sentences:  Its impact has been said to have “put Cebu on the map when it opened in 1993” and is frequently cited as creating the tourism boom on the island, known as the “Cebooom.”
  
  The Shangri-La's Mactan Resort & Spa was opened by Wolf Dieter Flecker on October 23, 1993.When first opened, the resort was significantly smaller than it is today, when "the view of the seas [were] unobstructed.