Monthly Archives: December 2006

Shangri-la Mactan Island cuts rates to increase occupancy

With the postponement of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit, Cebu City hotels suddenly find themselves with low occupancy rates. Shangri-la’s Mactan Island Resort and Spa saw its occupancy drop to 12 percent last Monday, which would have been the first day of the summit, from the average occupancy rate of between 80 to 85 percent.

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Cebu’s north reclamation area transformed for Asean summit

The stretch of road at the north reclamation area in Mandaue City used to be dark and deserted, a place you do not pass, if you can help it. It was ablaze at 1 a.m. today, 3 days before the opening ceremonies for the Asean Leaders’ Summit in Cebu, with light from the huge illuminated Cebu City sign, new streetlights that dot the Mandaue North Reclamation highway, and star-shaped lanterns hanging from posts along Ouano Avenue.

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