Resorts World Manila is located in Pasay next to the newest terminal 3 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. It was the Philippines' first integrated resort, boasting two five-star properties -the Marriott and Maxim's hotels, the mid-range Belmont, and the budget Remington hotel. 

Rounding out the complex is a casino, a performing arts theatre, a shopping mall, and dozens of restaurants. RWM chief operating officer Steven Reilly on the corporate yacht said, "What we actually see is an awful lot of business now which is actually coming through which are looking for not just the five star brand, or the four-star brand, or even the three star brand. Some people are actually going for budget, and there's nothing wrong with that at all. So what we do is we cater to everybody's demand, from the top corporate level down to those people who are just here as a tourist coming through, or maybe don't have the budget to spend. So our expansions now are of our own brands, which have been developed some time ago. But now we've also got a number of five star hotels coming up, but not forgetting the four star, and the three star, and for those people who are being budget conscious."

Resorts World Manila is a joint venture of alliance global, a conglomerate led by Filipino billionaire Andrew Tan, and Genting Hong Kong, also owners of Star Cruiselines.  RWM is in the midst of launched one of the Philippines most aggressive hotel and resort expansions, now in phase three. "So we partnered with Marriott many, many years ago. That was one of the first hotels we opened. So Marriott with its rewards points and loyalty members throughout the world has just gone into partnership now with Starwood, with the acquisition. With Starwood actually we're building a Sheraton hotel, that's a great merger, and then of course we have the Hilton brand as well. so you can imagine their database worldwide, and that coming into the Philippines. And of course people love brands, so rather than managing the hotels ourselves and running them under our own name, I'd rather get a good solid management company, world class. Keep it first class, and that's what we're doing at resorts world."

Reilly says RWM is also a leader in the growing Philippine mice business-meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions.  The centerpiece is the Marriott grand ballroom, the largest in the country. "That's an 8,000 square meter ballroom on its own, plus 17 other meeting rooms. Now the demand we've seen for that ballroom since it opened last year is absolutely incredible, and that's both domestic and international.  It's so close to the airport, it's so convenient for people coming into manila, its doing extremely well. and with the other hotels coming up to support those influx of visitors, its only going to do better," he said.

RWM is also building a series of bridges that will link the entire complex.  Reilly calls it "true integration" in which customers can move from hotel to hotel or other facilities without suffering through traffic or the elements. Reilly's best advice for growing tourism is constant promotion. And  for the local industry, he says keep selling Guam and the Guam story, adding, "You have to always look at your inbound, make sure you keep it attractive. Make sure your pricing is competitive, but always beat that drum. Never stop beating that drum. Always show every single aspect of beauty, and the history as well is very important. In the Philippines for very many years, a lot of people didn't know what was really happening in the Philippines, how beautiful the Philippines was. I mean recently some of the islands have been voted the best in the world. Some of the best beach resorts in the world. You have to keep on promoting. And the department of tourism here has done a fantastic job in the last five or six years, and they continue to do so."

He added, "There's a lot of competition in Southeast Asia. Of course Guam is out to the east , out in the pacific ocean. But of course, people want to know a little bit more about it. if you ask me today about Guam, yes I have visited. I liked it extremely, but for many people, they don't know about Guam."

Meanwhile, the Guam Visitors Bureau recently announced a record 1.5 million tourist arrivals for the year, despite a continued slide in the main Japanese market.  Local industry leaders know that continued growth will require new hotel developments, and Reilly says Guam will need to figure out what's best for its market. "The international brands are always sought after. People recognize a name and a brand truly is a brand. That's why I mentioned earlier that we went with Hilton, Sheraton, the Marriott and other. I say that's a good way to go. Of course there's always new brands coming up, there's a lot of boutique hotels. If that works for a pacific market, that's absolutely fine, but we know what works for manila. And we've also seen with the Guamanians coming in that they like the brands as well. I mean with our tie up with St. Luke's and medical tourism, of course we've got a full offering in one facility, so we know what to offer the particular market, and its working out well," he said.