By Jess Malabanan | Dec. 04, 2014 at
11:00pm [ manilastandardtoday.com ]
CLARK FREEPORT—A 120-room world-class
hotel will open here in the first quarter next year, as construction works
approach the final stage, key officials of Midori Clark Hotel told reporters
Wednesday.
“We’re 80 percent to completion in
time for the target date of grand opening in September 2015,” Ireneo Alvaro,
president of BB International Development Corp., developer of Midori Clark,
said during the monthly Kapihan at Widus Hotel and Casino.
Alvaro said while the hotel would
start operation in the first quarter, its grand opening was set on Sept. 13
next year. “The opening date was decided by our Taiwanese partners,” he said.
He said an entertainment building would also rise beside the
luxury hotel.
Alvaro expressed optimism Clark would
be the next business frontier, given its strategic location and flood-free
area, availability of manpower and presence of international airport.
“The Midori Hotel and other projects
including the state-of-the art water theme park are included in the eight-year
development program of BBI within the 122-hectare lot of the Freeport,” he
said.
“We’re going to make Clark a tourist
paradise field with different high-end entertainment, leisure and sports
activities,” Alvaro said.
He said clearing operations were also
ongoing for the P2.5 billion water theme park situated at the 10-hectare
rolling hills area of Clark.
The theme park is expected to be at
par with Hong Kong’s Disneyland, Singapore’s Universal Studios and Malaysia’s
Lego Land.
Alvaro said the water theme park was
also a part of BB International’s investments in Clark.
The water theme park is a joint project of
Eaglesky Technology Amusement and Gaming Inc. and Central Summit International,
all owned and operated by Taiwanese investors Jack Yam and Tony Wang.
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