MANILA, Philippines — He works in a not-so-secret garden in the middle of a luxury hotel complex, away from the glitz and glamor. But City of Dreams Manila’s landscape manager Cirilo Alerta’s star shown bright when he was named “Asia’s Unsung Hero of the Year” at the Stelliers Awards held recently at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. At City of Dreams Manila, his passion and dedication for this initiative drastically lessened the luxury resort’s organic waste, generating thousands in savings and playing a vital role towards achieving City of Dreams Manila’s long-term sustainability goals. Alerta joins 33 other Stelliers awardees in Asia and South Asia, besting their peers from over 100 properties across 19 different countries. Now on its sixth edition under its new identity as Stelliers, the annual awards platform received about 400 applications.

Source: Philippine Star July 20, 2019 16:18 UTC