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Issue 20 : Oct/Dec 2001 |
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EXOTISSIMO TRAVEL LAOS OPENS FOR BUSINESS Exotissimo Travel Group have completed their network of offices in Indochina with the recent opening of Exotissimo Travel Laos. Headed by long-term Lao resident Alain Daout, Exotissimo Travel Laos has opened offices in Vientiane and Luang Prabang. The opening of Exotissimo Travel Laos will further strengthen the group’s position as one of the leading destination management companies in the Greater Mekong Region. Exotissimo were one of the pioneers of inbound tourism to the region establishing joint-venture companies in Vietnam in 1993, in Myanmar in 1995 and in Cambodia last year. Today Exotissimo Travel Group employ over 200 full-time staff and provide travel arrangements in the Mekong Region for over 20,000 travellers every year. Exotissimo Travel Laos can be contacted at Laos@exotissimo.com. ACCOR ASIA PACIFIC
ANA MANDARA RESORT
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New cable car project for Halong Bay A new cable car project will soon offer visitors breathtaking views across the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Halong Bay in northern Vietnam. The cable car will span Yen Tu mountain, a place of Buddhist worship, and there are several pagodas to visit in the area. Vietnam Airlines buys planes Vietnam’s national flag carier Vietnam Airlines plans to buy five Airbus A320s from the French jet-making giant Airbus Industrie. The two sides signed a letter of intent on the purchase on 1st September in Hanoi, in the presence of France’s Equipment, Transport and Housing Minister Jean-Claude Gayssot. The Vietnam-France air route is currently serviced six times a week by Vietnam Airline’s Boeing B767-300s and seven times a week by Air France. Vietnam Airlines and Aibus Industrie have also signed contracts to support the airline’s services and maintenance operations for it’s A320s. |
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Accor
Asia Pacific, manage a total of seven hotels in Vietnam. The Novotel
Garden Plaza and Sofitel Plaza Saigon in Ho Chi Minh City, the Hanoi
Sofitel Metropole and the Sofitel Plaza Hanoi (formerly the Meritus
Westlake) in the capital city, the Sofitel Dalat Palace and the Novotel
Dalat and the Novotel Coralia Ocean Dunes in the coastal city of Phan
Thiet. The combination of hotels provide first class accommodation in
Vietnam’s two major cities, in the mountains and on the coast and
ensure travellers see the best of Vietnam.
The
Ana Mandara Resort is located on the beautiful beach of the coastal city
of Nha Trang in southern central Vietnam. The uniquely-designed,
Vietnamese-style resort is set in 20,000 sqm of tropical gardens and is
furnished in native wood and rattan. It has won awards for its interior
design and architecture, and has received awards for its awareness of
Vietnamese culture, tradition and the environment.