Hotel 101 Resorts-Boracay

Hotel 101 Resorts-Boracay is a proposed 1,001-room hotel in Boracay in Malay, Aklan, Philippines. If built it will be the largest hotel in the Philippines in terms of room count.

Hotel 101 Resorts-Boracay
Alternative namesHotel 101 Boracay
General information
StatusProposed
LocationMalay, Aklan, Philippines
AddressBoracay Newcoast, Boracay
Other information
Number of rooms1,001

Background

On February 1, 2018, DoubleDragon Properties announced that it would build its fourth hotel under its Hotel 101 brand, named Hotel 101 Resorts-Boracay. It will a joint venture between DoubleDragon subsidiary Hotel of Asia Inc. and partner Newcoast South Beach Inc.[1] The proposed hotel with 1,001 rooms is envisioned to be the biggest in the country in terms of room count. It will be built at the 150 hectares (370 acres) Boracay Newcoast development of Megaworld subsidiary Global-Estate Resorts, Inc.[2]

The hotel will be equipped with a rainwater harvesting system and is expected to be a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environment Design) certified development. The developers are aiming to secure a LEED certification for the hotel, which is planned to have a rainwater harvesting system and be partially powered by solar panels.[2] In November 2019, it was announced that Barone International was tapped as consultant to help secure LEED certification for the hotel.[3]

Despite plans of the Philippine government to close Boracay for redevelopment, it was announce in March 2018 that plans for the hotel was unaffected which was then still in the planning stages.[4] Boracay was closed by the government from April to October 2018.

References
  1. "Philippines' largest hotel to rise in Boracay: DoubleDragon". ABS-CBN News. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  2. "Biggest hotel in the Philippines to rise in Boracay". Sun Star. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  3. "DoubleDragon seeks LEED Gold certification for Boracay hotel". BusinessWorld. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  4. Dela Paz, Chrisee (15 March 2018). "Hotel 101 pushing through despite planned Boracay 'shutdown'". Rappler. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
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