Experts say they can see a new wave of smart travel links which will help heat up the high end resort real estate market in Vietnam. In 2010, the US-based RCI Group, the biggest vacation ownership group in the world, came to Vietnam to connect the three resorts of Ninh Van Bay Holiday Club Nha Trang into the global transaction network. On September 10, the Hon Tam Bien Nha Trang Joint Stock Company officially signed an agreement with Group RCI, planning to issue vacation ownership membership cards valid for 2-25 years. Experts believe they can see a new wave of smart travel links which will help heat up the high end resort real estate market in Vietnam. The smart service packages The model of vacation ownership was born in France in mid 1960s, which has been rapidly spreading out to North America, now connecting more than 6000 resorts and hotels in 100 countries all over the world. The model of vacation ownership was initiated from the idea of timeshare of real estate … [Read more...] about Smart travel link wave appears in Vietnam
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TRAVEL IN BRIEF 19/8
Saigontourist offers tours to caves Saigontourist Travel Service Co. has introduced a cluster of tours to explore the beauty of Thien Duong (Heaven) Cave in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh, which is regarded as the world's longest cave. Discovered in 2005 and only opened to tourists last year, the cave is reported to be more attractive than Phong Nha or Tien Son caves in the same national park. … [Read more...] about TRAVEL IN BRIEF 19/8
Beautiful Moc Chau Plateau suits thirsty travellers to a ‘tea’
My college friend Nguyen Minh Chi is a tea lover - to put it mildly. Such is Chi's passion for green tea, yellow tea, Oolong tea, black tea, white tea, blended tea (Earl Grey, English Breakfast, Jasmine tea) - you name it she likes it - that Chi's idea of a perfect day out is to visit a tea plantation and take photos of tea plants (she is a keen amateur photographer). Oh, and of course attending the tea party afterwards. Chi, an avid traveller who spends most of the year on the road, recently visited the tea plantation of Moc Chau Plateau, in the north western province of Son La, about 180km from Ha Noi. "I've travelled all over the country and seen some wonderful places, but Moc Chau was truly breathtaking," Chi says on returning to Ha Noi. And to cap it all, the temperature is cool, much like Sa Pa in the north and Da Lat in the south, she adds. A refreshing breeze usually brushes the slopes of the plateau at this time of year. Moc Chau, one of the biggest plateaux in the … [Read more...] about Beautiful Moc Chau Plateau suits thirsty travellers to a ‘tea’
TRAVEL IN BRIEF 7/10
Firms offer flood experience tours Travel firms in the Mekong province of An Giang are offering tours for visitors to experience the flood season between late July and mid-October. "Though An Giang has entered its major flooding season, we go ahead with our tours," said Nguyen Phu Phuc, deputy director of An Giang Tourimex's tourism centre. "Vinh Te Canal, Tra Su cajeput forest, and Chau Doc town are safe places for tourists." At Vinh Te and Tra Su, visitors can catch fish and experience the lifestyle of locals during the annual floods. In An Giang, the flood season is expected to last until November 20 this year. Nha Trang to welcome charter flights Chartered flights will bring large numbers of Russian and Malaysian tourists visiting Nha Trang to nearby Cam Ranh Airport in the upcoming months. According to the Khanh Hoa Province Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, monthly chartered flights will bring Russian tourists between November and March next … [Read more...] about TRAVEL IN BRIEF 7/10
Travel agents worried about Tourism Ambassador
The name of Vietnam’s first Tourism Ambassador, “Ly Nha Ky”, is likely a Chinese name, so it is difficult to help market Vietnam’s tourism to the world, said Viet Circle Tourism Company’s director, Phan Dinh Hue. Actress Ly Nha Ky. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on September 21, appointed actress Ly Nha Ky as its first tourism ambassador for one year, starting from September 2011. The actress started her new role by a press conference in Hanoi on September 28. The decision has stirred up a public outcry. Hue said that if Vietnam needs to have a beauty to welcome international visitors, Ly Nha Ky is a good choice, but she is not appropriate to be the country’s Tourism Ambassador. “Whether Ly Nha Ky has good knowledge of Vietnam’s tourism and the world tourism to do her job?” he wondered. Nguyen Thi Tuyet Mai, Fiditour’s representative, said that the tourism sector made a decision that is related to thousands of … [Read more...] about Travel agents worried about Tourism Ambassador