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Additions
in Luang Prabang
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| Haysoke
Hotel |
The Haysoke
Hotel in Luang Prabang offers 22 standard, superior and deluxe guest
rooms with modern conveniences and a small restaurant that specialises in
local and western cuisines.
In December, Luang Prabang will also see the opening of
the Lao Spirit Resort. The
resort will feature five large rooms with open-air showers, private
balconies and river or mountain views, and offers a restaurant, a massage
parlour and tours of the area.
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| Le
Résidence Phou Vao |
The
Pansea
Phou Vao in Luang Prabang will soon be renamed La Résidence Phou
Vao, following the partnership entered at the beginning of this year
with Orient-Express Hotels. The name change will concern all five
properties in Asia. The head company will be called Pansea-Orient Express
Hotels and will have its office in Bangkok.
The
Phou Vao
Guesthouse on Phou Vao Road in Luang Prabang has opened with 28 guest
rooms and two VIP rooms.
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| Luang
Prabang |
The
Sala
Prabang in Luang Prabang constructed four more Mekong River views in August, bringing the hotel’s rooms to a total of 22. The new rooms are
in a quiet corner a short distance from the main building. A Mekong
terrace for breakfast and the sunset downer have also been approved and
will be ready for the upcoming high season.
Ideal for one or two families or a group of friends,
the Villa Savanh in the centre of Luang Prabang offers three double
bedrooms, three bathrooms, and open-air dining area, a very large living
room, a garden and maid service. Please note that the villa’s inside
stairs are very steep and may not be suitable for the elderly or infirm.
Breakfast is not included but could be arranged at an extra cost or easily
taken in one of the nearby street cafés.
Laos
and Vietnam ease entries
August saw the opening of a
border gate in the Sekong Province of southern Laos and the Dot-Ta Vang
border checkpoint in central Vietnam. The new border gate will help to
spread tourism to these remote areas of Laos and be useful to foreign
tourists when the East-West Economic Corridor is completed in early 2006;
as the checkpoint is on the corridor, which begins in Myanmar and spans
Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam.
After 1st
July, Malaysian travellers visiting Laos were no longer required to apply
for a visa. The government also waived visa fees and restrictions on
tourists from Singapore, Vietnam and Cambodia.
Since July, tourists from South Korea have been allowed
to enter Vietnam without a visa for up to 15 days, provided their
passports were valid for at least three months. Flights offered by Asiana
Airlines, Korean Air and Vietnam Airlines to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City
from South Korea will facilitate this new visa exemption.
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