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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December 9, 2011
There are many factors responsible for this, but the key reasons are: poor infrastructure, poor tourism promotion; and weak cooperation between travel agents and service providers. These combine to make tour prices in Vietnam less competitive than those in other countries, Nguyen Cong Hoan, vice director of travel agent Hanoi Redtour, told Thanh Nien [...]
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September 10, 2011
The Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi and the Nam Hai in Hoi An share top billing as Asia’s best leisure properties for 2011, according to an online poll by Smart Travel Asia, an authority on the regional travel industry. The results of the three-month Best in Travel Poll 2011 were culled from votes cast by [...]
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August 7, 2011
Vietnam hopes new resort complex on southern island will be a major fillip for tourism industry Phu Quoc Island, where the government plans to develop a casino resort With a multi-billion dollar casino project already in motion, hopes are now high in the tourism industry that Phu Quoc will turn into a resort island [...]
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July 24, 2011
A man uses his mobile phone in Lenin Park, Hanoi. Many parks across Vietnam have been taken legally or illegally for projects to build hotels and trade centers. While many countries in the world are currently working to restore green spaces with more trees and parks in their metropolitan cities, Vietnam seems to be bucking [...]
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June 11, 2011
The Vietnamese hospitality market performed better in 2010 than at any time since before the financial crisis, with considerable increases in both average room and occupancy rates in high-end hotels and resorts across the country, a survey found. The survey, released by the accounting and consulting firm Grant Thornton Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh [...]
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May 24, 2011
 (L-R) Four Filipinos, Estreuta M. Debelem, Aserdin Cadion Eduardo, Pineda Sevilla Regina, and Elizag Jovito Corpuz, were arrested in Ho Chi Minh City on May 3, 2010 in a gambling con investigation. They were released and not charged with the crime. Last May, Ho Chi Minh City police arrested four Filipino nationals as they [...]
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May 14, 2011
The Vietnamese site of Hotels.com Online accommodation provider Hotels.com on Thursday announced the launch of new websites in Vietnam and Indonesia with localized content, allowing travelers to book over 135,000 hotels. “Indonesia and Vietnam are amongst the key growth areas for online travel and, with our unsurpassed hotel offering, we believe the new sites will [...]
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May 2, 2011
Saigon Café at Sheraton Saigon Hotels and Towers offers a Mexican Fiesta every Thursday. This May, the Sheraton Saigon Hotels and Towers in Ho Chi Minh City will offer a Labor Day brunch and dinner, a special Mother’s Day feast and a weekly Mexican Fiesta. Every Thursday night, the hotel’s Saigon Café will host a [...]
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March 12, 2011
The Caravelle Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi and the Hilton Hanoi Opera have made it onto the ‘Top 20 Hotels for Value Overall’ list created by Travel + Leisure, one of the two best-selling travel magazines in North America. “Value is one of the hottest travel trends of [...]
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