Marco Polo Plaza Cebu

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The Marco Polo Plaza Cebu, operated as the Cebu Plaza Hotel from 1983 to 2003, is a hotel in Cebu City, Philippines. It first opened in 1983 by a corporation lef by Anos Fonacier with the help of his connections in the then-government of President Ferdinand Marcos Sr.. The hotel experienced labor strikes following the removal of Marcos Sr. as president shortly after the People Power Revolution of 1986. It was seized by the succeeding administration of president Corazon Aquino the following year. The hotel continues to experience labor issues under the management of its new owners Pathfinder. The hotel then closed in 2003 after its foreclosure to Metrobank. Metrobank then partnered with Marco Polo Hotels to redevelop the property into the Metro Polo Plaza Cebu and was reopened in 2006.

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Marco Polo Plaza Cebu
Veterans Drive, Cebu City

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Veterans Drive
6666 Cebu City
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