Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila

Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila

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General information
Status Complete
Location Cultural Center of the Philippines, Bay City, Pasay, Philippines
Coordinates 14°33′11.2″N 120°58′49.6″E / 14.553111°N 120.980444°E / 14.553111; 120.980444Coordinates: 14°33′11.2″N 120°58′49.6″E / 14.553111°N 120.980444°E / 14.553111; 120.980444
Opening 1976
Management Westin Hotel Company (former)
AccorHotels (since 2007)
Design and construction
Architect Leandro Locsin
Architecture firm Leandro V. Locsin & Partners
Other information
Number of rooms 609
Number of suites 46
Website
www.sofitelmanila.com

The Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila is a hotel in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines under the Sofitel hotel chain of AccorHotels.

History

The Sofitel Philippine Plaza was built during the administration of then President Ferdinand Marcos to serve as billeting venues for delegates at the 1976 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, both of which was hosted in the country.[1] The hotel which opened in 1976 was designed by Leandro Locsin of Leandro V. Locsin & Partners.[2] The hotel was then known as the Westin Philippine Plaza then President Corazon Aquino, the hotel was among the seven properties attempted to be sold by the government for ₱1 billion during at least the first half of 1987.[1]

The Westin Hotel Company made renovations on the hotel in 1994 and July 1995.[3] In 2006, the hotel signed a new management contract with AccorHotels. On the next year, following renovation works amounting millions of pesos, the hotel was relaunched as Sofitel Philippine Plaza.[4]

Features

In 1994, the hotel hosts around 670 guest rooms when it was still under Westin.[3] Under AccorsHotel, the hotel building has 609 rooms and 46 suites.[5]

The hotel hosts the Grand Plaza Ballroom which can host 1,000-1,400 people. The ballroom could be divided into three smaller ballrooms dubbed as Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao after the three major island groups of the country. The ballroom originally designed by Leandro Locsin was refurbished in 2014. The structure designed by Locsin was retained as well as the Murano crystal chandeliers which has been a fixture of the room since the hotel's opening. The hotel management partnered with A. Ilustre and Associates for the renovation while the architect firm in turn consulted architect Raul R. Locsin who works for the original firm behind the hotel.[2]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila.
  1. 1 2 de Jesus, Sandra (25 June 1987). "Philippine Plaza Hotel could be yours for ₱1B". Manila Standard. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 Vergara, Alex (19 November 2014). "Hotel by the bay gets a $5-million facelift–without losing that Locsin touch". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  3. 1 2 Gagelonia, Gynna (17 June 1995). "A major makeover ups bay area hotel's ante in the tourism game". Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  4. "Deluxe hotel to get a new name". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 5 February 2006. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  5. "Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila". Sofitel. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
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