Posted on Apr 10, 2022
A 5-star hotel in Vietnam's 'Little Russia' spent nearly $44,000 upgrading facilities but guests...
802
18
3
7
7
0
A five-star hotel in Vietnam spent thousands of dollars upgrading facilities for its Russian visitors only to have them cancel due to the country's war with Ukraine.
The hotel, MerPerle Hon Tam Resort, is based in Nha Trang, a town often labeled "Little Russia," due to the number of Russian visitors it welcomes every year, according to Bloomberg.
"This is something no tourism manager can anticipate," Tran Bao Doan, the hotel's general manager told the outlet.
MerPerle Hon Tam Resort already felt the unforgiving effects of the pandemic over the past two years, per the outlet, as the tourism industry was hit hard by government-imposed lockdowns.
The hotel, MerPerle Hon Tam Resort, is based in Nha Trang, a town often labeled "Little Russia," due to the number of Russian visitors it welcomes every year, according to Bloomberg.
"This is something no tourism manager can anticipate," Tran Bao Doan, the hotel's general manager told the outlet.
MerPerle Hon Tam Resort already felt the unforgiving effects of the pandemic over the past two years, per the outlet, as the tourism industry was hit hard by government-imposed lockdowns.
A 5-star hotel in Vietnam's 'Little Russia' spent nearly $44,000 upgrading facilities but guests...
Posted from businessinsider.com
Russia
Ukraine
Vietnam
Posted 2 y ago
Responses: 3
5
5
0
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel They should have named it the HanoHilton.
...""This is something no tourism manager can anticipate," Tran Bao Doan, the hotel's general manager told the outlet.
MerPerle Hon Tam Resort already felt the unforgiving effects of the pandemic over the past two years, per the outlet, as the tourism industry was hit hard by government-imposed lockdowns.
According to a forecast from the World Travel and Tourism Council, nearly 200 million travel industry jobs were forecasted to vanish due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, the world's largest tourism business TUI reported that bookings dropped by 81% in Europe from June 2020 through the beginning of August, compared with the same period in 2019, according to CNN.
The resort had high hopes, however, as travel picks up again with the easing of COVID-19 regulations.
Doan said the hotel spent nearly $44,000 upgrading guest facilities to prepare for its Russian visitors. It bought more mud for mud bathing facilities, planted trees, and diversified its restaurant menu, Bloomberg reported.
It was seemingly all for nothing, however, as many Russian visitors didn't show up following their country's invasion of Ukraine.
Travel and expenditure have been made particularly hard for Russians due to foreign-imposed sanctions. Aeroflot, Russia's flagship airline carrier, for instance, recently announced it suspended all international flights, due to high risks of foreign-leased planes being impounded as a result of the penalties."...
...""This is something no tourism manager can anticipate," Tran Bao Doan, the hotel's general manager told the outlet.
MerPerle Hon Tam Resort already felt the unforgiving effects of the pandemic over the past two years, per the outlet, as the tourism industry was hit hard by government-imposed lockdowns.
According to a forecast from the World Travel and Tourism Council, nearly 200 million travel industry jobs were forecasted to vanish due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, the world's largest tourism business TUI reported that bookings dropped by 81% in Europe from June 2020 through the beginning of August, compared with the same period in 2019, according to CNN.
The resort had high hopes, however, as travel picks up again with the easing of COVID-19 regulations.
Doan said the hotel spent nearly $44,000 upgrading guest facilities to prepare for its Russian visitors. It bought more mud for mud bathing facilities, planted trees, and diversified its restaurant menu, Bloomberg reported.
It was seemingly all for nothing, however, as many Russian visitors didn't show up following their country's invasion of Ukraine.
Travel and expenditure have been made particularly hard for Russians due to foreign-imposed sanctions. Aeroflot, Russia's flagship airline carrier, for instance, recently announced it suspended all international flights, due to high risks of foreign-leased planes being impounded as a result of the penalties."...
(5)
(0)
4
4
0
$44k upgrade? Hmmm. Gotta wonder about that 5-star rating.
https://nypost.com/2021/06/15/heres-whats-new-at-nycs-freshly-reopened-5-star-hotels/
https://nypost.com/2021/06/15/heres-whats-new-at-nycs-freshly-reopened-5-star-hotels/
Here’s what’s new at NYC’s freshly reopened 5-star hotels
The bellhops are back this summer. Nearly every hotel in the New York City shut its doors last year. While some of the city’s most iconic rooms for rent — like Rosewood’s tony Carlyle Hotel, as wel…
(4)
(0)
2
2
0
Read This Next
Continue with Facebook 
Continue with Google