This P1.5B facility is ready to host next year’s ASEAN Summit, other int’l conferences
The Mactan Expo, property giant Megaworld’s two-level standalone convention center inside the 30-hectare The Mactan Newtown, is ready to welcome big national and international conferences soon as it gears up for its much-awaited opening.
The sprawling Mactan Newtown Beach features its own beach club, a glass pavilion that can host up to 300 guests, and an outdoor events place, making it a perfect complement to the soon-to-open convention center. PHOTO FROM MEGAWORLD
The convention facility, which has direct access to the idyllic Mactan Newtown Beach, is now nearly 90% complete and on track to open its doors later this year, just in time to host international exhibitions and conferences, including the upcoming ASEAN Summit and ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) both happening in 2026. Just recently, officials and delegates from the different MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions) organizations in the ASEAN region, visited and toured Mactan Expo to see Cebu’s celebrated convention center up close for the first time, in preparation for hosting these top-notch international events.
Megaworld President and CEO Lourdes Gutierrez-Alfonso (2nd from left) led the recent site inspection of Mactan Expo at The Mactan Newtown township in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu. PHOTO FROM MEGAWORLD
Set to become a premier hub for MICE events, Mactan Expo offers nearly a full hectare of versatile event space. At the ground level is a state-of-the-art convention hall, purpose-built to host up to 2,500 guests in a theater-style setup or 1,600 attendees in an elegant banquet arrangement.
Strategically located just across Mactan Expo are two premier hotel properties that are already fully operational under Megaworld Hotels & Resorts: Savoy Hotel Mactan Newtown and Belmont Hotel Mactan, which provide nearly 1,100 rooms combined.
Set to become a premier hub for MICE events, the Mactan Expo offers nearly a full hectare of versatile event space. PHOTO FROM MEGAWORLD
Upon the Mactan Expo’s completion, Belmont Hotel Mactan transformation is also set to happen as it will be rebranded as Mercure Mactan Cebu under a landmark partnership with global hospitality giant Accor. This move will usher in the first internationally branded hotel inside The Mactan Newtown, elevating the township’s global profile and hospitality offerings.
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