InterContinental Manila

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InterContinental Manila
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InterContinental Manila
Former names Rizal InterContinental Hotel
Hotel chain InterContinental Hotels Group
General information
Status Closed
Type Hotel
Location 1 Ayala Avenue, Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines
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Opening April 11, 1969 (1969-04-11)
Closed December 31, 2015
Owner Ayala Land
Technical details
Floor count 14
Lifts/elevators 4
Design and construction
Architect Leandro Locsin
Known for Longest operating international chain hotel in the Philippines,
First hotel in 5-star hotel in Makati
Other information
Number of rooms 332
Number of suites 56
Number of restaurants 4
Website
intercontinental.com/manila

InterContinental Manila (colloquially Intercon/ICM) was a five star InterContinental hotel located on Ayala Avenue in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is the longest operating international chain hotel in the Philippines. It was designed by National Artist Leandro Locsin.[1][2]

The hotel opened on April 11, 1969.[1]Historically, it holds the distinction of being the first 5-star hotel in Makati and the second InterContinental hotel to open in Asia. All of its 332 guest rooms and suites were updated in 2006 and incorporate traditional and modern Filipino design.[3][4][5]

History

A press released in 1958 on the building then dubbed as Rizal InterContinental Hotel, lists Rizal Development Corporation and Pan American Airways as developers of the hotel. The initial 1958 design of the hotel was not followed and shelved. Construction of the hotel would be completed ten years later in 1969, and was inaugurated as InterContinental Hotel Manila.[6]

The InterContinental property is owned by Ayala Land Hotel's wholly owned subsidiary, Ayala Land Hotels and Resorts Corp. and has been under the InterContinental Hotels Group since 1969.

Closure

The hotel was planned to cease operation by December 31, 2015 when the hotel management contract between the subsidiary of AyalaLand Hotels and Resorts Corp and InterContinental Hotels Group ends. The hotel sits in a portion of the Ayala Center which will be the site of a new mixed-used development which includes a intermodal transport facility, two new hotels including Ayala's Seda Hotel, two office towers, and a convention tower.[7][8][1][9][10]

The hotel closed on December 31, 2015 as earlier planned.[11]

Awards

  • 1982/83 "Best Hotel kikay Festival" for "Festival Gastronomique le Kikay bleu"

Ordre Mondial des Gourmets Gustateurs 'Trés Belle Carte (Best Wine List) Award for the Prince Albert Rotisserie

  • 1997 the hotel placed first in Asia Pacific and third in the world in the D'Richey Report
  • 1998 Green Globe Award for outstanding environmental programs
  • 2002 "Outstanding in Community Involvement for Southern Asia" among InterContinental hotels
  • 2007 voted by readers of Business Traveler Magazine Asia Pacific as one of the three top hotels in the Philippines
  • 2010 TTG Travel Awards as the Best City Hotel – Manila
  • 2011 TTG Travel Awards as the Best City Hotel – Manila
  • 2012 TTG Travel Awards as the Best City Hotel – Manila [12]

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External links

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  3. ↑ Manila Bulletin, Ayala Hotels renews management contract of Intercontinental
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