What's new in Cebu?

Philippine Airlines once again re-opens another oasis for their passengers. The newly renovated Domestic and International Mabuhay Lounge at the Mactan Cebu International Airport will now cater to its business and leisure travelers in utmost style and comfort.

Top interior designers, Ivy and Cynthia Almario of Atelier Almario were once again tasked to refurbish PAL's Mabuhay Lounge in Cebu this time, as part of PAL's campaign on standardizing its corporate look and image, and most importantly giving its passengers the best PAL has to offer.

The new lounge boasts of a "modern-minded classic interior", made famous by the Almario sisters. It adapts a cleaner, simple and functional design. They have given the lounge a touch of warmth and character with the subdued color scheme chosen to uplift the lounge's sense of space, comfort and luxury. With their expertise and attention to detail, they have even captured Cebu's local charm and flavor with the use of furniture from Axentwood, a Cebu-based furniture manufacturer well known for their craftsmanship in their veener-type and woven designs.

The lounge is divided into sections that each showcase specific functions. There is the central lounge area, refreshment bar, video corner, massage room and business center. The buffet table "floats" in the middle of the room so people can easily move around it and partake of the delicious selection of hot and cold dishes, not to mention, it's famous Chicken Arroz Caldo.

Beyond the aesthetics , the Mabuhay lounge comes equipped with the basic and useful necessities for business travelers. Wi-Fi or wireless broadband connectivity is available from Airborne Access, so travelers who need to catch up with their business tasks can access the internet from anywhere in the lounge using their own laptops. Other amenities like telephones, fax machines, and PCs are provided in the business center. For those who want to while away their time with some visual entertainment, plasma flat screen televisions that are capable equipped are also made available by LG Collins.

Indeed, Philippine Airlines has raised the score once more for quality in its service. The total care PAL gives to its valued passengers is present on all stages of their travel, evidently seen even during the start of their journey, here at the new and improved Mabuhay Lounge.