Rizal Park Hotel - Army and Navy Club Building (Manila)

 hotel, historical building

www.rizalparkhotel.com.ph/

The historic Army and Navy Club— once the favorite watering hole of colonial-era American officers and servicemen—is set to reopen by October, this time as a plush 5-star hotel and spa. Major retrofitting and restoration work in the iconic building is almost complete, according to Cornelio Aldon, president of Oceanville Hotel and Spa Corp., the developer-restorer of the Army and Navy Club. Once opened to the public, the hotel will feature 74 guest rooms each with a unique colonial-era design; a 300-square meter spa; all-day dining; a coffee shop and a 600-sq m sky bar.

Restored at a cost of P2.4 billion, the Army and Navy Club was originally designed by William Parsons, a Paris-trained American architect commissioned by renowned city planner Daniel Burnham. It is now owned by the Filipino company Oceanville Hotel & Spa and was renamed as Rizal Park Hotel.