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Hotel Sogo , the largest hotel chain in the Philippines, is making itself an integral part in the community sports development, besides being widely known all over the country as a name synonymous to affordable quality accommodation. Its holistic support for the Caloocan Team in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) signals the company’s institutionalized commitment to contribute actively to various community sporting endeavors. Caloocan Team in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) Hotel Sogo established its very first branch in Monumento, Caloocan in 1993. Over the past three decades, it has stood as a significant landmark in the city, providing locals and travelers with unmatched hotel services. It has also become an important part of Caloocan City by helping significantly to the locality’s economic growth and general welfare. This first partnership with a sports team is symbolic of the beginnings of Hotel Sogo and its strong ties with Caloocan City.  ...

Hotel Sogo, the country’s largest Filipino-owned hotel chain company with over 45 branches nationwide, has been crowned as the “Best Choice Philippines Leading Hotel Chain” and won the “Philippines Guest Choice Awards         ” by the acclaimed Netizens Best Choice Awards 2022.   The Netizens Best Choice Awards for Business Excellence play a vital role in promoting responsible use of the internet since it conducts online research and surveys for promoting the best brands, products and services that distinguished itself among its competitors by earning the Netizen’s Trust Seal.   Awardees are chosen through an online nomination and multi-criteria evaluation in a variety of category such as Product/Brand/Service Quality & Innovativeness, Image/Value Proposition & Pricing, Strong Brand Online Market Influence, and Proper & Responsible means of using the internet.   Remarking on the impressive win, Ms. Sue Gemi...

  The country’s largest Filipino-owned hotel chain company has been awarded as Asia’s Most Outstanding Hotel Chain of the Year and Philippines Most Leading Hotel Chain of the Year . Meanwhile, Hotel Sogo’s CEO, Mr. Reynaldo M. Malaca was recognized as the Philippines Most Outstanding CEO of The Year at the recent Asian Business Excellence Awards 2022 held in Quezon City.   Hotel Sogo Marketing Director, Ms. Sue Geminiano shares her gratitude to the award-winning organization for recognizing the hotel’s goal in providing a clean, safe, and top-notch service to its patrons and guests. “On behalf of Hotel Sogo, thank you Asian Business Excellence Awards 2022 for giving us these recognitions. These awards are nothing if not because of the management and the hardworking staff of our operations. We will continue to give our all in providing our guests a safe and clean stay. Hotel Sogo will not be here without your love and support” she shared.   The Asian Business E...

As we were now put into a less crticial alert level, we are all left within ourselves to take extra care as we move around the public places in the Metro. Business establishments are also in full effort to have all their employees fully vaccinated to give the public further security feel.   Hotel Sogo's New Normal campaign with the theme "We are fully vaccinated, Para kayo ay ProtekTODO" promotes that all Hotel Sogo staff have completed two jabs of vaccine to secure the safety of its guests as early as July 2021.     "We have 41 branches nationwide and five more upcoming branches. There are thousands of employees working in all our hotels, and their safety is important to protect our guests. We are really grateful that our staff is fully vaccinated," said Sue Geminiano, Hotel Sogo Marketing Manager.   Hotel Sogo management is as always, committed to their employees' welfare. They also believe that getting the vaccine is a simple way to bring us c...

It has been more than a year since we are all caught unprepared by the pandemic brought about by the Covid-19. The impact of Covid-19 has slammed businesses and different industries instantly in just a short period of time, despite the efforts made in making the economy move forward. One of the hardest hit is the hospitality industry. Businesses should not only survive, but should adapt and thrive.  Affected businesses has doubled its efforts to develop and adapt to the new normal by following heightened safety measures and investing on technological advancement for the protection of all guests and employees,  just like the largest and fastest-growing Filipino-owned hotel chain in the country did across all of its branches. “Here at Hotel Sogo, we are trying on things to help improve the situation in our hotels as early as March 2020 last year. From that point on, we continued to research, invest further and develop innovative ways to upgrade our safety protocols especia...

