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Waterfront Cebu City Hotel & Casino
Waterfront Cebu City Hotel & Casino
	The casino hotel in 2024
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Hotel and Casino
Location	Cebu City, Philippines
Coordinates	10°19′29″N 123°54′16″E / 10.32472°N 123.90444°E
Opening	January 11, 1998; 26 years ago
Owner	Waterfront Cebu City Casino Hotel, Inc.
Technical details
Floor count	17 above ground, 8 below ground
Other information
Number of rooms	562
Website
	www.waterfronthotels.com.ph

Waterfront Cebu City Hotel & Casino is a four star hotel located in Cebu City, Philippines. The hotel has 561 guestrooms.^[1] Hotel function rooms include the Pacific Grand Ballroom, with over 2,000 m² floor area, ten function rooms, and two pool gardens.

History

The Waterfront Cebu City Hotel & Casino was opened in 1998, in time for the ASEAN Tourism Forum held within the same year^[2] although plans for the hotel date back as early as 1993.^[3] The Cebu City hotel is the second establishment opened under the Waterfront Hotel & Casino brand with the first being in Mactan island which opened in 1996.^[1]

Facilities

The hotel has a gaming area called Club Waterfront. The Casino Filipino is also in the hotel. It also hosts a 7,000-people capacity Pacific Grand Ballroom, which is the biggest MICE venue in Cebu City.^[3]

Notable events

2005 – Southeast Asian Games: Dancesport tournament^[2]
2011 – IBF International Featherweight title match between Rey Bautista and Heriberto Ruiz^[2] with Bautista clinching the belt.
2012 – Concerts by Engelbert Humperdinck,^[4] Brian McKnight,^[5] Dan Hill, Jimi Jamison, and Rex Smith^[6]
2024 – Visayas leg of the Biniverse concert tour by the Pinoy pop group Bini.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b "Our Company". Archived from the original on September 11, 2012. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c Gutierrez, Pauline Joy (March 21, 2018). "Cebu City through the eyes of Waterfront". BusinessMirror. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
^ ^a ^b Chua, Zsarlene (March 23, 2018). "Waterfront Cebu turns 20". BusinessWorld. Archived from the original on 2018-06-10. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
^ Engelbert Humperdinck Live in Manila And Cebu philippineconcerts.com February 15, 2012. Retrieved November 3, 2012
^ Brian McKnight Live in Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino Lahug one-cebu.info March 11, 2012. Retrieved November 3, 2012. Archived 2013-11-02 at the Wayback Machine
^ Ultimate Love Concert @ Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino Jerminix.com January 23, 2012. Retrieved November 3, 2012. Archived 2012-10-18 at the Wayback Machine
^ Escudero, Christa (2024-07-20). "What makes 'BINIverse' in Cebu extra special?". Rappler. Retrieved 2024-07-21.

External links

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[hotel-1] "Our Company". Archived from the original on September 11, 2012. Retrieved November 3, 2012.

[bm1-2] Gutierrez, Pauline Joy (March 21, 2018). "Cebu City through the eyes of Waterfront". BusinessMirror. Retrieved August 12, 2020.

[bw1-3] Chua, Zsarlene (March 23, 2018). "Waterfront Cebu turns 20". BusinessWorld. Archived from the original on 2018-06-10. Retrieved August 12, 2020.

[4] Engelbert Humperdinck Live in Manila And Cebu philippineconcerts.com February 15, 2012. Retrieved November 3, 2012

[5] Brian McKnight Live in Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino Lahug one-cebu.info March 11, 2012. Retrieved November 3, 2012. Archived 2013-11-02 at the Wayback Machine

[6] Ultimate Love Concert @ Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino Jerminix.com January 23, 2012. Retrieved November 3, 2012. Archived 2012-10-18 at the Wayback Machine

[7] Escudero, Christa (2024-07-20). "What makes 'BINIverse' in Cebu extra special?". Rappler. Retrieved 2024-07-21.

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