InterContinental Manila (colloquially Intercon/ICM) was a five-star

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located on Ayala Avenue in

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. At the time of its closure, it is the longest operating international chain hotel in the Philippines. It was designed by

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. The hotel opened on April 11, 1969 and ceased operations on December 31, 2015. It was the first 5-star hotel in

and the second

hotel in

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. All of its 332 guest rooms and suites were updated in 2006 to incorporate traditional and modern Filipino design.

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. The

property is owned by

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

Closure

The hotel ceased operations on December 31, 2015, when the hotel management contract between the subsidiary of AyalaLand Hotels and Resorts Corp and

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ended. The hotel would then be replaced by

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, a new mixed-used development which includes an intermodal transport facility, two new hotels including Ayala's Seda Hotel, two office towers, and a convention tower.

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

References

External links

Official WebsiteMakati City Hotels
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