If you need a place to stay, unwind and relax, yet safety is a priority,  please check this out.   Hotel Sogo is one of the very first to adapt and cope up with the pandemic woes. They made sure their hotel facilities, services and procedures are all IATF and DOH compliant. Innovations and safety practices implemented at Hotel Sogo: UVC Disinfection of Rooms, Utensils, Key Cards & Cash. Sogo was the first hotel, as early as March 2020, to use UVC (254nm) to fight Covid-19. Taking the cue from hospitals abroad, remote-controlled carts have been deployed for room disinfection. Compartments for utensils, key cards and cash were also fitted with UVC LEDs but kept away from personnel since 254 nm UVCs, while great for killing viruses may harm the skin and eyes. FAR UVC Disinfection at Elevator Lobbies. After extensive research, Sogo has acquired and tested the FAR UVC 222 nm lamps that effectively kill viruses while being harmless to humans. Just recently (2020 Q4) pro...

Like it or not, we all have to fit in to what the Covid-19 pandemic has brought us.  It is  a reality to be accepted and live by...likewise, businesses should  be ready  to adapt well and innovate moving forward. The w orld is facing an economic, health, and social crisis due to Coronavirus (CoVid-19), which is identified as an illness caused by a virus that can spread from person to person. Truly, this CoVid-19 pandemic shook the hotel industry really hard, and turned many hotel businesses upside down, especially here in the Philippines. As we all know the hotel industry is designed to operate and accept guests 24/7. But because of this pandemic, travel restrictions were put in place to control the further spread of the virus. In line with that, Hotel Sogo, the largest hotel chain in the Philippines, utilized this pandemic as an opportunity for innovation. Hotel Sogo unveiled new measures to re-establish confidence in the hotel industry as they adapt to the “new...

It’s still “SO CLEAN, SO GOOD” at Hotel Sogo, with an extra leap! The leading hotel chain in the Philippines is now ready to step in to the new normal as part of its So Clean, So Good, now with “SO SAFE” campaign under the Sogo Safe Program that aims to secure the safety of its employees and guests. As have been their practice since this Covid-19 strikes last December of 2019, Hotel Sogo continuously implements precautionary measures such as temperature checking upon entering the hotel, placement of alcohol and hand sanitizers in common areas. To further strengthen SAFETY on their hotel chains, they make sure they adapted to the what they call now as the “new normal.” Uniforms of the hotel staff are redesigned to incorporate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Temperature Check, Disinfection Mats and Hand sanitizers in placed There’s a protective acrylic glass panel installed in the front desk. Social distancing is practiced in the Fr...

Covid-19 Pandemic is so real!!   We were forced to stay at home since last month (March, 2020) to control or at least lessen the outbreak. Hospitals are full with Covid-19 patients, Doctors and nurses are at high-risk of getting infected. There’s no public transportation available, special service arrangements must be provided and not all hospitals has the resources. Some hospitals even asked their medical personnel to stay in the hospital instead of going back and forth to and from their houses. With this challenge, Hotel Sogo stepped in. To give these medical personnel a safe place to stay in, near the hospitals they are working , Hotel Sogo has recently allocated 857 free rooms to healthcare workers , which cost about Php60-million in coordination with 11 hospital directors and various City Mayors. Hotel Sogo stands true with its tagline, “So Clean, So Good,” even under this pandemic.   The hotels placed hand sanitizers at all access points, and social dista...

March 9, 2020. Hotel Sogo has recently opened to the public its 41 st branch located in one of the busiest roads of Quezon City, Mindanao Avenue , where SM North Edsa, Trinoma and Vertis North is just a few walks away. “At Hotel Sogo, our task is to continuously provide our guests with the best first-class hotel experience they can get from a very affordable price. With pride in authentic Filipino hospitality and innovation in our services, we believe that we can keep up with what our guest wants – a home away from home. Our newest branch focuses on serving passion-oriented people within the economic hub of Quezon City. This won’t be like any other hotel, just from the look of our facade, lobby, modernized rooms, and with top-notch customer service, there’s more reason to enjoy staying with us here at Hotel Sogo Mindanao Ave. As cliché as it may be the ‘New year, new me’ also applies with us - New Year, new opportunities and a bright future awaits the company. With...