{"id":1549,"date":"2015-02-03T01:36:05","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T17:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/staff-blog\/?p=1549"},"modified":"2015-12-28T18:37:47","modified_gmt":"2015-12-28T10:37:47","slug":"city-of-dreams-manila-grand-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2015\/02\/03\/city-of-dreams-manila-grand-opening\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Dreams Manila Grand Opening"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manila, Philippines \u2013<\/strong> The much anticipated grand opening of the world-class entertainment-inspired destination resort, City of Dreams Manila, has finally happened on Monday, February 2, 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A press conference was hosted by Co-chairman and CEO of Melco Crown Entertainment (MCE), Mr. Lawrence Ho, and Co-chairman, Mr. James Packer.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur philosophy is very simple: we want to build things that we\u2019re proud of. We want to build integrated resorts that will last over time,\u201d said Mr. Lawrence Ho as he shared their vision in opening the 6.2 hectare entertainment landscape. \u201c[After Macau, the] Philippines and Manila is really the first place we decided to go into. [It is] one of the fastest growing economies in the world [\u2026] and we\u2019re lucky to be here.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Strategically located at the gateway of Manila\u2019s Entertainment city, the billion-dollar casino resort was developed by MCE Leisure Philippines in cooperation with SM Group\u2019s Belle Corporation.<\/span><\/p>\n

The dynamic and integrated resort complex brings diverse and unique experiences that include a VIP and mass-market gaming facilities, first-class accommodation from hotels Nobu, Hyatt and Crown Towers, exceptional restaurants, high-end designer brands and many more.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Overlooking the City of Dreams Manila’s pool deck which connects the 3 hotels.<\/p>\n

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Manila’s\u00a0most exclusive Ultra-lounge, Pangaea, is situated inside the City of Dreams Manila’s iconic landmark, the Fortune Egg.<\/p>\n

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“DreamPlay” is the first ever DreamWorks Animation-inspired interactive and technology-rich play space in the world. By March of this year, adults and children alike can interact with their favorite characters from the studio’s popular franchises like\u00a0Kung Fu Panda<\/em>,\u00a0Shrek<\/em>,\u00a0and\u00a0Madagascar.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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City of Dreams Manila arranged a glamorous VIP Red Carpet event at the grand opening and a concert of dreams featuring international artists Kelly Rowland and Ne-yo and Filipino musicians Zsa-Zsa Padilla, Gary Valenciano, Jed Madela & Kyla.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Manila, Philippines \u2013 The much anticipated grand opening of the world-class entertainment-inspired destination resort, City of Dreams Manila, has finally happened on Monday, February 2, 2015. A press conference was hosted by Co-chairman and CEO of Melco Crown Entertainment (MCE), Mr. Lawrence Ho, and Co-chairman, Mr. James Packer. \u201cOur philosophy is very simple: we want to build things that we\u2019re proud of. We want to build integrated resorts that will last over time,\u201d said Mr. Lawrence Ho as he shared their vision in opening the 6.2 hectare entertainment landscape. \u201c[After Macau, the] Philippines and Manila is really the first place we decided to go into. [It is] one of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,38,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","category-launching-and-opening","category-news-and-current-events"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/02\/IMG_1036_2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1549"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1559,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1549\/revisions\/1559"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}