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The Department of Tourism (DOT) welcomed the latest MICHELIN Guide recognition of Philippine hotels, with the country welcoming its first-ever Two MICHELIN Key properties alongside four newly awarded One MICHELIN Key hotels. El Nido Resorts Lagen Island in Palawan and Raffles Makati made history as the first Philippine hotels to earn Two MICHELIN Keys, signifying […]
The Department of Tourism (DOT) set the tone for a future-ready and investment-driven hospitality industry at the opening of Philippine Hotel Connect 2025—the country’s premier hotel investment and networking event—held at the Manila Marriott Hotel. The summit, now in its second year, gathered over 250 of the country’s top-level hotel executives, investors, developers, and tourism […]
The Department of Tourism (DOT) announced that fully vaccinated tourism workers are now receiving booster shots as an added protection against the heightened threat of the Omicron COVID-19 variant in the country and with most regions already attaining above 90 percent vaccination rates among active and eligible tourism workers. “We are glad to see the willingness […]
The Department of Tourism (DOT) lauded local hotels that recently received the prestigious 2021 Travelers’ Choice Award from Tripadvisor, the world’s largest travel destination planning platform. One of the hotels that bagged the 2021 Travelers’ Choice Best of the Best Award is The Manor at Camp John Hay, awarded as among the top one percent […]
Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat awarded recently the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) Safe Travels Stamp to the new batch of recipients comprising 33 DOT-accredited accommodation establishments (AEs) belonging to six regions. These are in Region VII, 16 of which are in Cebu and Bohol; Region IV-B, all nine are in Palawan; […]
The Department of Tourism (DOT) is grateful to the hotel industry’s continued support in repurposing their accommodation establishments (AEs) into isolation and quarantine facilities. There are 21 hotels in the National Capital Region (NCR) and Region 4A or CALABARZON that have been converted into isolation facilities providing some 2,222 rooms. Likewise, the Oplan Kalinga […]
The Department of Tourism (DOT) reminded all hotels in areas under general community quarantine to secure a certificate to operate as staycation hotels first before accepting guests checking in for leisure. This came after City Garden Grand Hotel in Makati City was flagged recently for accepting overnight guests when it is being used as a […]
More than 7,200 hotels, resorts and other accommodation establishments (AEs) have been authorized by the Department of Tourism (DOT) to operate under different quarantine classifications and cater to different types of travelers, depending on their location and purpose.“Not only will a Certificate of Authority to Operate (CAO) or a provisional CAO from DOT indicate the […]
Hotels in areas under general community quarantine (GCQ) may soon accept “staycation” guests aside from health workers and exempted employees, Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat stressed. “Upon the recommendation of the Department of Tourism (DOT) to explore various ways in restarting tourism activities during quarantine, the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases […]
Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat has reminded hotels operating under all levels of community quarantine to strictly follow the health and safety protocols set by the government. “It has come to the attention of the Department of Tourism (DOT) that a number of hotels and accommodation establishments that have been issued Certificates of Authority to Operate […]