Finally, an Ayala hotel
By Raoul J. Chee Kee
Seda at Bonifacio Global City may have opened only last December, but it has already managed to attract its main market of businessmen.
Seda at Bonifacio Global City may have opened only last December, but it has already managed to attract its main market of businessmen.
Valentine’s Day may be corny and contrived, but it has certainly not stopped the more business-minded among us from cashing in on the proceedings. One need only look at the restaurants and hotels that have turned all shades of scarlet in the past few weeks.
Edwin Wilwayco’s arresting diptych of ambiguous figures in strokes of reds and browns surprise visitors upon entering the Raffles Suites’ lobby, in Ayala Center, Makati.
The Hotel and Restaurant Association of the Philippines (HRAP) will host the 28th edition of Chefs on Parade (COP) at the SMX Convention Center from Feb. 28 to March 3. At the recent launch at Resorts World Manila’s Passion Restaurant, COP 2013 is set to be the grandest yet. Celebrity master chefs have confirmed their attendance and there will be more attractions packed into the four-day extravaganza.
An enormous pyramid-shaped hotel which has stood half-built for decades in North Korea’s capital is on track to open its doors next year, a luxury international hotel chain said according to reports Friday.
After over a year of restoration work, the Spiral, which has been damaged by Typhoon “Pedring,” is finally reopening on Nov. 8.
Asia is the most dynamic market for luxury products and services and is the next target for palace hotels under the brand of Dorchester Collection, company chief executive Christopher Cowdray told AFP in an interview about strategy.
“Sosyal naman ng asPin mo!” That was the general reaction when friends and family learned I was taking my three-year-old dog, an asPin named Kikay, on a weekend “staycation” in one of Manila’s poshest luxury serviced apartments.
Expect chefs to come to work in their whites. But the Makati Shangri-La’s Circles Event Café offers a different treatment, with the chefs coming in costumed as superheroes just to make things interesting.
Approaching the Upper House in Hong Kong entry through a stone doorway façade evokes the image of a curtain being opened to welcome guests to a private residence. A subtly lit driveway then leads to a dramatic 13 ft-high textured nickel front door, enveloped by floor-to-ceiling glass walls that appear to sit on pools of water.
If fashion has haute couture, and food haute cuisine, floral styling must now have its counterpart where high design is concerned. More and more, flower arrangements are becoming an art that helps define the design statement of a place.
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