CAM RANH, Vietnam (October 25, 2022) – A giant gingerbread house and glittering winter wonderland display, a Christmas choir performance involving youngsters from a local orphanage, and an artists-in-residence program will be among an array of festivities to usher in Alma’s upcoming season to be jolly. The 30-hectare beachfront resort will host events including Christmas...
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct. 25, 2022) – The new INNSiDE by Meliá Kuala Lumpur Cheras will have a seasoned hospitality professional at the helm when it opens its doors to guests in Q4 2022. Ms. Ada Jian, who has been working as the GM of INNSiDE by Meliá Zhengzhou for the last two years, will take...
HANOI (October. 20, 2022) – It’s rare to find a secret swimming hole that hasn’t already attracted a crowd. Rarer still is that secluded spot having all the creature comforts you may want, while still enjoying the solitude. Avana Retreat has one such place. Carved by nature and masked by dense foliage, the Hidden Spring...
CHIANG MAI, Thailand (20 October, 2022) – Festive afternoon tea and lavish buffets on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve are among an array of festivities with a Mediterranean flair ushering in Meliá Chiang Mai’s first season to be merry. After an April debut in the heart of Chiang Mai, the hotel will host buffets...
HUE, Vietnam (Oct. 19, 2022) — Five hotels and resorts represented by the Balcony Media Group have won coveted spots in the Condé Nast Traveler 2022 Readers’ Choice Awards. Announced in New York on Oct. 5, and in the November print issues of both the US and UK editions, the awards were determined by nearly a...
HANOI, Vietnam (Oct. 13, 2022) — Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi will host a two-week celebration of “spiritual” Korean gastronomy featuring extraordinary dishes created by Chef Jeong Kwan, a Buddhist nun, influential vegan chef (winner of Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants‘ prestigious Icon Award Asia 2022) and a star of the award-winning Netflix series Chef’s Table. Now...
CAM RANH, Vietnam (October 12, 2022) – The Anam Group has called on Laurent Myter, a hospitality veteran with almost three decades’ experience managing luxury hotels and resorts, to spearhead its expansion and oversee its growing number of properties. The group has also named Martin Koerner, who has a substantial background in sales and marketing,...
Balcony Media Group is now representing The Anam Mui Ne in Vietnam, which is planning to celebrate a grand opening in January 2023. With a design inspired by Vietnam’s bygone Indochine-era, the beachfront resort features 127 elegant rooms and suites. An all-day dining restaurant and grill, beachside restaurant and bar, lobby bar, five-treatment room spa,...
CAM RANH, Vietnam (October 10, 2022) – As the hotel industry strives to crawl out of the devastation wreaked by the global pandemic, an independent resort has signed up with South East Asia’s largest privately owned independent hotel management company to tap into its online distribution system. Alma Resort on Vietnam’s Cam Ranh peninsula has...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (Oct. 7, 2022) — Raffles Hotel Le Royal, the iconic 90-year-old luxury hotel in the Cambodian capital, was named one of the Top 10 hotels in Southeast Asia by readers of the US-based travel magazine Condé Nast Traveler. The 175-room landmark heritage property was also ranked the No. 1 hotel in Cambodia in...
