The Mount Data Hotel is a hotel in Bauko, Mountain Province, Philippines, noted in Philippine History as the venue of the signing of the Mount Data peace accord which ended hostilities between the Philippine Government and the Cordillera People's Liberation Army - an event that was a major contributor to the establishment of the Cordillera Administrative Region.
| Mt. Data Hotel | |
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| Alternative names | Mount Data Hotel |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Town or city | Bauko, Mountain Province |
| Country | Philippines |
| Coordinates | 16°51′09″N 120°51′48″E / 16.85258°N 120.86338°E |
| Management | Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 22 |
The hotel was closed in 2005 and was only reopened in 2022, under the administration of the Philippines' Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority.
History
editMt. Data Hotel was built by the Philippine Tourism Authority (PTA)[1] during the administration of then President Diosdado Macapagal[2] in order to encourage tourism in the Mountain Province, as well as the central Cordillera region.[1]
The hotel became known as the venue of the signing of the Mount Data peace accord or sipat on September 13, 1986, which ended hostilities between the Philippine national government represented by then President Corazon Aquino and the Cordillera People's Liberation Army led by Conrado Balweg. The peace deal led to the establishment of the Cordillera Administrative Region.[3]
The PTA closed the hotel in February 2005,[2] but later transferred the management of the hotel to the Mountain Province government in 2006 and tasked the provincial government to renovate the hotel's facilities and find a suitable entity to manage the hotel in ten years. The Mountain Province operated the hotel for ten years but had to failed to fulfill provisions of its deal to renovate the hotel.[4]
Administration reverted to the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA, which was formerly the PTA) in February 2016. A renovation was planned but the hotel was temporarily closed due to delays on the implementation of the renovation.[3] TIEZA began renovation on the hotel in early 2020 and plans to reopen the hotel within the latter part of the same year.[1]
Facilities
editIn 2017, Mt. Data Hotel reportedly has 22 rooms.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Mount Data Hotel now undergoing rehab". Herald Express. February 17, 2020. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
- ^ a b "GMA spends first day at work in Sagada".
- ^ a b "Rehabilitation of Mount Data hotel pressed". Herald Express. April 23, 2018. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
- ^ a b See, Dexter (March 30, 2017). "Bauko LGU to manage Mount Data hotel and museum". The Manila Standard. Retrieved October 4, 2020.