(Photo from Marco Polo Davao) DAVAO CITY - The City Tourism Operations Office (CTOO) here on Monday said the economic outlook is well on its way to recovery as the city's first five-star Marco Polo hotel has promised to reopen this year. "It is very welcome news. Marco Polo is an icon in Davao City's tourism industry. To have it reopen signifies that the management is confident with the economic outlook of the city and its ability to bounce back after the pandemic," CTOO chief Generose Tecson told Philippine News Agency (PNA). One indicator of the revival of the city's economic vigor is the notable increase in applications to renew their business permits, she added. In February 2022, the Davao City Business Bureau processed 38,832 business renewals, noting the 162 new business registrations in January. At the onset of the pandemic, Marco Polo Davao ceased operations affecting more than 200 hotel workers. The Apo View Hotel also temporarily closed in 2021 but annou
A SOGO in every city. That’s the ambitious aim of the hotel firm, as it continued to expand beyond Metro Manila, with the latest branch opening in Davao. Hotel Sogo’s marketing manager Sue Geminiano told the BusinessMirror, “The business direction is to expand not only towards the south, but actually…