. Niño de Tacloban (the city’s patron saint), plus Tacloban also just became the first city in the Eastern Visayas region to be classified as a highly urbanized city.
Business Mirror
July 23, 2009
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Benjamin Locsin Layug
My first trip to Banaue, Ifugao, and its showpiece, the stupendous Batad Rice Terraces (the Eighth Wonder of the World), was way back in April 1998 with my then 11-year-old son Jandy. Back then, there were no cell-phone signals (making my cell phone useless) and the camera I brought with me was an instamatic Canon Sureshot Joy that used your standard-issue film. Since then, I have been pining for a return. Well, wishes do come true, and I have returned.
Business Mirror
June 18, 2009 |
THE highlight of our—or any—trip to Guiuan was our visit (and subsequent overnight stay) on Calicoan Island, the “Sleeping Beauty of Eastern Samar.” And with good reason, as the island is blessed with long stretches of unspoiled white-sand beaches, crystal-clear blue waters, 20 isolated and romantic coves, six huge and unexplored saltwater lagoons, and nature trails inside tropical virgin forests (50% of the area). My son Jandy and I made our way to the island via hired tricycle (P400), getting to the island, not by boat but via a short concrete causeway, then traversing a dirt and gravel road which runs the length of the island. Our home on the island was its best: the luxurious Surf Camp. This hideaway, reason enough to explore Calicoan, was developed by Cebu-based lawyer and pioneer developer Maning Go and designed, with distinctive Asian-inspired lines, by Frenchman Nicolas Rambeau.
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