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Meliá Ho Tram’s door women and waitresses don abstract interpretations of the iconic Vietnamese ao dai costume designed by Chula Fashion, turning many a holidaymaker’s head with captivating experiments in pattern and colour that also retain the feminine lines of the iconic garment.
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Meliá Ho Tram Beach Resort Forays Into Sustainable Fashion

HO TRAM, Vietnam (Feb. 27, 2020) – Meliá Ho Tram Beach Resort is dressing its staff in a runway-worthy collection of apparel that brings a bold, contemporary layer to Vietnamese culture, after joining forces with a sustainable fashion house. The 17-hectare resort overlooking Ho Tram beach has teamed up with Hanoi-based Chula Fashion to put...

Memories Reshuffles GMs in Myanmar
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Memories Reshuffles GMs in Myanmar

YANGON, Myanmar (Feb. 24, 2020) — Myanmar tourism trailblazers Memories Group has announced the appointment of Mr. Thibaut Stettler as Hotel Manager at Awei Metta hotel in Yangon, while outgoing GM Mr Eric Laurent takes over as General Manager at the firm’s sister resort, Awei Pila, in the Mergui Archipelago. Though just 30 years old,...

Panen Padi Lounge
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New Tapas Lounge Panen Padi Opens in Tanah Gajah, a Resort by Hadiprana

BALI, Indonesia (Feb. 20, 2020) –  After 15 years in the doldrums, a Balinese building that was once the heart of Hendra Hadiprana’s private estate has been reimagined as a new tapas lounge, Panen Padi, at Tanah Gajah, a Resort by Hadiprana. The noted Indonesian architect, who fashioned the Balinese resort as a family retreat...

The Most Anticipated Hotel and Resort Openings in Asia in 2020
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The Most Anticipated Hotel and Resort Openings in Asia in 2020

Alma Cam Ranh Situated on Vietnam’s emerging Cam Ranh peninsula fronting Long Beach, Alma resort commands some 30 hectares of inspiring ground. Emblematic of Vietnam’s maturation as a destination, the bold and spacious integrated resort offers 580 oversized suites and pavilions that all afford sweeping vistas of the ocean, including contemporary three bedroom oceanfront pavilions...

Wedding Reception
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Marry Me Abroad

Oh so many honeymoons involve powder-white sand, palm trees, turquoise seas and that sunset — you know the one. And they’re big business for resort hotels around the world. But the city need not play second fiddle when it comes to honeymooning. After all, there’s no place like the city for a cornucopia of eating and...

Metropole Hanoi Awarded 5-Star Rating from Forbes Travel Guide
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Metropole Hanoi Awarded 5-Star Rating from Forbes Travel Guide

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,...

Heritage Line Anouvong plots a course along the Mekong River in central and northern Laos
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Heritage Line to Chart New Waters on Upper Mekong

LUANG PRABANG, LAOS (Feb. 12, 2020) — One of Southeast Asia’s leading boutique cruise operators Heritage Line, is making progress on its sumptuous new ten-berth ship Anouvong, which will be the first luxury boat to ply the upper-Mekong river in Laos upon its launch later this year. “We are well on course to complete Anouvong...

GHM Plants Chedi Flag in the Maldives
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GHM Plants Chedi Flag in the Maldives

SINGAPORE (Feb. 4, 2020) — GHM has announced plans to launch The Chedi Kudavillingili, its first resort in the Maldives, later this year. The 99-villa property will feature 36 overwater villas, a 150-metre-long central pool and desirable proximity to the Malé International Airport, a 25-minute speedboat ride away. Located on a 1-kilometre coral island called...

Baby Luna, left, has made her debut as the youngest member of the greenskeeping staff at Laguna Golf Lang Co
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Baby Luna Joins The Family Firm

LANG CO, Vietnam (Feb. 4, 2020) —  A family of water buffalo greenkeepers, famous for tending to the rice paddies on one of Vietnam’s top-rated golf courses, has welcomed a new member to the workforce: new-born baby Luna. The bovine brood — father Tu Phat, mother Chi Chi and their eldest calf Bao — sprang...

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