The Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila is a luxury hotel in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines under the Sofitel hotel chain of AccorHotels.
Originally named the Philippine Plaza, it was built during the martial law era administration of President Ferdinand Marcos.
It was one of twelve luxury hotels rushed to construction using funds drawn from Philippine Government finance institutions at the behest of First Lady Imelda Marcos, with the intention of presenting an impression of luxury to the 2000 delegates who would attend the 1976 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, which would be held in Manila that year, and is considered one of the examples of the Marcos couple's "edifice complex" fondness for the use of construction projects as political propaganda.
It stands on land which was originally part of the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex and is owned by the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS)
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