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This article was written by Jason Domantay and was published on Yahoo! Southeast Asia.
More than couples, there’s another group of people who are feeling all the love this Valentine’s Day and they are the entrepreneurs.
Many businessmen work around the occasion, which is not even a holiday, just to lure more customers and accommodate all the requests for the day.
Mandarin hotel’s E-commerce and PR manager Erika Aquino said that they don’t have as many guests “normal days.†She adds that the hotel’s occupancy reaches to 75 percent during weekends.
However, it’s a different story come Valentine’s Day because all their rooms get booked. “On Valentine’s Day, hotel-wise it’s even more popular than the Christmas season,†Aquino revealed.
To spice up the occasion, their hotel offers room packages complete with expensive champagne bottles, chocolates and even massages and hair cuts.
Also doing brisk business this Valentine’s Day is the restaurant industry. As we all know, a lot of couples like mark the day with an intimate meal.
Caron Santiago-Macasaet of Melo’s Restaurant says that during Valentine’s Day, more than one hundred guests dine in every branch. She added that favorite requests of the diners are the steaks as well as Rockefeller Oysters.
“We make sure our stocks are complete (and) we do a lot of advertising for Valentine’s Day,†she said.
Of course, there is no Valentine’s Day without giving away flowers to the ladies. Dustin Andaya of Philippine Cut Flower Corporation, who runs Island Rose, shared that their sales tend to increase more than 150 percent from their regular days. Continue reading

Nadia Montenegro and her daughter posed for the camera with their bunch of roses from Island Rose after a taping for Kapuso’s Love ni Mister, Love ni Misis.

Pretty as ever, Heart Evangelista showed off her bouquet of Island Rose bouquet after taping for Love ni Mister, Love ni Misis.

Chyna Hortaleza, GMA 7 talent, posed with her red roses after a taping for Love ni Mister, Love ni Misis.