International hotel group Tune Hotels has widened its presence in the Philippines with the opening of its first hotel in the southern island of Mindanao at Cagayan de Oro City.

Welcoming its first guests today, Friday (July 19th, 2013), the 159-room Tune Hotel Cagayan de Oro is Tune Hotels’ fifth property in the Philippines, after Angeles City, Ermita and Makati in Manila, and Cebu City. The hotel will have five family rooms, along with doubles, twins and accessible rooms.
 

Tune Hotels Group CEO Mark Lankester said: “Tune Hotels is really proud to be in CDO, our fifth footprint in the Philippines. Thanks to the booming Philippine economy and its very healthy tourist arrivals, we are very pleased with our performance here since we opened our very first Philippine hotel at Angeles City, Pampanga more than two years ago. At least five more Tune Hotels are scheduled for opening in the Philippines over the next 18 months, including in Davao City in Mindanao and Quezon City in Manila later this year.”                                                             

“The Philippines is a priority market for Tune Hotels. With the rise of budget travel packages from airlines and increase in business travel, there’s a high demand for value hotels that provide affordable, safe, clean, convenient and comfortable accommodations and that’s precisely what Tune Hotels is all about,” added Mark.

Conveniently located on C. M. Recto Avenue along the highway to Iligan and Butuan, Tune Hotel CDO is in the heart of the Lapasan Central Business District and within walking distance of the Limketkai Center and Centrio Mall. The Mindanao University of Science and Technology campus is nearby, along with a number of food and shopping establishments.

Cagayan de Oro is the 10th largest city in the Philippines and is the capital city of the province of Misamis Oriental in Mindanao. It is particularly famous for its whitewater rafting and kayaking adventures and also offers a host of other extreme water sport activities such as water tubing and river trekking. Historical tours and shopping are also part of the must-do list when in the city.

Tune Hotel Cagayan de Oro is the 30th property to open in the Tune Hotels chain, with the 31st hotel set to open in Melbourne, Australia on the 1st November 2013.

Hi-res photos can be downloaded from www.flickr.com/tunehotels.

For real-time updates and promotion alerts, guests can stay connected with Tune Hotels via Facebook at www.facebook.com/tunehotelsUK and on Twitter via www.twitter.com/tunehotelsUK.

For booking and further information, visit www.tunehotels.com

  

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NOTES TO EDITORS

Tune Hotels is part of the lifestyle business conglomerate Tune Group that was founded by Tan Sri Tony Fernandes CBE and Kamarudin Meranun. The Tune Group of companies are Tune Air, Tune Hotels, Tune Money, Tune Talk, Tune Box, Tune Studios, Tune Tones, Caterham F1, ASEAN Basketball League, Queens Park Rangers Football Club (QPR) and Kuala Lumpur Education City (owner of Epsom College in Malaysia).

Tune Hotels has received over five million guests since the opening of its first hotel in Downtown Kuala Lumpur in 2007. With the opening of Tune Hotel Melbourne, there will be 31 Tune Hotels in operation globally including 11 in Malaysia, five each in the UK and Philippines, four each in Thailand and Indonesia, and one in India. The company is set to open another property in Japan this year while future projects are planned in the Middle East, Europe and Africa.

Over the years the group has received a number of industry awards, most recently Tune Hotel Haymarket, Edinburgh was named New Hotel of the Year in Scotland by the Scottish Hotel Awards 2013.

Tune Hotels is a growing chain of properties that have embraced the limited service model used by low cost airlines. It employs a self‐service, demand-based online booking system encouraging guests to book early to enjoy exceptionally low prices. The chain has five core principals which are incorporated into every hotel;

1.       5‐star beds

2.       Power showers

3.       Central and convenient locations

4.       Clean environment

5.       24 hour security

For further information please contact:
Lauren Broughton, Laurenb@hillsbalfour.com