January 2, 2012
Hotels in Vietnam trade on the past to further their 21st century ambitions Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi hotel, which hosted well-known novelists such as Graham Greene and Somerset Maugham, is famous with classic French architecture After the sun sinks among the limestone karsts of Ha Long Bay, the stars come out, to pepper the [...]
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September 13, 2009
Philip Crouch and family pose for a photo during the Phu My Bridge Fun Run on September 6 Philip Crouch, General Manager of Personal Banking ANZ Vietnam, has applied the Vietnamese tradition of respecting family values in educating his three children during his more than eight years here. âMy three sons are truly made-in-Vietnam products,â [...]
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July 31, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The downturn in global tourism and business travel continues to impact on hotels in HCMC as occupancy and room rates took a double-digit plunge in the second quarter. The luxury hotels’ room rates saw a quarter-on-quarter drop of 13.3% to around US$134 per night.According to CB Richard Ellis Vietnam (CBRE), a market research [...]
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July 20, 2009
Buyers will be able to purchase Skoda cars without visiting the showroom or leaving home, as the Volkswagen-owned Czech unit becomes the first auto maker in China on Sunday to launch online buying services. Volkswagen Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn gives a speech during the opening ceremony of the new technological centre for Skoda Auto in [...]
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May 13, 2009
LookAtVietnam – InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) will inaugurate a second luxury hotel in Vietnam in September this year and introduce more brands to new projects in this market in the future, a senior executive said. IHG regional general manager for Vietnam Philip Riley at a meeting with reporters in a temporary office at the InterContinental [...]
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March 10, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Park Hyatt Saigon has been voted “World’s Best Hotel in Asia” in the 13th Annual World’s Best Awards Readers’ Survey conducted by Travel + Leisure, the American travel and lifestyle magazine. Michael Golden (L), the hotel’s general manager and his director of marketing Aaishah Bohari pose for a photo with the “The World’s [...]
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February 17, 2009
The Sheraton Nha Trang Hotel and Spa is scheduled to open this July in the beach city of Nha Trang, according to its general manager Scott Hodgetts. An artist’s impression of the Sheraton Nha Trang Hotel and Spa.LookAtVietnam – The Sheraton Nha Trang Hotel and Spa is scheduled to open this July in the beach [...]
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