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Article: MacArthur's Favorite Home
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- Filipinas
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- October 1, 2009
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Next time you have $2,500* to spare and you want to luxuriate amidst the splendor of history, go to Manila Hotel on Roxas Boulevard, Manila and ask for the MacArthur Suite, cop floor.
Named after General Douglas MacArthur, its first occupant, the suite has hosted some very prominent people. Hillary and Bill Clinton occupied this Suite in 1994 and again in 1996. Several royalty (Prince Charles, Prince Andrew and Queen Beatrice) have slept there, as has Hollywood star Clark Gable.
The Suite comes with its own 24-hour service butler. You'll have a spacious parlor, a kitchen, and a study that houses some of the General s books, pictures of his family, some mementos, and his numerous medals of ...