HANOI (Feb. 13, 2020) — Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi has been awarded a Five-Star rating—the top level of recognition—from Forbes Travel Guide in the independent ratings agency’s assessment of luxury hotels, restaurants and spas in Vietnam. “Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi is a supremely beautiful hotel, inside and out. Every corner is a compelling photo opportunity,...
Not all hotel industry awards are cut from the same bolt of silk. Some are pay-for-play propositions that mean little, at the end of the day, since you pay for what you get. Others are the distillation of a meaningful effort. Among those are DestinAsian’s Readers’ Choice Awards. The 2020 Awards were announced Feb. 2,...
HO TRAM, Vietnam (Jan. 21, 2020) — The Bluffs Ho Tram Strip has retained its standing as one of thebest golf courses in the world, according to Golf Digest The club on Vietnam’s south-central coast came in at no. 76 in the third instalment of the planet’s most widely-read golf publication’s ‘World 100 Greatest Golf...
YANGON, Myanmar (Dec. 5, 2019) — “Of the many golf courses I have seen in the world, Pun Hlaing Golf Club has to be in the top five. It reminds me of Augusta, Georgia”. So said golfing legend Gary Player back in 2002. Of course, he may have been patting himself on the back when...
CAM RANH, Vietnam (Nov. 8, 2019) – The Anam, a 77-villa and 136-room resort overlooking Vietnam’s pristine Long Beach, has clinched four 2019 Haute Grandeur Global Excellence Awards. The five-star resort was recognised as the ‘Best Corporate Resort on a Global Level’, ‘Best Villa Resort in Asia’, ‘Most Luxurious Suite in Asia’ for ‘The Anam...
KOH SAMUI, Thailand (Nov. 6, 2019) — Countless hours of kneading muscles appears to have paid off for the team at Banyan Tree Spa Samui after they won a Kinnari Gold Award at the Thailand Tourism Awards in Bangkok recently. The prestigious awards — recognized by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation and overseen by...
LANG CO, Vietnam (October 21, 2019) — GOLF courses all over Asia are often anchored by a great hotel. Until now, however, no club could boast of having not just one, but two of the region’s highest rated resorts within a well-struck iron shot of the clubhouse. Such a scenario has just come to pass...
HUE (Aug. 27, 2019) – Azerai La Residence, Hue, the historic 122-room boutique hotel in the former imperial capital of Vietnam, has been named one of the “World’s 100 Greatest Places” for 2019 by Time magazine. The recognition by one of the world’s oldest and most respected news magazines places Azerai La Residence, Hue—the second...
HO TRAM, Vietnam (July 30, 2019) — Ever since its debut five years ago, The Bluffs Ho Tram Strip has been in the vanguard of Vietnam’s emergence as one of Asia’s most exciting destinations for golf. Its efforts to grow the game in the Southeast Asian nation were given the official seal of approval last...
CAM RANH, Vietnam (June 20, 2019) – Australia is taking a shine to one of Vietnam’s most compelling new destinations — Cam Ranh. One of the country’s leading media — Luxury Travel Magazine — has this month called out The Anam on Long Beach as the “Best Overseas Luxury Resort” in its 2019 Gold List...
