SUBIC INTERNATIONAL HOTEL- All things to everybody
Nothing beats a destination like Subic.
I’ve live in Olongapo City every weekend and worked in Manila on weekdays in the last three years, but I can still say there’s nothing like vacation inside “The Base”- that’s what we, residents outside of the Subic Bay Freeport Zone, call this favorite hangout of weekend warriors.
The SBFZ is like one big freewheeling resort where nobody will walk around ranting about not having anything to do. There’s always something for somebody in Subic – that seems to be a certainty among its devoted local tourists.
You can be a sports junkie in the morning, play tennis, badminton, football or Frisbee, run in the oval or get on your bike and hit the bicycle lane. You can be a foodie by lunchtime and pick out a fine place to have a really hearty meal. Then be a beach bum in the afternoon- if not you could go thrill seeking and hike, paraglide, sail, jet ski… the adventure just wont stop.
In the evening, you won’t miss out on a weekend gimik night because the boardwalk is a long stretch of bars, cafes and restaurants.
A lot of the weekend warrior families I’ve met said when in Subic, stay at the SIH. So on my last weekend before the dreaded relocation to Manila, I thought it is never too early to join the droves of Subic devotees so I tagged my small family along. Better be part of the SBFZ majority than just be a writer working on a weekend.
So it turned out to be a welcome surprise that most of the rooms at the Subic International Hotel are designed with the typical family in mind, the parents, a couple of kids and a yaya with all the baggage a typical Filipino family has in tow can all fit in one room with space to spare foe all the fussing about.
There are also the suites with connected rooms – just like home! If that is not enough, there’s always the SIH staff ready to do a quick makeover.
One thing Subic International Hotel general manager Michael Wilson believes in is that a hotel should be all things to everybody. Whoever the guests are, whether they be families, barkadas, businessmen or conventioneers, the aim of Subic International Hotel is to please. “If we can humanly do what you want us to do, we will do it,” he adds.
I, for one, have heard of various request for guests which where heeded by the SIH staff which is a young team composed of friendly and approachable people who are trained to never say no without finding out if yes is really impossible.
Some of these requests from SIH clients have become the inspiration to some SIH tradition and service offerings, like the al fresco simbang gabi fest. After the Mass, tables are set up, cups of salabat are handed out and candies are given to kids while puto bumbong and bibingka are cooking in the hot coals.
Subic International hotel never fails to give the special dimension in hotel service, one that draws people nearer. It gives that familiar atmosphere yet would always have something to offer. Just recently, SIH opened Golden Dragon Restaurant which is practically the best place in subic for authentic Chinese cuisine.
It just proves that still nothing beats Subic. And no other hotel can outdo Subic International Hotel.
Subic International Hotel’s Manila office is at suite 612, Pacific building. , 460 Quintin Paredes St. Binondo, Manila, with tel. Nos. 243-2222 to 33.
Ayvi Nicolas, October 31, 2004,The Philippine Star
I’ve live in Olongapo City every weekend and worked in Manila on weekdays in the last three years, but I can still say there’s nothing like vacation inside “The Base”- that’s what we, residents outside of the Subic Bay Freeport Zone, call this favorite hangout of weekend warriors.
The SBFZ is like one big freewheeling resort where nobody will walk around ranting about not having anything to do. There’s always something for somebody in Subic – that seems to be a certainty among its devoted local tourists.
You can be a sports junkie in the morning, play tennis, badminton, football or Frisbee, run in the oval or get on your bike and hit the bicycle lane. You can be a foodie by lunchtime and pick out a fine place to have a really hearty meal. Then be a beach bum in the afternoon- if not you could go thrill seeking and hike, paraglide, sail, jet ski… the adventure just wont stop.
In the evening, you won’t miss out on a weekend gimik night because the boardwalk is a long stretch of bars, cafes and restaurants.
A lot of the weekend warrior families I’ve met said when in Subic, stay at the SIH. So on my last weekend before the dreaded relocation to Manila, I thought it is never too early to join the droves of Subic devotees so I tagged my small family along. Better be part of the SBFZ majority than just be a writer working on a weekend.
So it turned out to be a welcome surprise that most of the rooms at the Subic International Hotel are designed with the typical family in mind, the parents, a couple of kids and a yaya with all the baggage a typical Filipino family has in tow can all fit in one room with space to spare foe all the fussing about.
There are also the suites with connected rooms – just like home! If that is not enough, there’s always the SIH staff ready to do a quick makeover.
One thing Subic International Hotel general manager Michael Wilson believes in is that a hotel should be all things to everybody. Whoever the guests are, whether they be families, barkadas, businessmen or conventioneers, the aim of Subic International Hotel is to please. “If we can humanly do what you want us to do, we will do it,” he adds.
I, for one, have heard of various request for guests which where heeded by the SIH staff which is a young team composed of friendly and approachable people who are trained to never say no without finding out if yes is really impossible.
Some of these requests from SIH clients have become the inspiration to some SIH tradition and service offerings, like the al fresco simbang gabi fest. After the Mass, tables are set up, cups of salabat are handed out and candies are given to kids while puto bumbong and bibingka are cooking in the hot coals.
Subic International hotel never fails to give the special dimension in hotel service, one that draws people nearer. It gives that familiar atmosphere yet would always have something to offer. Just recently, SIH opened Golden Dragon Restaurant which is practically the best place in subic for authentic Chinese cuisine.
It just proves that still nothing beats Subic. And no other hotel can outdo Subic International Hotel.
Subic International Hotel’s Manila office is at suite 612, Pacific building. , 460 Quintin Paredes St. Binondo, Manila, with tel. Nos. 243-2222 to 33.
Ayvi Nicolas, October 31, 2004,The Philippine Star
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what is the whole name of coordinator of this hotel?
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