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Besides offering the
best possible deals for air
travel, Vietnam’s largest low-
cost carrier, VietJetAir, has
launched a hotel booking ser-
vice in cooperation with the
worldwide hotel reservation
group, Agoda. The site offers
incredible discounts online.
By booking a hotel room
on
www.vietjetair.com
cus-
tomers can save up to 75 per
cent on accommodation at a
network of 265,000 hotels
at all price-ranges. Desmond
Lin, VietJetAir’s business
development director, said:
“We now don’t just get you
from A to B at the most af-
fordable price, we also offer
the whole package so you
can save more, fly more, and
stay on holiday for longer.”
VietJetAir currently flies
to nine destinations in Vi-
etnam, linking Ho Chi Minh
City, Hanoi, Dalat, Danang,
Phu Quoc, Hue, Nha Trang,
Vinh and Hai Phong. The air-
line will launch its first inter-
national route between Ho
Chi Minh City and Bangkok
on February 10, 2013. More
international and domestic
routes will be launched later
this year.
update
Crowne Plaza West Ha-
noi is celebrating its second
year of operation with a new
award – it has been voted
“Travellers’ Choice” for 2013
by TripAdvisor. This marks
the hotel out as one of the
top 25 luxury hotels in Viet-
nam. The Crowne Plaza West
Hanoi is one of only two ho-
tels in Hanoi which received
this prestigious award, voted
for by travellers from around
the world. The criteria for the
award include quality of ser-
vice, quality of guest rooms,
location, quality of restau-
rants/bars and overall value.
Michel Chertouh, Gen-
eral Manager of Crowne Pla-
za West Hanoi, said: “Getting
such an excellent award on
TripAdvisor is a great hon-
our. I am proud of my hotel
team which holds the high-
est guest satisfaction score
for the Crowne Plaza brand
in Southeast Asia under
the InterContinental Hotels
Group in 2012”.
My Way have cut the
ribbon of their latest ven-
ture – an 11-storey resi-
dence with integrated gym,
spa, café lounge and a wine
cellar. Set in the heart of
Cau Giay district, My Way
Hotel & Residence is 8 kilo-
metres away from the city
center and provides full ac-
cess to the town’s facilities.
Each room is decorated in
its own style, with a com-
bination of Bordeaux red,
amber, golds, purple, green
and white, with simple and
sophisticated details. The
cellar, Il-Vino, houses hun-
dreds of wines and warm
private rooms for enjoying a
party with friends, partners
or family.
Valentine’s Day
Valantine spirit is on the
cards at Hotel de l’Opera Ha-
noi. A romantic five course
dinner will be served with a
bottle of Louis Roudere Brut
Champagne in Café Lautrec.
What’s more, couples can
listen to French songs of the
1930s- 1940s in the court-
yard of the hotel. Absinthe
will also be on hand to fur-
ther raise passion levels on
a misty, cold Hanoi Valen-
tine’s Day.
Restaurant Market 39
at the InterContinental Asi-
ana Saigon is laying on
treats this Tet with market
fresh offerings on the buf-
fet table, and a great se-
lection of Vietnamese cui-
sine, including banh chung
(square rice cake), thit
dong (chilled pork belly),
bitter melon soup, cara-
melised pork and egg, and
more. The Tet buffet lunch
is priced at VND498,000++
per person, while the Tet
buffet dinner comes in at
VND728,000++ per person
from Monday to Thurs-
day, and VND828,000++
per person from Friday to
Sunday, including free flow
house-wines, Tiger draught
beer and soft drinks. The
Tet Sunday brunch will in-
clude the same items for
VND1,200,000++ per per-
son on Sunday February 10,
from 12:00pm – 03:00pm.
Become a VIP
NTTV Travel, a lead-
ing upmarket-hotel book-
ing service, is launching a
VIP membership package
for its current and prospec-
tive customers. NTTV’s new
VIP membership scheme
is inspired by upscale fre-
quent-flyer
programmes
and top credit card mem-
bership schemes. To qualify,
customers need to spend
VND10 million ($500) on
hotel bookings, either in a
single transaction, or com-
bined bookings.
VIP members recieve
three main benefits: accru-
ing points to exchange for
hotel accommodation; ex-
clusive private privileges at
the hotels; and entrance to
a lucky draw with every 100
points accrued every month.
Crowne Plaza West Hanoi –
the Traveler’s Choice for 2013
My Way opens boutique hotel
Tet at Market 39
Fascinating Laos
Annam Travel has intro-
duced an all new tour to
Laos, one of the region’s
must-visit countries. Vien-
tiene is a fascinating capital,
with a fusion of Lao, Thai,
Chinese, Vietnamese and
French influences. After a
short rest, an orientation
walk of the Lao Capital will
start the day with a stroll
around some of the city’s
key French colonial architec-
ture. The major sights of the
capital await tourists on day
two. These include Wat Si-
saket, with its thousands of
miniature Buddha statues,
and the former royal temple,
Wat Prakeo, which previous-
ly housed the famous Emer-
ald Buddha Image. Next, the
Morning Market is a great
place for browsing antiques,
handmade textiles and gifts.
After visiting the National
Museum, visitors will be
taken to the UNESCO World
Cultural Heritage City of Lu-
ang Prabang where they can
enjoy climbing to the top
of Mount Phousi, cruising
upstream on the Mekong
River, or visiting many other
charming destinations. The
tour price is VND8,000,000
per person for a group of
5-8 guests.
VietJetAir and Agoda team up