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Japan’s Toyoko announces plans for 100 hotels

March 07, 2013 | 10:38

Toyoko Inn Group’s ambitious proposal to develop and operate 100, three-star hotels in Vietnam has bolstered hopes for still more investment opportunities in the hospitality sector.

Phu Yen’s hotspots

January 23, 2013 | 14:18

Phu Yen possesses much potential for tourism development.

Four star Novotel Saigon Center opens in HCMC

December 15, 2012 | 08:50

The four star Novotel Saigon Center was officially opened on December 13 at 167 Hai Ba Trung Street in District 3 in Ho Chi Minh City.

A five-star contest for Ho Chi Minh City

December 04, 2012 | 10:07

With the changes in the trend of tourists’ demands for accommodation and the high future supply, a fierce completion among five-star hotel operators in Ho Chi Minh City is expected to happen in 2013.

Vehicle dispute leaves firms on a collision course

November 06, 2012 | 14:18

Wholly Taiwanese-backed Chailease International Leasing and a private Vietnamese company are embroiled in a legal dispute related to a finance lease agreement for five vehicles.

How is luxury defined in Vietnam’s hotel industry, how has the luxury hotel market been evolving, and what are the trends ahead? Paul Stoll, chief development officer of Celadon International investigates

Capital hoteliers are in a fix worse

July 02, 2012 | 14:37

Hanoi hoteliers are facing up to plummeting occupancy and rates.

NASA confirms 'super-Earth' that could hold life

December 06, 2011 | 14:39

In another step toward finding Earth-like planets that may hold life, NASA said the Kepler space telescope has confirmed its first-ever planet in a habitable zone outside our solar system.

More hotel rooms available in HCMC

July 25, 2011 | 14:28

The number of three- to five-star hotels in Ho Chi Minh City has nearly doubled in the last three years to 73 with a total of 9,700 rooms, the city Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has said.

City puts new hotels to bed

May 16, 2011 | 07:34

Ho Chi Minh City is thinking big in its hotel and hospitality development plan to meet international visitors’ accommodation demands.

Nightmare for many high-end hoteliers

April 11, 2011 | 12:00

Hanoi’s five-star hotels can expect sleepless nights ahead as tourists downsize and the high-end slice of the accommodation pie braces for a huge influx of new supply.