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Editor's
Note
The luxury travel segment picks up
In this month's edition, we cover
the ever-growing luxury travel
segment in Asia and examine how
firms like Preferred Hotel Group,
Royal Caribbean and Starwood
are positioning themselves to take
advantage of this market potential.
All these and more inside. Enjoy
the read.
James Chen
Editor,
Travel Weekly Asia
HO CHI MINH CITY – One of
Vietnam's most historic hospitality
establish-ments is getting a new face
this summer, as the Caravelle Hotel
embarks on its most significant
renovation in 15 years.
Situated for 55 years on a prime
corner of bustling Lam Son Square
in downtown Ho Chi Minh City,
Caravelle began the initial phase of
a property-wide renovation May
12, with its ground-floor lobby,
café lounge and seafood buffet
restaurant.
D u r i n g t h e f i r s t r o u n d o f
improvements, scheduled to run
until the end of August 2014, the
Caravelle's front desk operations
a n d N i n e t e e n R e s t a u r a n t w i l l
be relocated to the hotel's third
floor. By September, guests and
local residents will be greeted by
a completely redesigned reception
a n d a n e x p a n d e d l o b b y c a f e
featuring a champagne corner and
tapas kitchen.
T h e a n n o u n c e m e n t o f t h e
Caravelle hotel in
Ho Chi Minh City starts
major renovation
Caravelle's renovations coincides
with the hotel's first soft opening
in May 1959. The entire spate of
changes, which will be done in four
phases, are targeted for completion
by mid-2016. The second phase
will see upgrades in all the hotel's
guestrooms.
The Caravelle rose to pro-
minence in the 60s and 70s as the
preferred haven of international
media corps covering the war. CBS
News staffed its bureau on the
hotel's third floor. Such journalistic
luminaries as Walter Cronkite,
Malcolm Browne and Peter Arnett
f r e q u e n t e d t h e h o t e l a n d i t s
landmark rooftop bar throughout
the war.
Within the past four years,
t h e C a r a v e l l e h a s r e c e i v e d
I S O 1 4 0 0 1 : 2 0 0 4 c e r t i f i c a t i o n ,
EarthCheck Silver Certification,
V i e t n a m ' s G r e e n L o t u s C e r t i -
fication, and most recently, the
ASEAN Green Hotel Award for
2014.
