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Quality Express Tour, an
affiliate of Quality Express
Group, has been appointed
as VietJetAir’s general sales
agent in Thailand. The
announcement follows con-
firmation that VietJetAir’s
first international route
between Ho Chi Minh City
and Bangkok is scheduled
for February 10, 2013. The
route will start off with one
round trip per day initially,
utlilising VietJetAir’s newly
acquired Airbus 320. The
one hour and 30 minute
flight will depart from Ho
Chi Minh City at 11am and
return from Suvarnabhumi
Airport at 1:30pm. Sales
have already opened on
www.vietjetair.com, which
is now available in Thai as
well as English and Viet-
namese. Quality Express
Tour (QE Tour) will immedi-
ately begin developing sales
channels for VietJetAir all
across Thailand. The travel
agency will also set up a
Thai based hotline (+66 22
777 111) to help Thai cus-
tomers and foreigners with
all VietJetAir-related queries
and schedules.
VietJetAir now has nine
domestic routes on a net-
work that links Ho Chi Minh
City, Hanoi, Nha Trang, Da-
nang, Vinh and Hai Phong,
Hue, Dalat and Phu Quoc.
More international routes
linking the country’s largest
cities of Ho Chi Minh City
and Hanoi to major desti-
nations in Southeast Asia
and Northeast Asia will be
launched in 2013.
update
Luxury Travel has
recruited a California-based
team to sell its Vietnam
and Indochina tours and
holidays to other tour opera-
tors on the west coast of the
US. With many years in the
tourism industry as an Asia
specialist, Paul Ciaccio has
been engaged as regional
sales manager. According
to Paul, the bulk of growth
from the U.S. to Asia derives
from the upper-middle to
luxury-end of the market,
which comprises a small
portion of the US outbound
market. “The US outbound
engine is revving up once
again. After having suffered
heavy blows in the after-
math of the 2008 financial
crisis, we are seeing a surge
in bookings to Vietnam from
the US. We recorded a 30
per cent rise in booking vol-
ume to Indochina this year,
compared to 2011. Vietnam,
Cambodia and Myanmar are
experiencing the strongest
uplifts, and the US is one of
our top ten markets.” said
Pham Ha, founder and CEO
of Luxury Travel.
The leading paint
corporation of Thailand
in Vietnam, TOA Group,
has officially selected Lac
Viet Travel & Event as their
partner to organize a trip
to Thailand for over 380
customers, distributors and
re-sellers. TOA’s agents will
enjoy the history, heritage
and culture of Thailand and
have the chance to show off
their talents during the buf-
fet Gala Dinner, TOA Got Tal-
ent 2013, aboard the luxury
Grand Chaophraya Cruise.
Three of the world’s fin-
est hotels are located in Viet-
nam, according to the latest
edition of the ‘T+L 500’,
Travel + Leisure magazine’s
annual compendium of the
best international hotels.
The Nam Hai in Hoi An won
a spot on the list for the first
time, while Sofitel Legend
Metropole Hanoi and Park
Hyatt Saigon made the cut
again. “It’s great company to
be in,” said Albert Lafuente,
The Nam Hai’s director of
sales and marketing. “We’re
six years old now, but we’re
getting better with age.” The
‘T+L 500’ is determined by
readers of Travel + Leisure,
the world’s highest circulat-
ing travel magazine. Voting
categories include rooms,
location, service, food and
value. Singita Grumeti
Reserves in Tanzania’s
Serengeti National Park
earned the overall number
one ranking.
Luxury Travel Vietnam recruits
California-based team
Lac Viet Travel & Event with TOA
Three Hotels in Vietnam Among
World’s Top 500
VietJetAir appoints Thai travel agency