Caravelle Hotel Saigon | Signature King Room | 5 Star | Ho Chi Minh City
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One of our favourites to stay at in Saigon. A fascinating history. Today you take a look at our Signature King Room. Signature gives you the benefit to use the Private VIP Signature lounge. Providing food and drink within your stay at the Caravelle Saigon Hotel.
Caravelle Hotel Featured in the Hollywood Film The Quiet American with Michael Caine
Following the fall of Saigon in 1975, the hotel was taken over and operated by the government and renamed the Doc Lap (Independence) Hotel. This name remained until 1998, when the Caravelle name was relaunched following refurbishment.
The Caravelle Hotel is located in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The hotel was opened to the public on Christmas Eve 1959, when the city was known as Saigon. Contemporary journalists noted its use of Italian marble, bullet-proof glass and a “state-of-the-art air-conditioning system and a Berliet private generator.”
The hotel’s modern design was the work of a Vietnamese architect, Mr. Nguyen Van Hoa, a graduate of École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Hanoi. (Ref: "Caravelle-Saigon, A History" by VHSG, Saigon Culture Publishing House, 2009)
The original ten-story building is now adjoined to a 24-story tower that forms the bulk of the new property. However, the Saigon Saigon Rooftop Bar has changed little since 1959.
Caravelle Hotel is owned by the state-owned Saigon Tourist Co.
During the 1960s, the Caravelle was home to the Australian Embassy, the New Zealand Embassy, and the Saigon bureaus of NBC, ABC and CBS. As a hub of communication, it played an important role in the Vietnam War. The Manifesto of the Eighteen became better known as the Caravelle Manifesto after a press conference to announce it was held at the hotel. It also became part of Vietnam fiction and non-fiction literature, such as in Danielle Steele's novel "Message From Nam" and Morley Safer's memoir "Flashbacks".
Since its opening on Christmas Eve 1959, Caravelle Saigon has gained renown for being at the heart of everything
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One of our favourites to stay at in Saigon. A fascinating history. Today you take a look at our Signature King Room. Signature gives you the benefit to use the Private VIP Signature lounge. Providing food and drink within your stay at the Caravelle Saigon Hotel.
Caravelle Hotel Featured in the Hollywood Film The Quiet American with Michael Caine
Following the fall of Saigon in 1975, the hotel was taken over and operated by the government and renamed the Doc Lap (Independence) Hotel. This name remained until 1998, when the Caravelle name was relaunched following refurbishment.
The Caravelle Hotel is located in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The hotel was opened to the public on Christmas Eve 1959, when the city was known as Saigon. Contemporary journalists noted its use of Italian marble, bullet-proof glass and a “state-of-the-art air-conditioning system and a Berliet private generator.”
The hotel’s modern design was the work of a Vietnamese architect, Mr. Nguyen Van Hoa, a graduate of École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Hanoi. (Ref: "Caravelle-Saigon, A History" by VHSG, Saigon Culture Publishing House, 2009)
The original ten-story building is now adjoined to a 24-story tower that forms the bulk of the new property. However, the Saigon Saigon Rooftop Bar has changed little since 1959.
Caravelle Hotel is owned by the state-owned Saigon Tourist Co.
During the 1960s, the Caravelle was home to the Australian Embassy, the New Zealand Embassy, and the Saigon bureaus of NBC, ABC and CBS. As a hub of communication, it played an important role in the Vietnam War. The Manifesto of the Eighteen became better known as the Caravelle Manifesto after a press conference to announce it was held at the hotel. It also became part of Vietnam fiction and non-fiction literature, such as in Danielle Steele's novel "Message From Nam" and Morley Safer's memoir "Flashbacks".
Since its opening on Christmas Eve 1959, Caravelle Saigon has gained renown for being at the heart of everything
Follow our journeys as we are living in Vietnam
Checkout my blogs @ http://www.kiwiinsaigon.com
SUBSCRIBE to Amelia & Oanh In Vietnam
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/ameliainvietnam
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/ameliaandoanhinvietnam
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ameliaandoanhin
Follow us as we live in Vietnam #expatlife #cooking #fashion #shopping #foodies #travel