03 Dec

2025

Radisson Hotel Group signs three strategic hotels in the Philippines, introducing a dual brand at SM Mall of Asia and expanding in Santa Rosa

Radisson Hotel Group has signed three new properties in the Philippines, with SM Hotels and Conventions Corporation strengthening its presence in Metro Manila and Greater Manila and reinforcing the country’s

01 Dec

2025

SM Prime: Holistic Retail Architecture for Climate and Community

As conversations around climate action intensify, SM Prime Holdings, Inc. believes that climate-smart solutions should translate into practical, everyday benefits for business and communities. Starting from LED retrofits as an

01 Dec

2025

SM Cares Delivers Over 70,000 Books to Library Communities Nationwide

In celebration of its 40th anniversary, SM Cares, the corporate social responsibility arm of SM Supermalls, wrapped up the Book Nook Book Donation Drive with an inspiring show of community

01 Dec

2025

Over 50,000 Volunteers Join SM Cares Coastal Cleanup Drives

SM Supermalls continues to advance its commitment to environmental sustainability with the successful rollout of its 2025 coastal cleanup initiatives, culminating in the youth-centered National Day for Youth Climate in

28 Nov

2025

SM Prime Backs Women Leaders Advancing Disaster Risk Reduction Across Asia Pacific

SM Prime Holdings Inc. (SM Prime) reinforced its push for climate resilience as Vice President for Design, Innovation and Strategy Jessica Sy joined regional policymakers and development leaders at the

27 Nov

2025

SM Prime Invests P3.6 Billion for SMX Seaside Cebu to Boost MICE Growth in the Visayas

Pasay City, Philippines [November 27, 2025] – SM Hotels and Conventions Corp. (SMHCC), the hospitality arm of SM Prime Holdings Inc. (SM Prime), is set to open the SMX Convention

25 Nov

2025

Costa Del Hamilo invests P3B to build eco-resort community in Batangas

Pasay City, Philippines [November 25, 2025] – SM Prime Holdings, Inc. (SM Prime), through its leisure resort residences developer Costa Del Hamilo Inc., is investing P3 billion in M Village,

24 Nov

2025

SM Hotels’ Taal Vista Hotel to Unveil Renovated Lake Wing Rooms in 2026

A timeless masterpiece, reimagined. The year 2026 marks an exciting new chapter for SM Hotels & Conventions Corporation’s (SMHCC) flagship property in Tagaytay, Taal Vista Hotel, as it unveils the

21 Nov

2025

SM Prime: Shaping a Decarbonized Future for Malls

With the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) taking place in Belem, Brazil, this November, the momentum to focus on lasting solutions for the planet’s climate crises comes at its

19 Nov

2025

Celebrating Excellence: SM Prime Recognized at Best Employers 2026 Awards

SM Prime received its recognition at the Philippine Daily Inquirer’s Best Employers 2026 Awards last November 17, where we were named one of the country’s top employers in the real

20 Jan

2019

Henry Sy Sr., retail king and mall tycoon, 94

MANILA, Philippines — His legacy of hard work, simple living and a firm belief in the value of education lives on in his family and in the thousands of lives he had touched through his numerous businesses and philanthropic activities.

20 Jan

2019

Henry Sy, 94, Dies; Philippines’ Richest Man and a Shopping Mall Tycoon

MANILA — Henry Sy, a tycoon known as the “father of modern Philippine retail,” whose chain of super malls changed the country’s retail landscape, died on Saturday in Manila. He was 94.

20 Jan

2019

Mall tycoon Henry Sy pumanaw na

MANILA, Philippines — Pumanaw na ang pi­na­kamayamang tao sa Pilipinas at may-ari ng SM na si Henry Sy Sr. sa edad na 94.

20 Jan

2019

Henry Sy: Ultimate success through sheer hard work

THE FILIPINO business community has lost one of its strongest pillars with the demise on Saturday of property and banking taipan Henry Sy Sr., patriarch of the SM group.

20 Jan

2019

US ambassador offers condolences to Sy family

MANILA, Philippines — US Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim expressed his condolences to the bereaved family of mall magnate Henry Sy Sr., who passed away on Saturday.

20 Jan

2019

Henry Sy dies at 94

Henry Sy, who became a billionaire by parlaying a shoe store into the biggest retailer in the Philippines, has died. He was 94.

20 Jan

2019

Philippines’ richest man Sy dies in his sleep at 94

MANILA: The Philippines’ wealthiest man, Henry Sy, who rose from being a penniless Chinese immigrant to leading a multi-billion dollar business empire, died, his conglomerate has announced. The 94-year-old, from

20 Jan

2019

Henry Sy understood the needs of the poor

Having been dirt poor once, Henry Sy Sr. completely understood what it was to be poor and the needs of the poor. When he started his business in 1958, he

20 Jan

2019

Philippines’ richest man Sy dies at 94

In this file photo taken on May 16, 2013, Philippine property tycoon Henry Sy arrives for the opening of one of his shopping malls, the SM Aura, in Manila.

19 Jan

2019

How SM’s Henry Sy Sr. started with ten centavos and became Southeast Asia’s richest man

Henry Sy Sr.’s rags-to-riches story should serve as an inspiration to Filipinos who may not have much in life apart from their big hopes and dreams. Henry Sy Sr. opened

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