Mường Thanh Luxury Quảng Ninh Hotel with 508 rooms won in the category ASEAN MICE Venue Award, together with the Furama Resort (Đà Nẵng), Vạn Phát Riverside (Cần Thơ), Diamond Bay (Khánh Hòa) and Novotel Phú Quốc (Kiên Giang). … [Read more...] about Việt Nam wins big at ASEAN Tourism Forum
Promoting tourism through social media
Workshop discusses HCM City’s key medical tourism products
The workshop offered an opportunity to hospitals to introduce their medical services and packages for tourists. It was organized on the sidelines of the 15th annual International Travel Expo HCM City being held from September 5-7 at the Saigon Exhibition & Convention Center in District 7. … [Read more...] about Workshop discusses HCM City’s key medical tourism products
Binh Dinh turns martial arts into its special tourism products
Last year, the province attracted many investment projects in the tourism sector. The operation of some major projects has contributed to the development of the province’s sector. It targets to increase the number of tourist arrivals by 20% this year. … [Read more...] about Binh Dinh turns martial arts into its special tourism products
Hanoi trails regional tourist hubs in attracting visitors
A 17 percent rise in 2019 took the number of Hanoi's foreign arrivals to 7.02 million, but it was only a fourth of Hong Kong’s and a third of Bangkok and Singapore’s, according to a report released last Saturday by the city tourism department. The number of international visitors to Kuala Lumpur was double that of Hanoi. … [Read more...] about Hanoi trails regional tourist hubs in attracting visitors
Local hotel industry faces challenge in technology
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - The domestic hotel industry will face many challenges during development, especially in the application of technology, according to an expert from Savills Vietnam – a foreign property service provider in Vietnam. In most countries, three- and four-star hotels are usually popular with domestic tourists, and Vietnam is the same, said Troy Griffiths, Deputy Managing Director of Savills Vietnam. “In this golden age of domestic tourism for Vietnam, we can see that these are generally performing well,” he said in a statement. Infrastructure in Vietnam is developing at a rapid pace with a multitude of second-tier cities now touting international capacity. This, in turn, pulls forward competitiveness and capacity, so for the short to medium term, Savills Vietnam believes hospitality and particularly the low mid star level is well-positioned to take advantage of the boom in tourism. Local budget level is exposed the greatest to competition as capital … [Read more...] about Local hotel industry faces challenge in technology
