The Durian Hotel, structured at the center of the busy street of Davao City, was once a popular destination and a favorite place for tourists to nestle. It is a 12-storey building and its name was derived from the Davaowenyos iconic fruit; the durian. It has a complete and up-to-date facilities during its time, and could profoundly accomodate a lot of guests.
By that time, Davao was starting to progressively elevate in its economic activities and is expecting plenty of tourists, both national and foreign, to have a traffic response in the city. Highlighting the most peak events in Davao; are the festivals like Kadayawan and the Araw ng Dabaw.
Unexpectedly at the peak of the city's economic boom, Durian Hotel suddenly closed its doors for everyone up to this day. It is a very intriguing subject to think about as to why they abruptly released such decision. What we have in our knowing right now are just mere hearsays of what other people have shared. It is more of a "chismis" even now. Curiously, why is there no one would like to open it again inspite of its huge advantage and opportunity of the place?
Here are some of the CHISMIS reasons about the Durian Hotel
1. It is Haunted
In the video, it shows that the elevator is functioning by itself. It was observed that during night time, this keeps on happening. One strong reason might suggest, that this kind of unexplainable matters led to the business own demise.
2. The bank sold it because it was simply a business bankruptcy
This particular reason is obvious and common to businesses. What we wanted to know is the "why". What really drives the business to go down? And just wondering who bought the building, why not make it operational this time? We haven't really heard of a plan about the place.
3. The cliche reasons; the owner is a gambler, the owner is an addict, and evasion to pay debts/government bills which led to compunding interest.
Well, we are not really given an official answer to this mystery to give light in our questions. But maybe, anytime soon we will hear of the Durian Hotel once again.
As far as i know the reason for the bankruptcy is hindi nila nakayang isupport ang expantion that they made thats why they closed it down. And i've heard that it was bought by big8 corporate hotel.
ReplyDeleteThe elevator is functioning at night because it is currently being restored daw by the one who bought it. .there were actually people staying inside for the restoration.
ReplyDeleteFormer owner was Escora and not the Bangayans. It will open soon as Big 8 corporate Hotel Davao with more or less 150 guest rooms. The elevator video was maliciously uploaded. Since its closure, Metrobank deployed stay-in security guards who were responsible for that incident. Fact check. -JD alvarado architects
ReplyDeleteThe elevator runs up and down not because the place is haunted... my moms says it is because Metrobank hired maintenance staff to make sure that everything is in good running condition, such as the elevator, when they will sell it.
ReplyDeleteBinili ng former employer ko ang Durian Hotel. The BMQ Group of Companies ang bumili ng nasabing builiding. It will be I guess the second Big 8 Corporate Hotel in Mindanao. May mga tao sa loob to check the building and etc if it is fully operational pa.
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