City of Dreams Manila from local and international acts such as Gary Valenciano, Zsa Zsa Padilla, Ne-Yo and Kelly Rowland dubbed as the "Concert of Dreams" to mark its grand launch. City of Dreams Manila is a sister resort to City of Dreams in Macau. It is the second of four billion dollar casinos to rise in Manila's gaming strip after Solaire Resort & Casino which opened in March 2013. The resort consists of six hotel towers with 938 rooms, which includes a Nobu Hotel, Nuwa (formerly Crown Towers) and a Hyatt Regency Hotel (rebranded from Hyatt). It has 289 gaming tables, 1,620 slot
Robert Clyde Packer (1904-1996). Packer died of heart failure at age 54 while on board the P & O ship, RMS "Maloja". The ship was cruising on the Mediterranean at the time. Packer was pronounced dead at Marseille, France and his son Frank inherited his publishing interests, expanding them into a formidable media empire, which was expanded still further by Frank's son Kerry and grandson, James. He was buried on 21 May 1934 in the Packer family mausoleum at South Head Cemetery. He left an estate valued at ₤54,706 to his wife, son and daughter. His wife, Ethel Packer died in Wellington, New