Travel and Tourism

The Oriental Leyte gets 4-star rating

The Philippine Star

January 31, 2020 | 12:00am

DOT-8 tourism officer Rina Apostol, The Oriental Leyte general manager Anito Lanticse, DOT-8 regional director Karen Tiopes and DOT-8 tourism officer Rodel Balierbare at the awarding ceremony.

The Oriental Hotel Leyte was recently rated by the Department of Tourism (DOT) as a 4-star resort, the first star-rating in the Eastern Visayas Region.

Located beside the MacArthur Landing Memorial National Park in Palo town, the property was rated based on the assessment conducted by the third-party auditor and accreditation officers of the DOT’s Central Office and Region 8 Office.

With an accumulated 716 points, the star-rating system indicated that the property has met the mandatory requirements of DOT’s standards for premium accreditation.

The hotel is part of The Oriental Hotels and Resorts, the leisure arm of the LKY Group of Companies, which also has two properties in Legazpi City, one in Bataan and a luxury suites mansion in Tagaytay City.

It opened in 2012, was damaged by Super Typhoon Yolanda in 2013 and reopened in 2016. Its facilities include 129 rooms, 8 suites, 13 function rooms, 5 videoke rooms, a business center, a fitness gym, 3 swimming pools and a spa.

Themed with Asian motifs, it offers Oriental and international cuisine, evening fire dance and entertainment shows, barrio fiesta dinners, tour services around Leyte and Samar and butler service on demand.