Philippine Village Hotel

Philippine Village Hotel
Former names	Mercure Philippine Village Hotel
Hotel chain	Mercure
General information
Status	Derelict
Type	Hotel
Architectural style	Brutalist
Location	Nayong Pilipino Park, Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines
Coordinates	14°30′42″N 121°00′40″E
Opening	1974 (1974)
Closed	May 2001; 23 years ago (2001-05)
Owner	Manila International Airport Authority
Technical details
Floor count	14
Floor area	36,289 square meters
Lifts/elevators	4
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Juan Nakpil
Known for	First airport hotel in the Philippines
Other information
Number of rooms	332
Number of suites	20
Number of restaurants	2
Number of bars	2

Philippine Village Hotel (colloquially PVH) is an abandoned hotel located within the Nayong Pilipino Complex, next door to Ninoy Aquino International Airport, in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines. Designed by National Artist Juan Nakpil, it was hailed as the first airport hotel in the Philippines.

The hotel, now owned[1] by the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), used to be the in the hands of Pampanga-based Enriquez-Panlilio family, who are involved in the real estate and shipping industry (and are also the same owners of the Silahis International Hotel).[2]

History

A construction boom of hotels initiated and streamlined by the then-incumbent Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos Sr. took place in the 1970s in anticipation for the then-upcoming hosting of the 1976 International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Summits in the Philippines. The Philippine Village Hotel was among those hotels and was built on a land owned by the Nayong Pilipino Foundation.

The hotel was built in 1974 by Philippine Village Hotel Inc (PVHI), leasing the Nayong Pilipino land for 21 years.[3]

The hotel hosted foreign business travelers, leisure travelers, nightclub partygoers, and socialites. First Lady Imelda Marcos frequently hosted events in the hotel. The hotel also housed the country's first land-based casino after the shutdown of MS Philippine Tourist.

Miss Universe

Delegates of Miss Universe 1974 were housed in the Philippine Village Hotel. One of the suites of the hotel was occupied by winner Amparo Muñoz, leading it to be named the "Miss Universe suite".

Grand Air Terminal

The hotel also operated as a terminal for another airline in the Philippines, Grand Air, from 1995 until 1999, when the airline ceased operations.

Closure

Philippine Village Hotel ceased operations in May 2001.[3][4] A year later, the next-door Nayong Pilipino park was closed to make way for the expansion of the airport complex.

Sequestration by the Philippine Government

Due to non-payment of taxes, the government sequestered the property in 2023. The hotel was also deemed a threat to the airport's security as it was feared to be a potential base of operations for terrorism.[4]

Between November and December 2023, the Philippine Government took full control of the hotel and plans to demolish it for the expansion of the airport.[5][6]

References

1. "RSA to deliver more than agreed". The Philippine STAR.
2. Caña, Paul John (10 August 2020). "Here's The Story of Silahis/Grand Boulevard Hotel And Why It Hasn't Been Torn Down". Esquire. Summit Publishing Co. Inc.
3. "AHome of Beauties, Long Abandoned: Here's the Story of the Philippine Village Hotel". Esquire. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
4. "Abandoned Philippine Village Hotel: How it threatens NAIA operations". Rappler. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
5. "ABIZ BUZZ: Philippine Village Hotel recovered". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
6. "MIAA takes over Philippine Village Hotel". Manila Times. Retrieved 21 November 2023.