IHG will manage 2 resorts – Phu Quoc Holiday Inn Resort and Cam Ranh Holiday Inn Resort – with investment by Lucky Star and Thinh Vuong companies.
IHG managing director in the Asia-Pacific region, Jan Smits, said emerging markets such Vietnam will be a long-term and stable growth. Increasing in aviation services and cheap flights will also support to develop regional tourism markets.
The number of arrivals to Vietnam in 2010 was forecast to increase by 35% compared to 2009. Another element helps promote tourism development in the country is the Government’s commitment to improve infrastructure and develop new location like Phu Quoc Island.
The Phu Quoc Holiday Inn Resort will cover 3ha with 250 rooms. It started construction in August 2011 and be put into operation in the middle of 2014.
The Cam Ranh Holiday Inn Resort started construction in June 2011 and operation in the third quarter of 2013. It will take 15 minutes to go from the airport to the resort and 40 minutes from the resort to Nha Trang city’s centre.
Holiday Inn Hotels and Resorts have been selected as the best hotel and resort in the world over the past 10 years. IHG now encompasses 1,301 hotels and resorts in the world, consisting of 104 in the Asia-Pacific region.
IHG also manages other hotels in Vietnam like the West Lake InterContinental and Crowne Plaza in Hanoi and InterContinental Asiana Sai Gon. The group planned enlarging business in Vietnam and to generate approximately 5,000 jobs at new hotels in the future.

Source:VOV

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