New hotel in city by 2011
A NEW seven-storey hotel will soon be up in Dagupan City.
To be named Le-Duc Hotel, the P50 to P60 million project will be an undertaking of the Duque family that owns the Lyceum Northwestern University (LNU).
Dr. Gonzalo Duque, LNU president and former vice governor of Pangasinan, said the edifice being built on a 1,000-square meter lot beside LNU recently acquired by the family, will become the tallest in the city.
Construction started in March this year and is expected to be operational next year.
Duque said aside from catering to tourists visiting Dagupan, the hotel will be used as training venue for LNU students enrolled in tourism, hotel and restaurant management courses.
The hotel will be the Duque family’s contribution to boost tourism in Dagupan and the rest of Pangasinan.
The eldest of the Duques, the late Dr. Salvador Duque, former LNU president and chancellor, was behind the construction of the President’s Hotel in Lingayen.
“That hotel put up by my brother Ado helped stimulate activities in the town of Lingayen,” the younger Duque said.
The Duques expect an increase in tourist arrivals in the province with the completion of the Alaminos Airport and other major government projects.—LM
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