One month ahead of the grand opening of Vietnam’s first Radisson Blu Resort on scenic Phu Quoc island, the international five-star hotel brand has cut the ribbon on a commercial office in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City. Radisson Blu Resort Phu Quoc’s general manager Peter Feran today joined representatives from Vietnam’s tourism industry...
KOH SAMUI, Thailand (May 31, 2018) – A new law aimed at curbing environmental damage will go into effect in July on the Thai islands of Koh Samui, Koh Phangan and Koh Tao. The new measures will include a strict ban for at least the next two years on the feeding of marine life, wastewater...
HANOI (May 24, 2018) – This summer, the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi welcomes guest chef Mickaël Le Calvez to the kitchen at the hotel’s French fine-dining restaurant, Le Beaulieu. Chef Mickaël, who is currently the Executive Sous Chef at Raffles Singapore, is set to sprinkle his culinary wisdom into a series of carefully crafted dishes...
HANOI (May 24, 2018) — A faster future lies ahead for those wanting to visit Vietnam’s most famous natural attraction. On June 1, a new highway connecting capital city Hanoi and UNESCO World Heritage site Halong Bay will open, cutting the four-hour drive time between the popular northern destinations in half. “This is a game-changer,”...
Hotels are never so alluring as they are in the gloaming. The day is done, the night is young, and the property’s engineers are making up their facades, their gardens and their pools for the evening, as artfully as a young woman at her vanity. There’s a reason so many signature shots of hotels are...
TAIPEI, Taiwan (May 8, 2018) – This summer, Taipei’s largest luxury hotel is offering young guests the excitement of an authentic outdoor camping experience, but with all the creature comforts of a five-star hotel. Perfect for little campers, Grand Hyatt Taipei’s new Family Adventure Package is just like regular camping, except temperature-controlled and with room...
CHIANG MAI, Thailand (May 8, 2018) – The Dawn, a luxury drug rehab and wellness center in northern Thailand, has recently begun offering transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) therapy to clients suffering from stress or depression. TMS is a method of stimulating the nerve cells in the brain via a device that a physician hovers over...
TAIPEI, Taiwan (April 26, 2018) — All the tea in China isn’t necessarily drunk in China. Nor is all the high tea consumed in England. This spring, hotels from Bangkok to Tokyo are reaching for new heights with new high tea specials that drink in great views, exalt chocolate, invoke gay Paree and look stunning in...
HANOI (April 4, 2018) – This April, Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi celebrates the start of spring with a mouth-watering line-up of gastronomic events from France, Australia and India. This year’s spring culinary festival kicks off at Vietnam’s most storied hotel with a special champagne buffet featuring select wines from Billecart-Salmon. The French champagne house is...
HANOI (March 29, 2018) — The Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi is used to selling rooms and suites, exquisite dinners and bottles of vintage wine, some so precious they’ve fetched 100 million Vietnamese dong. But last week, the hotel trumped all previous luxurious moves with a bottle of vodka that costs a whopping 295 million Vietnamese...
