Chapter 13
Jojo followed Francesca and Jizelle around the hotel and took notes. The resort had large suite rooms, and one dining room with a bar that made most of the money for the hotel. Francesca admitted that the initial costs of bringing in marble and the best teak and mahogany cost the Lopezes considerable sums. The best money well spent was in the plumbing. Unfortunately, the resort relied on the local infrastructure to provide water, and because of recent problems in Palawan, the water wasn’t potable. Francesca wanted to make the hotel more eco-friendly, by installing solar panels, a rain catchment system, and reuse of irrigation. This would require some re-engineering. Jizelle was on board and Jojo was on the fence on whether this was a good investment overall. After the tour conc
