Eco-friendly E-carts at Iloilo Business Park

If you really want to be part of the green living society and are serious about every aspect of your life being environmentally friendly, consider the advantages of the electric car. Since this car runs on an electric motor as opposed to a gasoline engine, the best news about it is that it is 100 percent emission-free. While gasoline-operated cars pollute the air each time they are driven, driving an electric car or EV (electric vehicle) promotes clean air. With rising gas prices at the pump, even those not as concerned about the environment are considering the purchase of a vehicle that costs less to fuel. The undeniable advantages of this battery-electric vehicle (BEV) has over it and over gasoline-fueled cars include higher efficiency by as much as 400 to 600 percent over an internal combustion engine; no polluting byproducts because this car gets its power from batteries, the wind or the sun; three times as efficient as gas engines; they are s extremely safe and compact; gets better mileage than any other car on the road; they are quiet to drive, convenient and durable.

As Megaworld’s biggest lifestyle township, the 72-hectare Iloilo Business Park located in Mandurriao District is promoting a clean and green community fused with modern perspective, they recently unveiled new innovations by introducing new electric carts (e-cart) that envisions to benefits the residents, as well as visitors. These eco-friendly vehicles can roam around the township and bring people in their destinations within short distances. Presently, there four e-carts that are being lined-up in the parking area between One Global Center and Two Global Center BPO buildings. These e-carts are now helping workers, visitors and guests to bring them in their respective destinations within the township.

Most of all, having this kind of innovation, as well as a form of transportation service makes Iloilo Business Park a model township of lifestyle and ecological sustainability that creates an exciting and healthy vision of lifestyle. So, the next time you need to catch up with you meeting within the township, or you might be running late from work in nearby corporate or BPO offices and you get to see these adorable e-carts pass by, don’t hesitate to call them and have a free ride. It would be fun, ecologically beneficial to appreciate the kind of wellness lifestyle that you will enjoy in Iloilo Business Park.

More lifestyle trend and township updates from our website www.iloilobusinesspark.com.ph. Call us for more inquiries at (033) 330-3464 or visit Iloilo Business Park Sales and Information Center.

Marriott Courtyard Hotel's Refreshing Business & Luxury

In its bid to make Iloilo City an investment haven in this part of the country, property giant Megaworld has strategically positioned its 72-hectare Iloilo Business Park (IBP) to be at the center of it all. Serving as the catalyst which triggered the investment boom the city is experiencing in the past few years, Megaworld has also set sights in making Iloilo City as an international MICE (meetings, incentive, conferences, exhibitions/events) destination. The iconic Iloilo Convention Center located in the heart of IBP will serve (and has served) as the city's MICE showcase hosting big events like the APEC Summit in 2015. Richmonde Hotel Iloilo is the first of two hotels Megaworld has launched to complement this "Iloilo City as MICE destination" thrust.
And set to open within the first half of 2018 is an iconic hotel brand recognized around the world - Marriott. It will be another first in the region (and the only two outside Metro Manila) brought by the property giant.

Under construction for the last two years, the 15-storey Marriott Courtyard Hotel will offer more than 300 rooms and it will be the first Marriott brand to open in Western Visayas (and among the only two outside Metro Manila). Its strategic location beside the iconic Iloilo Convention Center (together with Richmonde Hotel Iloilo) reinforces Megaworld's bid to further boost tourism in its various developments across the country.
“This is another milestone for Iloilo Business Park. Our development in Iloilo is a showcase of our company’s commitment to uplifting the Ilonggo lifestyle to a whole new level,” says Jericho Go, first vice president, Megaworld, during the launch a fewy ears ago. “The quality of service of Marriott Courtyard Hotel is legendary and will help to lift the level of accommodation and leisure in Iloilo City.”

"This is the first Courtyard by Marriott hotel in the Philippines. We are happy and very excited that our fastest-growing brand in the Marriott group will rise in Iloilo Business Park," says Peter Gassner, Director, Hotel Development Asia-Pacific, Marriott International, Inc.
Marriott Courtyard Hotel, from Marriott International’s portfolio of world-class brands, is all about ‘Refreshing Business.’ The brand aims to provide guests with an environment that offers smart, energizing choices so that they can make the most of their time on the road.
Catering to guests with the most discerning tastes, the hotel is equipped with 326 spacious rooms and suites. The hotel rooms are classified as King Rooms, Doubles, Executive Rooms and Suites. All rooms will have a curtain wall system that provides an amazing view of the urban landscape of Iloilo Business Park.
Aside from the simple yet elegant furnishings, guests can also enjoy the amenities that include a lounge bar, meeting rooms, swimming pool with pool bar, outdoor bar and grill, state-of-the-art gym and business center.
“Marriott Courtyard Hotel Iloilo will also feature a restaurant which will serve high quality food that the Courtyard brand is also famous for, featuring a variety of international and local cuisines,” Gassner adds.

Megaworld is also set to open 3 other hotels across its various townships. The 559-room Savoy Hotel Boracay in Boracay Newcoast will also open by the first half of 2017 while the 684-roomSavoy Newport Hotel in Newport City and the 93-room Hotel Lucky Chinatown in Binondo, Manila, by the second half of the year.
“We see tourism as a potential driver of growth for Megaworld as we draw more people to our developments. Within the next three to five years, we hope to see a bigger slice of hotel earnings in our revenue pie as we open our new hotels,” says Kevin L. Tan, senior vice president, Megaworld.
Marriott Courtyard Hotel is expected to open in the first quarter of 2018 that will serve as the first ever international chain of hotel in Iloilo City with 5-star hotel services to boost. The hotel is seen to be a major player in establishing a strong elevation for tourism and hospitality industry not just in Iloilo City but throughout the Western Visayas region.

Find out more development updates and lifestyle passion in our official website: www.iloilobusinesspark.com.ph or call (033) 330-3464 or visit IBP Sales and Information Center.