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Book a luxurious, sustainable getaway at Princesa Garden Island Resort and Spa
This 2020, we welcome another year and a new decade! What better way to start a fresh page in your life than working on fulfilling your goals, whether it’s an item from last year’s bucket list you haven’t crossed off yet or a set of new plans in your 2020 to-do notes. For many, traveling to places and visiting their dream destinations are usually on top of their must-achieve checklist—and high on that list is the beautiful Palawan.
Princesa Garden Island Resort and Spa lets you achieve your dream trip to the world-renowned island with its year-round accommodation offers and packages. Plus, you can enjoy Palawan’s breathtaking sceneries with a luxurious vacation experience, complete with lavish accommodation, exciting activities, and sumptuous food.
Pristine haven
Known to be one of the most beautiful destinations here in the Philippines, Palawan is a scenic island that offers various unique attractions—and it’s quite a feat to experience it for the first time.
For a perfect stay at the must-visit travel destination, Princesa Garden Island offers its sprawling four-hectare property for a comfortable accommodation that is only 10 to 15 minutes away from the city airport. The resort greets you with its captivating coconut-shaded gardens with a glimpse of the island's beauty.
The resort utilizes organic and recycled materials—including corals, rocks, and bamboo, as well as the Palaweno wood carvings—in its many facilities, giving the resort a uniquely local atmosphere. Focused on sustainability, Princesa Garden Island highlights environmentally-friendly solutions such as having its own water treatment and desalination facility, as well as the use of solar panels for sustainable electricity. Even the 1,640-square meter pool in the Princesa Garden Island Resort and Spa is chlorine-free and uses nothing but natural sea salt water.
Extravagant accommodation
As you explore the island and its enjoyments, Princesa Garden Island also opens the doors of its various amenities and accommodations for you to relax.
The resort features a wide array of spacious rooms and villa options—the Signature, Pool, and Luxury Collection—spanning from 45 to 120 square meters. Each room pampers the guests with modern Filipino decor, free Wi-Fi, a 40-inch television, and 12-inch rain showers as well as the most comfortable beds and pillows. Meanwhile, suites and family rooms have either a jacuzzi or direct access to pool where they can enjoy the best views while lounging on the sunbeds.
For the ultimate luxury stay, the Water Villa rooms presents you the most opulent experience. These bungalows levitate above the water, providing a flawless 180-degree view of the ocean horizon through its wall-to-ceiling glass. The villa includes a wooden deck with daybeds, comfortable hammocks, and an outdoor Jacuzzi.
Princesa Garden Island Resort and Spa also takes pride in its Hari Ballroom, which is perfect for big special occasions given its 600-seat capacity. Its Reyna Function Hall features state-of-the-art audio-visual equipment and can accommodate a maximum of 200 people. The Hari/Reyna room is one of the five Philippine winners to receive the ASEAN MICE Venue Award (Meeting Room Category) 2020-2022 for providing quality MICE facilities and services. The resort also has a chapel which is perfect for weddings, or simply for guests looking for peace and spirituality during their vacation.
Sumptuous dining
When it comes to food options, you can enjoy world-class dining in the various restaurants at the Princesa Garden Island Resort and Spa.
If you are craving for Filipino and international cuisine, visit the open-theater kitchen of Rice, the resort’s all day dining cafe. Meanwhile, lovers of Italian cuisine can dine at Tomato and Basil Cuicina Italiana, an al fresco specialty restaurant where wood-fired baked pizza and other Italian dishes are served with a glass of Italian wine. The Sala Lobby Lounge, on the other hand, warms you up with a cozy ambiance, cocktail bites, and soothing music that fills the main reception building.
Best times at Palawan
To make your travel to Palawan more memorable, best engage in the various activities that the island has to offer.
For nature lovers, a majestic getaway awaits. Marvel at the unique natural wonders such as the saltwater pool, sunny sandbar, and leafy mangrove forest available only in Palawan. Meanwhile, the adventure-seeking peeps can ask Princesa Garden Island’s tour desk for assistance on trying out activities offered outside the resort such as snorkeling, scuba diving, and island hopping.
Princesa Garden Island Resort and Spa also offers in-resort activities. You can go on active jogs, walks, bikes, and even stop by the resort’s gym in the morning. The group can also bond over non-motorized water sports, hang out in the entertainment center, or have a fun game of jumbo chess.
Cap the adventure-filled day by stopping by the Hilot Spa, which promises a blissful retreat to soothe the mind and body. Housed in a modern minimalist casita that exudes rustic simplicity, this wellness haven provides pampering like no other. It has eight rooms that feature its own shower and pocket garden, and a couple of rooms with jacuzzi. Plus, all treatments at the resort and spa include the use of jacuzzi, sauna, and steam room. Hilot Spa also provides in-room service for guests who do not want to leave the comforts of their room.
