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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October 21, 2011
An underground war bunker has been uncovered at Hanoi’s landmark Metropole Hotel Construction workers at Hanoi’s landmark Metropole Hotel have uncovered an underground war bunker that American folk singer Joan Baez took cover in as her countrymen bombed the capital city. While upgrading a hotel bar in August, the workers found ghostly remnants of those [...]
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October 14, 2011
The redesigned bamboo bar at Hotel Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi Hanoi’s landmark hotel Sofitel Legend Metropole is adding a rooftop garden lounge and has redesigned its bamboo bar for its 110th anniversary. The 300-square-meter open-air garden, Le Balcon, is expected to create a more peaceful atmosphere for Metropole’s morning Pilates and yoga classes. It will [...]
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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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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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April 20, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Weekly exhibition, performance, cinema and dining out information at your fingertips. Plus a list of local festival of the month: time, locations and attraction. – 12 Rounds (US, OV)- Confessions of a Shopaholic (US, OV)- Fast & Furious 4 (US, OV)- Sniper (US, OV)- Race to Witch Mountain (US, OV)- Monsters vs Aliens [...]
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