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This coming August 25, 2011, the Certified Public Accountants from Mindanao will meet in General Santos City for the ACPAMIN Convention to be held at Phela Grande Convention Center. I looked it up in google and was pleased to see that Phela Grande is not just a convention center but has a hotel as well and it would mean that the delegates for the ACPAMIN Convention would have a sure place to stay in General Santos City. To go to the website of Phela Grande Hotel, just click http://www.phelagrandehotel.com/.

You can also make an online reservation at their website. The rates go as low as P854 for a single room to P2,196 for suite accommodation. Published rates in their website already includes E-VAT and service charge.

The location of Phela Grande Hotel and Convention Center is a little off and away from the city proper but it's actually accessible for the people who will be going their by bus because as I have seen from the map, it is near Bulaong terminal. But it is just located along the National Highway so it is still accessible.

Important update: Phela Grande Hotel's location is DIFFERENT from that of the Phela Grande Convention Center. The hotel is located at Ramon Magsaysay Street (landmark: Jollibee in Pioneer St.) while the Convention center is at the National Highway.

General Santos City

I've been to General Santos City countless times already and I'll be going back on the last week of August to attend to an event hosted by PICPA. I wonder how GenSan has changed since the Air Supply Concert? Wow, I can't believe that I went there on a monthly basis for two long years (2006 to 2008).

The event that I will be attending will be running for three days and because of that, I need a good hotel to stay in. I prefer affordable but decent accommodation and I'm sure GenSan has a lot of that. From the past PICPA Conventions I've attended, I always stayed with a group. This time, I'm not so sure if somebody would accompany me. But I'm okay going there alone because I'm already familiar with General Santos City.

Oh wait, the last time I went to Gensan for the Air Supply Concert last October 2009, I had a photo taken with the Philippine Boxing Champ's lovely wife, Jinkee! Hahaha!