Heiner Maulbecker cuts a familiar figure in Baguio City. The German national, who spent his childhood in a town near Heidelberg, first came to the Philippines in 1979 when he was asked to head Hyatt Terraces Baguio.
Driving along the SLEX Skyway in 2007, the Filipino relatives of hotelier Bruce Winton pointed to the hole in the ground along the future Newport City in Pasay and said, “They’re building a Marriott Hotel. Wouldn’t it be nice if you worked here some day?”
