Manila Central Post Office to be converted into hotel

SEVERAL companies, including Sino Group of Hotels which is behind The Fullerton Hotel Singapore, have expressed interest in transforming the 86-year old Manila Central Post Office (Philpost) building into a hotel, according to a source from the Philippine government.

The source has confirmed plans to lease the disused, five-storey Philpost building, which boasts an expansive floor area and elegant neo-classical architecture, for conversion into a five-star hotel.

Philippine president Benigno Aquino III is expected to issue an executive order next month authorising a committee to make official the plans for the Philpost building.

Wilkie Delumen, chief of the historic preservation division of the National Historical Commission, said “Philpost is a heritage structure that will be preserved, not demolished” and revealed that there were also suggestions to include a post office museum as part of the hotel redevelopment.

Delumen added that redevelopment of buildings in the Philpost vicinity, including Plaza Lawton, the Metropolitan Arts and Theater Building, and the National Press Club Building, was in the pipeline.

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