Crossover buffet and special room rates for New Year's Eve at Dusit Thani

MANILA, Philippines - Celebrate New Year’s Eve with a symphony of the finest cuisines, a selection of drinks, cocktails and live music entertainment at Dusit Thani Manila for only P4,000 net per person.

Make the celebration special with the New Year’s Eve crossover dinner buffet from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., at Dusit Thani Manila’s four acclaimed restaurants. Stuff yourself in Italian elegance at Tosca; savor the exquisite Royal Thai cuisine at Benjarong; experience the best in oriental Japanese at Umu and discover a delectable medley of international fare at Basix. From 9 p.m. onwards, catch the performance of Arthur Manuntag back-to-back with Behind Closed Doors Band at the hotel lobby.

Complete the merrymaking with Dusit Thani Manila’s New Year countdown room package valid only on Dec. 31. For only P6,288 net per person, the room package includes an overnight accommodation in a Grand Room, complimentary bottle of wine, 25-percent discount at Devarana Spa, special New Year’s Eve crossover dinner buffet, open bar and countdown party.

For reservations, call 867-3333.

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Countdown to 2010 at The Richmonde Hotel

Book a room for the night at The Richmonde Hotel where New Year’s Eve room rates start at P 5,100 net with buffet brunch for two adults (up to three adults for two-bedroom suite bookings) and two children five years old and below.

Richmonde Grill’s dinner buffet offers a spread of international favorites for P1,500 net, inclusive of a choice of bottomless iced tea or a glass of red or white wine and fun party favors.

Join the New Year’s Eve countdown party complete with bottomless beer, wine, selected cocktails and non-alcoholic drinks, a delectable bar chow buffet, and live entertainment at P750net.

For inquiries, call 638-7777, 689-8411 and The Richmonde Grill at 689-8419.

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It’s a Latin New Year at Pan Pacific

Pan Pacific Hotel offers a dinner buffet on Dec. 31 at 7:30 p.m. followed by live entertainment from Onda Latina.

Welcome the New Year with the Latin beat at the Pacific Lounge for P2,500 net per person inclusive of international buffet dinner with one round of standard drink, show and countdown toast at the helipad with one glass of sparkling wine. Child rates apply.

For more of Pan Pacific Manila’s New Year’s offering visit panpacific.com/manila or call 536-0788.

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Party all night at Makati Shangri-La

Makati Shangri-La has a special dinner show as it rings in 2010 on Dec. 31 with a countdown party live at the Lobby Lounge.

Rachelle Ann Go and dynamic bands Version 4.0 and Spirit of ’67 bring the party to explosive heights as the Makati fireworks display lights up the skies.

For blissful dreams at sundown, revel in deluxe accommodations with a complimentary third night when paying the local resident’s rate until Dec. 29 and Jan. 2 to 10, 2010 with a chance to win a two-night stay at Shangri-La’s Boracay Resort and Spa.

For inquiries, call 813-8888 or visit the Christmas Counter at the hotel’s main lobby.

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P500 holiday gift box from Doña Elena

Doña Elena offers the Holiday Gift Box Collection.

This limited-edition pack contains a one-liter bottle of Doña Elena’s pure or extra virgin olive oil, a 330-gram bottle of sliced black olives, plus one of the three variants of Tefal spatulas from France.

The gift box, available for only P500, also features recipe suggestions to help you prepare meals come New Year’s Eve.

For information, call Doña Elena Cuisinera Club Secretariat at 713-8144 or visit www.cuisineraclub.com.

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Holiday packages at Red Box

Red Box offers holiday packages from Dec. 24 to Jan. 10, 2010.

Part of the proceeds of every Christmas package availed during the promo period will be donated to Kababaihan Gabay sa Bayan (Kagabay).

Red Box is giving everyone a chance to have a wonderful time by grabbing the affordable packages inclusive of head charge for the group, free drinks and pica-pica, plus free head charge coupons for the party organizer.

Red Box has branches in Greenbelt 3 and TriNoma. For information, call Greenbelt, 757-6188 (and TriNoma, 901-8833, or visit www.redbox.com.ph. 

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Pig Out now at Sta Rosa, Laguna

Pig Out, the newest restaurant of the Bistro Group of Restaurants (the same company behind the success of Italianni’s, TGIFriday’s, Fish & Co, Flapjacks and Billy Rock). is now open in Sta. Rosa.

Pig Out’s specialty dishes include beef ribs spicy Seoul style, grilled shrimp salsa cocktail, inihaw na tuna belly and Pig Out crispy pata.

There are a variety of rice dishes like curry fried rice, Seoul spice fried rice, chicharon fried rice , Chinese-style fried rice.

Prices are affordable in both solo and to-share portions.