First hotel group gets ready for tourist boom

The new group is headed by one of Vietnam’s most prominent hoteliers, Paul Stoll, formerly general manager of the iconic Furama Resort Danang, the country’s premier five-star resort.
The group aims to “elevate the development, management and marketing” of a new chain of hotels to international standards and offers three distinct hotel brands, including the luxury Celadon, budget Waves and highly themed brand Exotica.
“Celadon, Waves and Exotica will provide the highest standard of services and facilities while offering three options to fit guest budgets,” Stoll said.
Now chief executive officer of Celadon group, Stoll aims to build upon the high quality benchmark set by the Furama, catering to growing international interest in Vietnam’s emerging tourism market.
As the country’s first homegrown, hotel management group of international standard, Celadon is off to a flying start with various Vietnam hotels and resorts planed and under development in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Danang, Hue, Hoi An, Phan Thiet, Vung Tau, Dong Nai and Phu Quoc.
Celadon also takes its management expertise beyond Vietnam, having signed a management agreement for a giant 130-metre high hotel complex incorporating six office and apartment towers and a shopping mall in Suzhou, China.
Other projects are on the way in China, including the Celadon Hotel in Beijing.
“Celadon’s mission is to be a quality partner to the government and private sector tourism industry, making a significant contribution to the tourism development of Vietnam,” said Stoll.
“Celadon is truly an international, Vietnamese company and so are its professionals. Our criteria match the lifestyle expectations of international travelers, including focusing attention on the growing business travel sector.”
“With a proactive management style, we are also inviting owners to participate actively in the management of their hotels.”
As project general manager for Hong Kong-based Furama Hotels & Resorts International Stoll arrived in Vietnam in the early 1990s and was instrumental in the design, development, construction, management and marketing of the country’s first five-star resort, which opened in the spring of 1997.
Over the past decade, the highly experienced German hotelier and his team have established a global reputation for the Furama Resort and worked tirelessly to secure Vietnam’s place on the world’s tourism map.
His tourism initiatives have contributed to the founding of several significant associations including Vietnam’s World Heritage Road and the ‘Best Hotels Alliance’, a group of 38 four- and five-star hotels in Vietnam and Indochina.