Waterfront Cebu City Hotel & Casino

Waterfront Cebu City Hotel & Casino is a four star integrated resort located in Cebu City, Philippines. The hotel has 561 guestrooms.^[1] Hotel function rooms include the Pacific Grand Ballroom, with over 2,000 m² floor area, ten function rooms, and two pool gardens.

Waterfront Cebu City Hotel & Casino
The casino hotel in 2024
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Hotel and Casino
Location	Cebu City, Philippines
Coordinates	10°19′29″N 123°54′16″E
Opening	January 11, 1998; 27 years ago (1998-01-11)
Owner	Waterfront Cebu City Casino Hotel, Inc.
Technical details
Floor count	17 above ground, 8 below ground
Other information
Number of rooms	562
Website
www.waterfronthotels.com.ph

History

Hotel in 2007

The Waterfront Cebu City Hotel & Casino was opened in 1998, in time for the ASEAN Tourism Forum held within the same year^[2] although plans for the hotel date back as early as 1993.^[3] The Cebu City hotel is the second establishment opened under the Waterfront Hotel & Casino brand with the first being in Mactan island which opened in 1996.^[1]

Facilities

The hotel has a gaming area called Club Waterfront. The Casino Filipino is also in the hotel. It also hosts a 7,000-people capacity Pacific Grand Ballroom, which is the biggest MICE venue in Cebu City.^[3]

Notable events

• 2005 – Southeast Asian Games: Dancesport tournament^[2]
• 2011 – IBF International Featherweight title match between Rey Bautista and Heriberto Ruiz^[2] with Bautista clinching the belt.
• 2012 – Concerts by Engelbert Humperdinck,^[4] Brian McKnight,^[5] Dan Hill, Jimi Jamison, and Rex Smith^[6]
• 2024 – Visayas leg of the Biniverse concert tour by the Pinoy pop group Bini.^[7]

See also

• List of integrated resorts