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A new gathering place that will redefine shopping, dining and entertainment experience in Central Luzon is now in Angeles City. Ayala Land’s first venture in the region, MarQuee Mall brings a special fusion of the traditional and the novel, a feature distinctively identified with the Ayala Malls.
A project of North Beacon Commercial Corporation, a 100 % wholly owned subsidiary of Ayala Land, Inc., MarQuee Mall houses the Metro Department Store and Supermarket, four (4) digital cinemas, an activity center, children’s playground, civic park and transport terminal.
Marquee Mall
Metro Department Store and Supermarket is MarQuee mall’s anchor merchant. Metro started in Cebu in 1982. It offers quality and a variety of merchandise that are highly competitive and reasonable. Metro can also be found in Bonifacio, Global City (Metro Market!Market!), Cebu City, Legaspi, Mandaue, Lucena and at the Metro Ayala in Ayala Center Cebu.
The first of its kind in Central Luzon, MarQuee Mall offers more than 300 popular and specialty stores of local and affordable international brands, fast food outlets, casual-dining restaurants, grills, four (4) digital cinemas, cafés and an amusement center with a mixture of the new trends and concepts such as flagship stores, food showcase from known restaurateurs and highly-pronounced zones for kids, teens, sports, IT, home and wellness.
MarQuee transport bridgeway
MarQuee Mall will showcase choice and select shopping by bringing in the best local and foreign brands in shopping and dining to Pampanga interspersed with Central Luzon’s arts, crafts and cuisine. Popular local brands include Bench, Kamiseta, Bayo, Kashieca, Human, Penshoppe, Folded & Hung. Marks & Spencer, Lacoste Clothing and Footwear, Aerosoles, Nine West, Beauty Bar, Charles & Keith represent the international brands. The mall’s junior anchor stores include True Value, Abenson, Toys R’ Us, Saizen, Wilcon Home Essentials . Top notch dining features TGI Fridays, Italianni’s, Red Kimono, Xtremely Expresso, Sumo Sam. Popular Kapampangan specialties like Nathaniel’s, Susie’s Cuisine, Kabigting’s Halo Halo, Aling Lucing and Ikabud add to the unique mix of the mall.
Come September 23, MarQuee Mall will offer a venue for local festivities and occasions. Discerning shoppers will enjoy unique and compelling events featuring both local culture and Ayala Malls signature events.
Marquee’s activity center is a dynamic events venue that will serve as an entertainment
hub where visitors can hang around and enjoy different kinds of activities such as live
performances, shows, exhibits and the like. Also featured in the activity area is a unique water feature and a children’s playground.
And since landscaping is also another signature of the Ayala Malls, MarQuee has a landscaped drop-off and entry area and a half-hectare garden, facing the Angeles City Hall.
MarQuee Mall
The garden serves as the civic park, a street level park that will provide a venue for get-togethers, meetings and social activities. It has a festive indoor-outdoor feel for unique and compelling events that promote bonding with families and friends. The civic park also has an interactive fountain which features a playful choreography of lights and a water display. This alfresco experience is further heightened by beautiful art installations and lush landscaping.
With a total land area of 9.3 hectares, MarQuee Mall also provides several amenities including a parking area for more than 1,000 vehicles, a public transport terminal dedicated for buses, jeepneys, AUVs and tricycles, a customer lounge, and concierge services.
Inspired by the Kapampangans’ rich and lively culture that is reflected in their propensity to always gather, dine and celebrate life’s occasions, MarQuee Mall was developed to serve as a regional shopping center that brings together a rich and unique experience reminiscent of a lively town plaza, infused with an urban vibe. MarQuee Mall feels familiar yet fresh. It is the favorite gathering place in Central Luzon.
Marquee Mall is the retail component of Marquee, a 53-hectare integrated community in Central Luzon skillfully developed by Ayala Land that also includes MarQuee Place, a residential development located just a few meters away.
“Along with Marquee Place (a residential development by Alveo Land), the mall is the definitive lifestyle destination in Central Luzon. It will showcase Manila’s premier dining, entertainment and shopping experience as well as unique homegrown concepts that will highlight the dynamic lifestyle and rich culture of Kapampangans. The entire development raises the bar of the residential and commercial experience in Central Luzon. This would spur greater economic activity by attracting both local and foreign investors to Pampanga and by generating more employees to contribute to the local economy,” Mark Sablan, MarQuee Mall’s General Manager said.
Only an hour away from Manila and strategically located a few minute drive away from the Subic Clark Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX), MarQuee Mall sits right at Angeles Exit of the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX).
A window to the North, showcasing the best of the best! Located in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga, Hilaga is a home to Northern Philippines’ history, culture and arts.
The venue is one of Philippine Tourism Authority’s (PTA) entities that feature the four regions of the north — Central Luzon, Ilocos, Cagayan Valley and the Cordilleras.
With the northern regions’ distinctive brand of delicacies, festivals, native handicrafts, cultural presentations, historical masterpieces, trade expositions and performances, Hilaga is indeed a hub where northern possibilities are endless.
Only 40 minutes from Balintawak via the North Luzon Expresswat (NLEx), Hilaga is a must stop-over for tourists moving upward Luzon. The place itself is a showcase, designed after the famous Kapampangan parul or lantern, Hilaga is an architectural masterpiece. (Story by Mini A./Photos courtesy of PTA)
Hilaga
Photo from PTA
Photo from PTA
Photo from PTA
One of the aspiring contestants of The Great Bikini Open struts her stuff during the screening held at the Hotel Vida at the Clark Freeport on May 16. The great Bikini Open, sponsored by Xevera Mabalacat North and Sunnyvisions, will give away more than P500,000 in cash awards and prizes. Photo by Ric Gonzalez
Eighteen stunning finalists of Xevera’s The Great Bikini Open were presented to the press at the Fontana Leisure Park Convention Center last May 31 (Sunday). The ladies were seen in their sporty black Great Bikini Open shirt and skimpy shorts, as well as in their stylish bikinis. Almost P500,000 in cash and prizes are up for grabs in The Great Bikini Open launched by Xevera Mabalacat North and longstanding events organizer and public relations firm Sunny Visions.
Sunnyvisions President Angelo “Sonny” Lopez, Jr. said the event is poised as one of the biggest competitions in terms of scope and prizes.
Lopez said more than 30 beautiful aspirants from Olongapo City, Las Pinas City, Angeles City, Tarlac City, and Pampanga towns like Mabalacat and Apalit have joined the screening held at the Hotel Vida here last May 16.
For the grand prize, Lopez said, the grand prize winner will get P100,000 while the second place winner will get P50,000 and the third place will bring home P25,000.
Lopez also said more than P300,000 worth of cash and consolation prizes will be awarded to the participants aside from the major cash awards.
Delfin Lee, president and CEO of Globe Asiatique Realty Development Corporation, assures that The Great Bikini Open will be one of this year’s biggest competitions judging by the prizes and cash awards to be given.
Lee, who the major sponsor of The Great Bikini Open, said the event is also poised as a major tourism activity for Clark and the Central Luzon environs.
18 Finalists of Xevera’s The Great Bikini Open.
“This early we received a barrage of calls from model handlers and managers from Region III. Inquiries even reached as far Las Pinas City,” Lee said.
Lopez said the organizers are still screening the more than 30 aspirants for The Great Bikini Open. The venue and date of the competition will be announced soon, Lopez added. (Story by Peter C. Alagos/Photo by Ric Gonzales)
Photo by Ric Gonzales
Photo by Ric Gonzales
