I just noticed recently that most new beach resorts in Marinduque have foreign sounding names. In 1996 when we first constructed Chateau Du Mer Beach Resort, it was the only beach resort or hotel with a non-english or tagalog name. Today, there are several beach resorts with either Spanish, Portuguese or Italian derived names. A good example is Bellarocca Resort ( beautiful rock) in Buenavista. Bellarocca is a five-star resort and touted to be one of the best in Southeast Asia. Another example is a small beach resort in Balaring named Tierra Azurras ( is this Portuguese?). Of course,, there is the old Villa sa APLAYA in Ihatub and Casa de Azul ( Blue House) in Buenavista). The older hotels have tagalog or English names such as the Boac Hotel, Tahanan Sa Isok, East Point Hotel, Blue Seas and Love Bay Resort.
I guess naming the resort with non-tagalog names denote class and distinction. In the case of Chateau Du Mer, we selected the name after considering more than dozen names with the goal of attracting European specially French or Canadian tourists. We believe this goal was achieved since our first European guests were from France about 4 years ago. Today, we are attracting more American tourists. The disadvantage of the non-tagalog name, is that majority of the locals have a hard time pronouncing it, thus name recognition is slightly impaired. Anyway, we believed that Chateau Du Mer is a good name and the second building we will be constructing next year will be named Bella Chateau. Cheers and Good Day to ALL!
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