SM Signs Agreement for Radisson Hotel Cebu and Plans Convention CenterRadisson Hotel Cebu and Philippine conglomerate SM Investments Corp. (SMIC) said it signed a third agreement with Carlson Hotels Worldwide-Asia Pacific for the management of its hotel in the central city of Cebu. SM said its 400-room hotel in Cebu City will open in the first quarter of 2009, and will be known as the Radisson Hotel Cebu. Under two previous agreements, SM gave Carlson Hotels the management of two hotels it is currently building in Manila's reclamation area. The Regent Manila Bay and Radisson Manila Bay hotels will open in 2010. Radisson and The Regent are two of Carlson's full service hotel brands. In a press conference, SM Prime Holdings vice president Marissa Fernan said the hotel will open to help provide rooms for Cebu’s expanding tourism and business clientele. “We are very confident that the things that will be happening in the hotel will go with ours [mall],” Fernan said. SM Investments Corp. (SMIC) earlier signed a management agreement with Carlson Hotels Worldwide–Asia Pacific (Carlson) to run the 400-room hotel. To be called the Radisson Hotel Cebu, the P2.6-billion hotel is scheduled for completion in the first quarter of 2009. It was originally called Sofitel Cebu Hotel and was supposed to be operated by Europe’s Accor Group. SMIC, however, decided to transfer the operations to Carlson to take advantage of latter’s brand of hotel management. The SM complex sits on a 23-hectare property at the north reclamation area, situated between the airport, the world-class resorts in Mactan Island, and the business and financial districts of Cebu City. SMIC announced in Cebu yesterday that it is considering building a 5,000-seater convention center within its complex at the north reclamation area in this city. The planned convention center will be put up just behind the upcoming Radisson Hotel Cebu at the present open parking area beside the mall. “This will become like a little SMX,” Fernan said, referring to the SM Exhibition Center near the SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City. Single Filipina women seeking dating, love and friendship   "Fired Travel Agent Reveals How To Get Dirt Cheap Airfare Tickets!" The secrets exposed here will exceed your wildest of expectations. Manipulate airline companies' ticket pricing computer systems to give you $1,000's of discounts on your ticket. Earn free vouchers for airfare tickets just from making a phone call and without ever even flying at all! The KEY to traveling for cheap, and how to use this knowledge to get the biggest bargains!My Airfare Secrets »  "Travel The World Free As A Travel Writer" Would you like to enjoy VIP treatment wherever you go . . . FREE travel and flight upgrades . . . FREE gourmet dining at Michelin-starred restaurants . . . FREE five star accommodation in the world’s most luxurious hotels . . . FREE entry into sports events and sold-out shows . . . celebrity welcomes at locations not open to the general public? If you want to share the idyllic lifestyle and enjoy the privileges top travel writers enjoy you need the information revealed in these travel writing blueprints.Travel The World Free As A Travel Writer »
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