Waterfront Cebu City Hotel & Casino is a four star hotel located in Cebu City, Philippines. The hotel has 561 guestrooms.[1] Hotel function rooms include the Pacific Grand Ballroom, with over 2,000 m2 floor area, ten function rooms, and two pool gardens.
| Waterfront Cebu City Hotel & Casino | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Hotel and Casino |
| Location | Cebu City, Philippines |
| Coordinates | 10°19′29″N 123°54′16″E / 10.32472°N 123.90444°E |
| Opening | January 11, 1998 |
| Owner | Waterfront Cebu City Casino Hotel, Inc. |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 17 above ground, 8 below ground |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 562 |
| Website | |
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History
The Waterfront Cebu City Hotel & Casino was opened in 1998, in time for the ASEAN Tourism Forum held within the same year[2] although plans for the hotel date back as early as 1993.[3] The Cebu City hotel is the second establishment opened under the Waterfront Hotel & Casino brand with the first being in Mactan Island which opened in 1996.[1]
Facilities
The hotel has a gaming area called Club Waterfront. The Casino Filipino is also in the hotel. It also hosts a 7,000-people capacity Pacific Grand Ballroom, which is the biggest MICE venue in Cebu City.[3]
Notable events
- 2005 – Southeast Asian Games: Dancesport tournament[2]
- 2011 – IBF International Featherweight title match between Rey Bautista and Heriberto Ruiz[2] with Bautista clinching the belt.
- 2012 – Concert venues of Engelbert Humperdinck,[4] Brian McKnight,[5] Dan Hill, Jimi Jamison, and Rex Smith[6]