CAM RANH, Vietnam (December 18, 2020) – The Alma resort has appointed two executive sous chefs who bring more than two decades of hospitality experience to 14 restaurants and bars at the new 30-hectare beachfront property. Alma’s general manager Herbert Laubichler-Pichler this month named Mai Ly Huong and Francesco Conzattu as executive sous chefs at...
LANG CO, Vietnam (December 8, 2020) — One of Vietnam’s greenest resorts, Laguna Lang Co, is urging sustainability projects around the nation to take advantage of a new eco grant scheme it has helped to develop. With initiatives including a moratorium on single-use plastics and its “edible golf course” planted with rice fields and tended...
KRABI, Thailand (8 December 2020) — Newly opened Banyan Tree Krabi is welcoming its first guests with attractive promotions on everything from dining to spa treatments to accommodation. Between now and 30 April 2021, the resort has announced that, as an introductory offer, it will award all guests who book through their website a 25%...
KE GA BAY, Vietnam (Dec. 7, 2020) — Azerai Resorts marks the festive season this year at three properties, including their newest resort, Azerai Ke Ga Bay, an elegant and secluded oceanfront retreat located 180km east of Ho Chi Minh City on a sweeping five-kilometer white-sand beach overlooking the East Sea. Throughout the period from Christmas...
HANOI (Dec. 4, 2020) — This Christmas season the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi is celebrating the “Joy of Giving,” while decking the halls with ornamental trees, wreaths, gift boxes, ribbons, and more. The hotel’s “Joy of Giving” theme, which will be brought to life with Metropole Hanoi’s renowned French sophistication and joie de vivre, also...
KE GA BAY, Vietnam (Nov. 30, 2020) – Azerai Ke Ga Bay, an elegant and secluded oceanfront retreat in southeastern Vietnam, debuted this month as the third property in Azerai Resorts’ growing portfolio. The 46-key resort, a combination of suites and private-pool suites, succeeds Princess D’Annam Resort & Spa on the same site following an...
KOH SAMUI, Thailand (Nov. 26, 2020) – Meliá Koh Samui is pulling out all the stops to mark its first Christmas and New Year with jolly good cheer, ushering in experiences ranging from tropical barbeques around beach bonfires and all-day tapas to lighting up a large Christmas tree, a visit by Santa Claus and plenty...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (Nov. 25, 2020) – Hyatt Regency Phnom Penh is set to launch in the Cambodian capital in early 2021, marking the brand’s first venture into one of Asia’s most dynamic cities. With 247 guestrooms including 43 suites, the new contemporary-meets-colonial property is scheduled to open in January 2021 in the heart of...
SINGAPORE (Nov. 24, 2020) — Though the pandemic has rewritten the playbooks of hotel management groups worldwide and precipitated waves of downsizing all over, GHM is ramping up for the robust growth expected once the hospitality industry is back on its feet. The 28-year-old hotel group has moved Ilkin Ilyaszade into place as vice president...
