vietnam wins best asian travel brands 2011

Vietnam wins Best Asian Travel Brands 2011

The Sofitel Legend Metropole Hotel Hanoi and the Nam Hai Resort in the central Hoi An city shared top billing as Asia’s best leisure properties for this year via an online poll by Hong Kong-based travel and trade journal Smart Travel Asia.
metropole hanoi nam hai voted as asias no1 hotel resort h kong journal

Metropole Hanoi, Nam Hai voted as Asia’s No1 hotel, resort: H Kong journal

The Sofitel Legend Metropole Hotel Hanoi and The Nam Hai Resort in Hoi An shared top billing as Asia’s best leisure properties for this year via an online poll by Hong Kong-based travel and trade journal Smart Travel Asia.
rusalka resort set to finally see light of day

Rusalka resort set to finally see light of day

After a six-year delay, it looks like curtains for the Rusalka resort project on Nha Trang Bay.
sun sets on the central coasts tourism projects

Sun sets on the central coast’s tourism projects

Delays in developing tourism projects in central Thua Thien-Hue province have been prolonged for so many years that the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) proposed some of them be scrapped. VIR takes a closer look at the state of play.
ceo group to build resort complex in phu quoc

CEO group to build resort complex in Phu Quoc

CEO Group will build the Sonasea Villas & Resort complex covering 77.16 hectares in Phu Quoc district in the southern province of Kien Giang at an estimated cost of over four trillion VND.
kien giang province scraps tardy resort project

Kien Giang province scraps tardy resort project

Kien Giang province has accepted a recommendation by the local Department of Planning and Investment to cancel the licence issued to Kien Giang Tourist to build the Phu Tu Resort for failing to furnish a 1/500-scale plan for the 144,000-square-metre project.
curtain rises on pointe91

Curtain rises on Pointe91

Philand Ranch, a wholly-owned subsidiary of America’s Phil Group, last week started construction of the $30 million Bien Rang resort in the Chu Lai Economic Zone.
let the good times roll

Let the good times roll!

By 2013 the Ho Tram Strip will feature Vietnam’s first large-scale integrated resort helping to catapult this destination to the forefront of regional tourism.
in the lap of luxury

In the lap of luxury

Hot on the heels of Vinpearl Luxury Nha Trang Resort’s opening last month, Vinpearl Joint Stock Company has cut the red ribbon at Vinpearl Luxury Danang Resort.
green light for 4bn south hoi an project

Green light for $4bn South Hoi An project

VinaCapital and Genting Group have permission to reclaim a large area in Quang Nam province to implement a multi-billion dollar recreation resort project.
ho tram to be the pinnacle of entertainment

Ho Tram to be the pinnacle of entertainment

“We will offer something unique to our future visitors and they will have a variety of means to come and enjoy what we will be offering.”
new air link between hcmc and phan thiet

New air link between HCMC and Phan Thiet

Vietnam Air Service Company (VASCO), a helicopter service provider, has coordinated with Sea Links City, to offer a new air service link from Ho Chi Minh City to the Phan Thiet resort town on June 11.
pinnacle entertainment invests 95 million in acdl

Pinnacle Entertainment invests $95 million in ACDL

Asian Coast Development (Canada) Ltd. (ACDL), the owner and developer of the Ho Tram Strip beachfront complex of destination integrated resorts and residential developments in southern Vietnam, announced today that it has entered into a subscription agreement with Pinnacle Entertainment, under which Pinnacle will acquire a 26 per cent equity interest in ACDL in exchange for a $95 million investment.
chen sea resort launches signature spa treatment

Chen Sea Resort launches signature spa treatment

Chen Sea Resort & Spa Phu Quoc, located at Phu Quoc island in Vietnam and part of the Centara Boutique Collection, has announced a new signature spa treatment at its SPA Cenvaree.
hotel collection indochine manages ana mandara

Hotel Collection Indochine manages Ana Mandara

Hotel and resort management company Hotel Collection Indochine announced that it operated resort Ana Mandara which had last week opened in northern Ninh Binh province, a 90-minute drive from Hanoi.