HOTEL NEWSSaigon’s Caravelle starts work on major renovation
One of Vietnam’s most historic hospitality establishments is getting a new face this summer, as the Caravelle Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City embarks on its most significant renovation in 15 years. Situated for 55 years on a prime corner of bustling Lam Son Square in the downtown, the Caravelle began the initial phase of a property-wide renovation May 12, with its ground-floor lobby, café Lobby Lounge and Nineteen, seafood buffet restaurant. During the first round of improvements, scheduled to run until the end of this August, the Caravelle’s front desk operations and Restaurant Nineteen will be relocated to the hotel’s third floor. By September, guests and local residents will be greeted by a completely redesigned reception and expanded lobby café named Café de l’Opera featuring a champagne corner and tapas kitchen.The announcement of the Caravelle’s renovations coincides with the hotel’s first soft opening in May 1959. The entire spate of changes, which will be done in four phases, are targeted for completion by mid-2016. The second phase will see upgrades in all the hotel’s guestrooms. The Caravelle rose to prominence in the 60s and 70s as the preferred haven of international media corps covering the war. CBS News staffed its bureau on the hotel’s third floor. Such journalistic luminaries as Walter Cronkite, Malcolm Browne and Peter Arnett frequented the hotel and its landmark rooftop bar throughout the war.
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