Max’s Group ventures to open hotel in Quezon City, names it Meranti

The Max's Group of Companies, the House that Fried Chicken built, is now getting into the hotel business, with its first project expected to open next year. The Max’s Group confirmed that is preparing to launch its first hotel, the Meranti, in Quezon City.

"The Max's Group of Companies will be venturing into the hotel business with its first project expected to open early 2015," reports ABS-CBNnews.com.

The 59-room hotel, which will be under the Meranti brand, will operate under Max’s subsidiary RooM Ventures Corp.

Along Scout Tuazon Street and across the company’s heritage store in Quezon City, the Meranti will be equipped with recreational facilities at the start of commercial operations in 2015.

The report noted: "The Max’s Group and Pancake House Inc. recently merged through a PHP4.05 billion share-swap deal to create the country's largest restaurant group. The combined entity now operates Max's Restaurant, Max's Corner Bakery, Krispy Kreme, and Jamba Juice, Pancake House, Yellow Cab, Le Coeur De France, Dencio's, Teriyaki Boy, Singkit, Sizzling Pepper Steak, Kabisera, the Chicken Rice Shop, and Maple."