More than a ‘City of Smiles’

J. Albert Gamboa | 9 December 2021

A major factor in attracting local and foreign investments to the capital city of Negros Occidental province. At that time, Leonardia was also the city’s mayor.

A clear manifestation of investor confidence is the opening of new hotels here even in the middle of the pandemic, such as Park Inn by Radisson adjacent to SM City Bacolod at the reclamation area. The 150-room business hotel was formally inaugurated last week and it complements the seven-year-old SMX Bacolod, the biggest exhibition and convention center in the Visayas.

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