{"id":777031660,"date":"2025-09-15T08:07:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T11:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777031660"},"modified":"2026-04-21T19:11:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T22:11:47","slug":"westside-city-project-needs-us450m-for-completion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/westside-city-project-needs-us450m-for-completion","title":{"rendered":"Travellers and Suntrust invest US$450m in push to complete Westside City project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Philippine casino resort developed is approximately 70 per cent complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Philippines.- Travellers International Hotel Group and Suntrust Resort Holdings are to invest up to US$450m in the push to complete the US$1.25bn Westside City integrated resort in Manila\u2019s Entertainment City. The project is currently around 70 per cent complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Philippine Star, Nilo Thaddeus Rodriguez, Travellers International president and CEO, said the development is “now full speed ahead with an opening targeted for the third quarter of 2026. The focus now is completing Westside and operating it as soon as we can.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project aims for over 2,500 hotel rooms across three brands, more than 2,000 gaming machines and tables, restaurants and lifestyle concepts and a theatre district with the Apollo Theater and the Grand Opera House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rodriguez compared the project to Marina Bay Sands and Macau. \u201cIt\u2019s a type of experience. A little bit more flavour of that,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, Suntrust Resort Holdings confirmed that it has subscribed to 400m common shares<\/a> equivalent to a 40 per cent stake in Westside Bayshore Holding Corp (WBHC), a subsidiary of Travellers, under the Alliance Global group. It paid PHP8.00 (US$0.14) per share, amounting to PHP3.20bn (US$56m). That gives it a 20-per cent indirect stake in Entertainment City Resorts Corp (ECRC), which has taken over development of the Westside City project.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Travellers International takes control of Westside City casino project in the Philippines<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Philippine casino resort developed is approximately 70 per cent complete.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777013109,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Travellers International Hotel Group and Suntrust Resort Holdings are investing an additional US$450m to accelerate the US$1.25bn Westside City integrated resort in Manila, targeting a Q3 2026 opening. The project, now 70% complete, will feature extensive gaming, hotel, and entertainment facilities, with Suntrust recently acquiring a significant indirect stake in the development entity. This strategic capital injection underscores a commitment to expanding the Philippines' iGaming and hospitality footprint.","focusai_entities":"Travellers International Hotel Group, Suntrust Resort Holdings, Nilo Thaddeus Rodriguez, Westside Bayshore Holding Corp (WBHC), Alliance Global group, Entertainment City Resorts Corp (ECRC), Apollo Theater, Grand Opera House","focusai_location":"Philippines, Manila, Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (0.8), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Capital Structure Impact?","query":"How will Suntrust's increased indirect stake in ECRC impact the overall capital structure and governance framework of the Westside City project, particularly regarding future funding rounds or potential divestments?"},{"label":"Market Saturation Risk?","query":"Given the existing integrated resorts in Manila's Entertainment City, what is the projected market absorption rate for Westside City's gaming and non-gaming verticals, and what strategies are in place to mitigate potential market saturation risks?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16333],"tags":[1428,24693,24194],"class_list":["post-777031660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-manila","tag-suntrust-resort-holdings","tag-travellers-international-hotel-group"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777031660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777031660"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777031660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777031671,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777031660\/revisions\/777031671"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777013109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777031660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777031660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777031660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}