Inside Asian Gaming

SEPTEMBER 2018 INSIDE ASIAN GAMING 43 “I was quite surprised that for such a huge metropolitan city, there isn’t a core family destination resort currently in the city, so what we are building will be one of the largest family leisure integrated resorts in the world.” – Jay Lee “It is a very family-oriented place and I think it will go very well with the population. “The family leisure entertainment aspect is our key point of difference from the other resorts in Entertainment City. We have a huge attraction business, whether it is the indoor movie theme park, the Nayong Pilipino Water Park or the Nayong Pilipino Cultural Park. “The Filipino cultural theme park … I think the Philippines has a very culturally diverse, attractive, rich history and culture and what we are doing is using the contents and rich history and putting it in a modern interpretation and platform that will correlate to the audience.” Element two is MICE and what Landing says will be Manila’s biggest column-free, pillar-free ballroom. “This will only strengthen the Philippines’ position as a preferred MICE venue,” Lee explains. “Our ballroom will seat city, there isn’t a core family destination resort currently in the city,” says Lee, “so what we are building will be one of the largest family leisure integrated resorts in the world. It will cost US$1.5 billion. “I think the core attraction of the resort is actually the attractions themselves. This will house the largest or second-largest indoor theme park in the world. You will have three massive theme parks including a water park, a cultural park and a movie theme park all combined within our resort and this by itself will position Manila in the space of the family destination resort. It will even compete with Universal Studios Singapore.” Landing is promoting NayonLanding as incorporating three key elements, each of which it says will provide its own unique benefits. The theme parks are number one. “I think family attractions will do very well here,” Lee offers. FEATURES