Hanoi to have first Marriott hotel

Last update 10:00 | 20/10/2013 0 0 Hanoi to have first Marriott hotel The hotel management company Marriott International is preparing to open what will be the first hotel to be managed by Marriot in Hanoi. When in service, the five-star JW Marriott Hanoi will become the second hotel to be managed by Marriot in Vietnam after the Renaissance Riverside Hotel Saigon in downtown HCMC. Speaking to the Daily during his visit to Vietnam early this week, Marriott International, Inc. President and CEO Arne M. Sorenson said Renaissance Riverside Hotel Saigon was one of the first hotels to be opened in Vietnam in the 1990s. Marriott has in recent years planned a variety of projects but has had to temporarily halt them as Vietnam’s economy has been slowing down. The forthcoming opening of JW Marriott Hanoi is a next step of Marriott in the Vietnamese market, said Sorenson. Marriot, he noted, expects to have three or four Marriott hotels in each of Vietnam’s two biggest cities, Hanoi and HCMC. JW Marriott Hanoi is now ready to serve guests but hotel owner Bitexco Hotel Management Co. has yet to decide on an opening date. However, the hotel will be certainly opened to business within this year. Bob Fabiano, general manager of JW Marriott Hanoi, said 40-50% of the total rooms would be used be for MICE (meeting, incentive, convention and exhibition) tourism. In this segment, JW Marriott Hanoi focuses on large businesses. JW Marriott Hanoi has 450 rooms, European and Asian restaurants, ballrooms, fitness center and many other amenities. The hotel also provides the largest meeting space in Vietnam with an area of 2,400 square meters on the same level. About 26.7 kilometers south of Noi Bai International Airport, JW Marriott Hanoi has an area of 80,000 square meters and is adjacent to the Vietnam National Convention Center.