How Sofitel made it through the rain
Typhoon “Pedring” on Sept. 27 came on the same month two years after the traumatic storm “Ondoy.” Howling winds and heavy rains left the stretch of Roxas Boulevard impassable. A meter-high floodwater inside a five-star luxury hotel and waves higher than coconut trees freaked people out, even Filipinos who are used to typhoons, but not Goran Aleks, general manager of Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila.