Philippines Robinson's Land Launches Budget Chain Go Hotels

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Posted: 05 May 2010 | 6:00 am

Philippine conglomerate Robinsons Land Corporate has announced plans to develop a chain of budget hotels under the name "Go Hotels." Its first project will be integrated into Robinson's Pioneer CyberGate, with rooms starting at 16 square meters and total of 225 keys. Next in the pipeline are Palawan and Tacloban.

A booming Philippine economy is seeing increasing investments into the hospitality sector; with Robinson's already seeing synergies with its LCC (low cost airline carrier) Cebu Air affiliate and growing interest in limited service hotels.

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