Coordinates: 16°21′48″N120°10′16″E / 16.3632°N 120.1711°E
Thunderbird Resorts (Philippines), or Thunderbirds Resort-Hotel, is a five-star hotel-resort facing the West Philippine Sea in Northern Luzon, Philippines. It is owned by an international property developer, anchored by casino and providing hospitality services in Asia and Latin America. It has other branches in Costa Rica, India, Nicaragua and Peru. It is located at VOA, Pennsylvania Avenue, Poro Point Special Economic and Freeport Zone,[1]San Fernando, La Union, fronting the finest beaches and facing the Lighthouse beside Wallace Air Station, a United States Air Force (USAF) facility located in the Philippines.[2]
The luxury resort is headed by an independent board of directors led by director, Roberto de Ocampo. The Resort is managed by Peter LeSar, the interim president and CEO, chief financial officer).[3][4][5]
Experience Pure Pleasure at the Paradise of the North. Nestled on a scenic cliff overlooking San Fernando Bay and the West Philippine Sea, Thunderbird Resorts & Casino – Poro Point is a 65 hectare world-class integrated resort and casino in La Union incorporating architectural themes inspired by the Santorini Islands of Greece.
Thunderbird Casino La Union
The resort is surrounded by the Thunderbird Residences that were inaugurated in October 2010. A model unit, Athena is one of the 10 beach homes/villas (under a rental contract) facing the main lobby of the hotel. Chloe, Selene, Alexa and Aphrodite homes are also in the Resort, which has 80 lots (within 15 hectares).[6]
The Mediterranean-inspired architecture of the hotel has an active boardwalk inside a seaside landscape, including a golf & beach club (amid white-sand beaches built upon a scenic cliff/lake-view course standing upon a peninsula of 65 hectares of prime property). Its Fiesta Casinos features slot machines and table games near the Cabana Bar.[3] The Resort overlooks the edge of a headland into the West Philippine Sea.[7]
The amenities include: Deluxe Garden Room, Deluxe Balcony Room and Deluxe VO Room, Olives restaurant, Patio Santorini coffee shop, Vegas Cafe, Pool Bar, Santorini Bar & Lounge, Swimming Pool and Cliffs Golf & Beach Club.[8] The luxury suites are nestled upon a 100-foot cliff at the highest point of the Poro peninsula. A ₱200 million condotel will be erected in the prime property.[9]
San Fernando City La Union
Image gallery[edit]
Thunderbird San Fernando La Union
Dusk panorama of the Resort-Hotel
Panorama of the Prime property in sunset-sea
Right façade
Remote view of the hotel
Right façade
The hotel
Far façade
View from the hotel entrance, driveway
The 2012 Christmas (hotel interior)
The greens guard the white
Swimming pool
The bloody sunset and the calm seas
Poro Point Special Economic and Freeport Zone (San Fernando, La Union) Beach Sunset is one of the most beautiful in Philippines
The lighthouse
The golf course and the far lighthouse at the Wallace Air Station
Panorama of the sunset (the deepest Seas and the Villas, Hotel-Resort)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^'Registrant WHOIS contact information verification | Namecheap.com'. www.poropointfreeport.org.
- ^'Resorts, Hotels and Casinos | Thunderbird Resort'. www.thunderbird-asia.com.
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- ^[2][dead link]
- ^'Thunderbird Resort Poro Point La Union Beach Resort & Hotel'. www.thunderbird-asia.com.
- ^'La Union: A Slice of Santorini Thunderbird Poro Point Resort'. Ironwulf En Route. October 18, 2010.
- ^[3][dead link]
- ^'THUNDERBIRD RESORT PORO POINT $154 ($̶2̶9̶2̶) - Updated 2019 Prices & Hotel Reviews - San Fernando La Union, Philippines'. TripAdvisor.
- ^Salazar, Tess (2012-06-08). 'Santorini-inspired La Union resort dotted with villas'. Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 2012-12-10.
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