All-in vacation packages
Princesa Garden Island ensures that your first time visit to Palawan is one for the books thanks to its satisfactory trip itinerary that includes their beautiful scenery, luxurious accommodations, fun activities, and wide range of food selections.
The resort also offers hassle-free trip planning through its online booking system. With just a few clicks, you can book everything seamlessly, from accommodation to food to activities. Once you're in the resort, Princesa Garden Island staff personally goes over your trip details to make sure you get the best service during your stay.
Get to know more about Princesa Garden Island Resort and Spa, located in Puerto Princesa, City, Palawan. You may log on to https://www.princesagardenisland.com/ or email reservation@princesagardenisland.com. You can call or text (+63)917-873-9574 or (+63)918-967-5132 for inquiries.
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For decades, recreational vehicles have been icons of the American road: homes-on-the-go furnished with beds, showers, kitchens and even television dens that offer families the freedom to roam and see the vast country.
In an election year, RVs tell an additional story. Experts consider them bellwethers of the economy, dream-buys for Americans who only shell out the tens of thousands of dollars when they feel comfortable.
As the election season opens, a team from AFP traveled (albeit not by RV) from Washington to Iowa, which holds the first presidential nomination contest on February 3, in hopes of feeling the economic and political pulse of the country.
In the northeastern patch of Indiana centered around Elkhart, the verdict from the RV industry appeared to be that the economy -- a key factor in whether President Donald Trump is re-elected -- seems strong, although a notch less than recently.
"A lot of people think that RVs are an economic indicator and in many ways it is, because a recreational vehicle is not a have-to-have, it's a want-to-have," said Don Clark, CEO of Grand Design, a maker of high-end RVs started in 2012.
Clark said that tariffs, imposed by Trump on steel, aluminum and other materials crucial for manufacturing, have "had an impact" and been an "inconvenience," but the industry nonetheless was braced for its fourth biggest year on record.
- 'Not a bad picture' -
At the RV Hall of Fame museum, whose displays include a 1913 Model-T with a convertible dining table described as the first recreational vehicle, veteran industry watcher Sherman Goldenberg said he expects a dip of six percent in shipments in 2019 from the previous year.
The industry has climbed since the aftermath of the Great Recession in the late 2000s, and "after an eight-year run of growth, at some point it planed out, as all things do," said Goldenberg, publisher of industry magazine RVBusiness.
"Did it plummet? Did it dive? No, it didn't," he said. "It's not a bad picture, but no, we're not breaking records."
He said that younger people -- who have coined terms such as "glamping" for high-end camping -- have helped revitalize an industry dominated by older people.
Goldenberg, who estimated shipments of around 400,000 RVs in 2019, said one factor was manufacturers slowing down to keep pace with supply after making more RVs than could be sold in previous years.
Eric Sims, an economist at the University of Notre Dame in nearby South Bend, said that past overproduction was an issue -- but may be exaggerated by the industry.
"There's some of that going on, but I think that there is also a general slowing of demand for these kinds of vehicles in the economy," Sims said.
"I would characterize the RV industry as still doing well," he said. "Relative to where things were three or four years ago, things have cooled off a little."
- Hard-working Amish -
Production at the RV factories often begins before dawn to accommodate the farming schedule of the Amish, who make up much of the workforce even though they cannot drive motorized vehicles themselves.
Men sporting suspenders and beards, and women wearing plain dresses and white "kapp" headpieces, punched out their shifts using time clocks before some left on bicycle.
Mervin Lehman, general manager at Riverside, where up to 80 percent of labor is Amish, said that the workers delighted the company.
"The ethic of coming to work every day, good workmanship, that kind of culture, is what they bring," he said.
"On the flipside, it's a very good, lucrative paying job. With an eighth-grade education, there is nowhere else you can go to earn the money that this community can," he said, referring to the Amish custom of ending school at the start of their teenage years.
While the Amish are forbidden from buying RVs, for other Americans, the main question is cost.
Keith Hess of Wisconsin, visiting the RV Hall of Fame with his wife of 38 years, said he expected to be able to buy a long-sought $100,000 unit in five years.
"We would like to take a month or two to travel the West Coast to Alaska, just being able to be self-sufficient as you travel, to stop and have a meal or to pull off and use the bathroom," he said.
"We are very fortunate in North America that we can drive to a lot of places," he said. "You can see a lot of beautiful sites that God has created for us."
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