The only game in Boracay

It's not only huge and imposing; it comes with a distinctive style of architecture, which seems to fuse the Mediterranean look with that of the trendy modern Asian style. It has the look of the Cartagena houses in Colombia yet it manages to blend well with the hotel's tropical gardens, which were landscaped by the prolific garden designer Shirley B. Sanders.

The hotel strip in Boracay is endless. It stretches almost the entire length of the famous beach, where the sand is sugar-white and the parties happen almost 24 hours a day. The hotels come in various architectural styles and they cater to different kinds of clientele. Strolling along the island's Station 2, however, it's hard not to miss the Boracay Regency Beach Resort and Convention Center. Its façade on the beachfront is one of the island's most recognizable landmarks.

Most of the 285 rooms in the hotel's Main, North and East wings come with large verandas or lanais, all of which overlook either the pool area, the garden, or the beach. Resort manager Dindo Miguel Martin Salazar says aside from the first-class rooms, they also have a plethora of choices of food to suite any discriminating palate of the guests."Our clients can choose from our restaurants such as Sea Breeze Café, Zhu Asian Cuisine, Christina's the open-air Regency Food Plaza, the island's hottest nightspot MO2 Wave Bar, Gazebo Grill, and at the East Wing Pool Bar," he said.

The resort's newest feature is the fully air-conditioned tent ensconced at the beachfront. Dindo says the tent covers a total of 600 square meters and can accommodate up to 120 guests.

The tent is equipped with a revolutionary modular-based speaker system, which is suspended from the tent ceiling. This system features the state-of-the-art "Plane Wave" technology. "Boracay Regency takes pride in being the first in the Philippines to have this kind of sound system. This environmental move is also in response to the sound pollution ordinance being implemented by the local government of Boracay. With this groundbreaking improvement, the resort guarantees to make any beachfront event a sure success, rain or shine until dawn without disturbing nearby guest rooms," Dindo says.

Through the years, the hotel's objective of providing guests with quality rooms and service as well as value for money has paid off. This would then manifest in the number of arrivals each year even on the "so-called" off-peak seasons.

For inquiries and reservations, call the Boracay Regency office in Manila at (02) 523-8707 and (02) 523-8708 or in Boracay at (63) (36) 288-6777. Visit the website at www.boracayregency.com

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