10 Hotels with Impressive Presidential Suites | Blog | TravelBook

The Presidential Suite is usually the grandest, most expensive room in a luxury hotel. Not all luxury hotels and resorts have a single designated Presidential Suite—some have similar rooms and villas across the board, or more than one high-end room—but when they do, this suite will be sure to have the largest floor area, the fanciest interiors, and the most prime views.

Anecdotal history has it that the concept of a Presidential Suite first began in the United States, to accommodate President Woodrow Wilson's requirements for the hotels he stayed in outside the White House. Local variations on the Presidential Suite include Royal Suites for countries with monarchies, and our own Manila Hotel's MacArthur Suite, in which General Douglas MacArthur literally lived while he served with the Commonwealth Government of the Philippines.

Most Presidential Suites are just that—a suite of rooms, with living areas, dining areas, and possibly additional bedrooms, assumed to provide the space needed for the occupants' entourage. Some are simply super-sized rooms with more luxurious trappings than the rest of the accommodations in the hotel. A further distinction is the availability of the suite for bookings—most hotels require special arrangements for their top-of-the-line accommodations, and do not publish rates or allow remote reservations.

Though most travelers probably don't have plans to book a Presidential Suite for their next vacation, everyone will be able to appreciate a sneak peek into these luxurious lodgings, to see how the privileged few spend their holidays. Here, we round up seriously impressive Presidential Suites from ten hotels all over the Philippines.