MANILA, Philippines—Alliance Global Group Inc., the publicly listed holding firm of property tycoon Andrew Tan, said it would invest P3.8 billion in an all-suites hotel at its township project in Metro Manila’s Pasay City.

In a statement, Alliance Global said its tourism arm, Travellers International Hotel Group Inc., would handle the development of Maxim’s Hotel in cooperation with Hong Kong-listed Star Cruises Ltd.

Star Cruises is also Alliance Global’s partner in the vast “Manila Bay Tourism City” hotel, leisure and gaming project of the government casino franchising firm Pagcor in the Manila Bay reclamation area.

The Maxim’s Hotel project will start this year and is scheduled for completion in 2010, Alliance Globa said.

Tan said, “With the opening of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3, we are expecting a surge in tourist arrivals. The Maxim’s Hotel, the country’s first all-suites luxury hotel, will be rushed to give these tourists a memorable and positive business experience here in our country.”

Maxim’s Hotel is a luxury hotel brand of the Genting Group, a sister company of Star Cruises.

Alliance Global said it was hiring Gettys Chicago to design the interiors of the Maxim’s Hotel suites. It said Gettys had done the interiors of more than 500 luxury hotels and five-star resorts in the Americas and the Caribbean, including The Ritz-Carlton Chicago and the Hilton Grand Vacation Club in Hawaii.

Gettys Chicago is also the appointed interior designer for the grand lobby of Megaworld’s One Central residential condominium project in Makati City.

Maxim’s Hotel Newport City will feature 158 king and junior suites, about a dozen deluxe suites and one presidential suite from the fourth to the eighth floors.

Three private villa residences with individual pools are planned for the fourth floor. The same floor will host a luxurious pool for the exclusive use of hotel guests.

The hotel will be built on a one-hectare lot beside a lagoon, near the entrance to Newport City in Villamor Airbase. It will have a gross floor area of more than 20,000 square meters.

The lower floors of the hotel will house the Newport Entertainment and Commercial Center. This new mall will feature signature brands at the ground floor, a performance stage at the second level and four cinemas at the third floor.

Newport City is a 25-hectare residential, commercial and office development of Alliance Global’s property arm, Megaworld Corp. It will feature luxury residential condominiums, shopping malls, restaurant strips and business process outsourcing (BPO) office condominiums. Elizabeth S. Lacson; with editing by INQUIRER.net