Hanoi builds six-star hotel by Hoan Kiem Lake

Construction started on January 17 on the six-star Four Seasons Hotel downtown Hanoi by investor Intimex Vietnam Joint Stock Corporation.
Hanoi builds six-star hotel by Hoan Kiem Lake ảnh 1Perspective decor of Four Seasons Hotel (Photo: VNA)
  
Hanoi (VNA) – Construction started on January 17on the six-star Four Seasons Hotel downtown Hanoi by investor Intimex VietnamJoint Stock Corporation of the Bank and Real Estate Group (BRG) Corporation andits strategic partners.

This is the first hotel of the world’s leading Four Seasons Hotels and Resort Companyin the capital city

The hotel, located on Le Thai To Street by Hoan Kiem Lake, will provide 100high-class hotel rooms once operational to attract businessmen and tourists whileserving domestic and international conferences.

Design consulting firms WATG Singapore Incorporation and Vietnam’s IBSTAC JointStock Company are chosen for the project.

The hotel’s style will feature modernity and elegance but still matching witharchitecture of the Old Quarter and Hoan Kiem Lake area.

Four Seasons, from Canada, now operates 102 hotels in 43 countries.-VNA
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