Brace yourself as Davao’s premier shopping and lifestyle destination joins the city’s celebration of Kadayawan Festival. From August 8 to September 5, enjoy a feast of arts, eats, beats and shopping deals at SM Lanang Premier. Here are 8 awesome ways to get into the vibe.
The who’s who of Davao mingled with the members of the media and other VIPs as SM Lanang Premier opened its doors to the community a day before its official public opening on September 28. After the Mass and ribbon cutting, officials and special guests led by Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and the SM VIPs went the rounds of what is reported to be Mindanao’s biggest mall. Guests were ushered in to registration tables to be given identification cards and stickers as guests. Gift cards, certificates and items were given to those with invitations to stores like Forever 21, Mountain Headwear, Watsons, and other stores. There was also a free screening in IMAX. Forever 21 launched its own fashion show before the store opening, while SMX opened its huge area for trade fairs and exhibits. This opening celebration will last for four days, and will give Dabawenyos something to look forward to in shopping, hanging out and bonding with family and friends. This includes celebrity sightings as well, of which there are plenty (take note, …
Business Mirror By Manuel T. Cayon / Reporter DAVAO CITY—SM Malls owned by the Sy-led company plans to open its second mall here, and SM’s first luxury shopping center in Mindanao, at the end of the month. The SM Lanang Premier would be SM Prime’s biggest and first-of-its-kind premier mall development project in Mindanao, offering convention and hotel amenities to this city that has become the nation’s favorite convention venue during the last decade. To open its doors on September 28, the SM Lanang Premier would house the first in Mindanao state-of-the-art amenities such as the IMAX Theater, SM Center Stage, and the Skygarden. Also making a landmark is the country’s longest dancing fountain with a 122-meter stretch of water jets, an SM statement said. Opening shortly also would be SM Bowling Center and the Science Discovery Center. It would have a floor area of 144,002 square meters and sprawls on a 100,000-sq.m. lot with an origami-inspired structure. The mall would still have the SM mall mainstays: SM Department Store, SM Supermarket, Watsons, Ace …
Canon brings you Canon Photoskwela PRO event on November 27, 2011 from 10:00am to 6:00pm at the Activity Center of Abreeza Ayala Mall. Learn photography from the three of Canon Brand Ambassadors for FREE. Registration is FREE but pre-registration is required in order for you to easily go inside the venue and find your best seat. Just email your complete name, contact no., email address and your Canon camera model to [email protected] This invitation is also posted on facebook. For those of you who confirmed your attendance on facebook, please send also the necessary information required. Tweet
Abreeza: A Breath of Fresh Air By Jojie Alcantara Photos/blueprints provided by Abreeza The arrival of Ayala Malls in Mindanao has been much awaited and it was only last year that the locals could see a development taking place in Davao City. In an exclusive interview with Clavel Tongco (General Manager, Accendo Commercial Corp.), Architect Dave Blas (Senior Division Manager, Innovation and Design Group, Ayala Land Inc.) and Roanne Hinolan (Business Development Manager, Ayala Malls Group, Ayala Land Inc.), I was informed that Abreeza Mall was thought out creatively with Davao and Mindanaoans in mind. Ayala Land’s decision to forge a joint venture with the Floreindos in Davao is due to favorable factors: Davao is identified as the second most lucrative market in the Visayas-Mindanao area, next to Cebu. There is a high concentration of the ABC market , approximately 19% percent of the total population of Davao. Second, the city is considered the educational hub of Mindanao with varied choices of good colleges and universities. Davao is also considered the gateway to the …
