Iloilo City is one of the fastest-growing cities in the Philippines. Located in Panay Island at the Western Visayas region, the city is quickly transforming into a hotbed for commercial activities because of its large population of professionals and educated workers, and as a prime example of contemporary cultural development because of its commitment to preserving the local heritage structures and fostering its various artistic and creative communities.
Iloilo Convention Center
WordCamp Iloilo 2018 will be held at Iloilo Convention Center. It is a convention center in the Iloilo Business Park in Mandurriao, Iloilo City, Philippines. The state-of-the-art convention center was designed by Ilonggo architect, William Coscolluela. The design was inspired by Iloilo’s Dinagyang and Paraw Regatta festivals. The paraw is a native double outrigger sailboat in the Visayas region, used in the annual Paraw Regatta Festival sailboat race. Abstract designs of the famous Dinagyang Festival are featured on the glass walls of the center.
HOW TO GET TO ILOILO
By Air
The Iloilo International Airport is located in Cabatuan town, which is located 24 km north of the city and is built with state-of-the-art design techniques and facilities.
Philippine Airlines averages five (5) flights daily from Manila to Iloilo and vice-versa; four (4) flights from Cebu to Iloilo and vice-versa; and a single flight to and from General Santos City every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday.
Cebu Pacific Airlines, on the other hand, averages six (6) daily flights from and to Manila; three (3) daily flights from and to Cebu, Cagayan de Oro, Davao, Palawan, and General Santos; flights from and to Singapore about two-to-three times a week; and flights from and to Hong Kong two (2) times a week.
By Sea
Fort San Pedro in downtown Iloilo services passengers from and to Manila every three times a week; daily to and from Cebu daily except on Mondays; and once to and from Cagayan de Oro to Iloilo and vice-versa every weekend.
If traveling from Bacolod City, passengers have either of the two (2) options:
- Via fast craft through the Philippine Ports Authority in Lapuz, which ferries passengers around eight (8) times a day; or
- Via a Roll-On / Roll-Off (RORO) water vessel, which is designed to carry wheeled vehicles, through the Port of Dumangas that is located approximately 29 kms. from Iloilo City and runs an average of nineteen (19) trips daily.
When traveling to Guimaras Island, passengers can take the motorboat either through the Ortiz Wharf, which runs sixty (60) trips daily to Jordan; or via the Parola Terminal, which averages about thirty (30) trips daily to Buenavista.
By Land Transport
Buses, jeepneys and Public Utility Vans (PUVs) ply Iloilo Province’s well-developed highway and road networks.
Public terminals bound for out-of-town provinces beyond Iloilo City are also strategically located throughout the metropolis. Two of the most notable ones are the following:
- Molo Terminal, which runs the southbound routes going up to Antique Province; and
- Tagbak Terminal in Jaro, which runs the northbound routes up to Boracay, Aklan and is also near the Ceres Bus Terminal, which also covers the same routes.