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Gran Prix Econotel: business hotel in the heart of Cebu City

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Cebu Network| 3 Comments

Located a few meters from the mid-town Cebu landmark Fuente Osmena rotunda, Gran Prix Econotel Cebu is a modern hotel that combines high quality service with value for money.

The hotel, which opened in August 2008, is starting to become a favorite second home for business travelers and local and foreign tourists.

Gran Prix is located in the Coast Pacific Business Center at the corner of F. Ramos St. and Gen. Maxilom Ave. in Cebu City. The location is just steps away from prime shopping and nightlife destinations as well as hospitals and business spots.

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PAL offers promo fares to celebrate Boeing 777 arrival

Posted on November 20, 2009 by Cebu Network| Leave a comment

Philippine Airlines celebrates the arrival this month of its new Boeing 777-300ER by offering discounted fares of P777 from Manila to destinations in Luzon and the Visayas and vice versa.

Trips from Manila to eight Mindanao areas as well as return trips cost P1,777 one way per person.

Fares at P777 are for trips from Manila to Laoag, Legaspi, and Punta Princesa in Luzon and to Cebu, Bacolod, Iloilo, Kalibo, Tagbilaran, Tacloban, Dumaguete, and Roxas in the Visayas. Return trips cost the same. The price is also P777 for trips between Cebu and Davao.

Flights from Manila to Davao, Cagayan, Cotabato, Dipolog, General Santos, Zamboanga, Ozamis, and Butuan in Mindanao are priced at P1,777 for one way and vice versa.
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Where to watch Pacquiao vs. Cotto fight

Posted on November 14, 2009 by Cebu Network| Leave a comment

Everyone in Cebu is raring to watch Filipino boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao’s Sunday bout with Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto for the latter’s World Boxing Organization (WBO) 145-pound welterweight title.

Of course, the best way to watch this anticipated title fight dubbed by philboxing.com as the “most exciting…in 40 years” — if you don’t have the means to do it ringside — is through live telecast uninterrupted by advertisements.

Skycable offers an uninterrupted viewing of the “Firepower: Pacman vs. Cotto” through pay-per-view subscription.

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The Observer picks Lighthouse as best place to eat Filipino food

Posted on September 17, 2009 by cebunetwork| 2 Comments

The Lighthouse Restaurant in Gaisano Country Mall in Cebu City was picked as the best place to eat Filipino cuisine in an article first published in the Guardian.co.uk website and later printed on the Recipes and Features section of the Sept. 13 issue of The Observer.

In the article  “The 50 best things to eat in the world, and where to eat them” by Killian Fox, the Lighthouse restaurant was described as a favorite and its staff “so friendly and welcoming.”

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Ayala shops open early to serve coffee, breakfast

Posted on August 30, 2009 by Cebu Network| 3 Comments

If you ever find yourselves hungry and in the vicinity of Ayala Center Cebu early in the morning like we did, don’t fret. Some shops in The Terraces in Ayala Cebu open at 7 a.m. to serve coffee and breakfast.

Choose from any of the following establishments — Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, Gloria Jeans, Seattle’s Best, and UCC Cafe Terrace at the first level and Bo’s Coffee, Pancake House, Postrio, and Starbucks at the 2nd level — that open at 7 a.m. daily.
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