Hotel101, the hotel chain under DoubleDragon Corp., is tapping into Jollibee’s iconic appeal to boost app engagement, offering a free 2-piece Chickenjoy with rice for every night booked through its mobile app until July 31, 2025.
The Zobel family-led Ayala Land Inc. is keeping the New World Makati Hotel name and maintaining current business operations as it oversees a smooth transition after taking over the 580-room property.
Hotel101 is betting on a globally consistent hotel experience through a scalable tech platform—a move that could redefine how hospitality assets are developed, sold, and managed.
The collaboration marks a strategic shift for Megaworld, the country’s largest operator of Filipino hotel brands, as it moves to compete more aggressively in a post-pandemic tourism market that increasingly values both global brand recognition and localized service delivery.
Hotel101 Global is teaming up with Saudi Arabia’s Horizon Group to build up to 10,000 rooms under the Hotel101 brand, targeting a project value of around $2.5 billion (P140 billion).
Robinsons Land Corp. (RLC), the real estate development arm of the Gokongwei Group, has set a new benchmark for Filipino luxury hospitality with the grand launch of the NUSTAR Hotel—the Philippines’ first ultra-luxury hotel proudly bearing a homegrown brand.
Mang Inasal founder Injap Sia and Jollibee founder Tony Tan Caktiong marked a major milestone in their global hotel venture with the topping-off of the 680-room Hotel101-Madrid, just 11 months after construction began.