Metropole Hanoi Cited as one of Asia's Top 3 City Hotels by Travel + Leisure (Vietnam)
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Metropole Hanoi Cited as one of Asia's Top 3 City Hotels by Travel + Leisure (Vietnam)
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This is a press release selected by our editorial committee and published online for free on 2011-07-14
Hotel also ranks as one of the top 100 hotels in world; only entry from Vietnam
After a year of phenomenal accolades in 2010, the Sofitel Legend Metropole scored its most prestigious award yet, moving into the ranks of the world's most rarified hotels.
In its August issue, the world's highest circulating travel magazine, Travel + Leisure, called out the Metropole as one of the top three city hotels in Asia, bested only by the Mandarin Oriental in Bangkok and the Ritz-Carlton in Beijing. Last year, the Metropole ranked #14 on this list determined by Travel + Leisure readers.
"Until recently, all of the acclaim went to the big hotels in Tokyo and Hong Kong, to the Mandarin Oriental in Bangkok, the Peninsulas, but this seems to be changing," said Kai Speth, general manager of the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi. "Vietnam is at last a world-class player when it comes to hotels."
No other hotel from Vietnam made Travel + Leisure's list of top 100 hotels in the world, officially known as the World's Best Awards 2011. The Park Hyatt in Saigon did make the magazine's list of Top 25 Hotels in Asia, coming in at #10.
Travel + Leisure readers surveyed the hotels at TLWorldsBest.com, citing individual properties on their rooms / facilities, location, service, restaurants/food and value. An independent monitoring firm, ROI Research, screened the votes to ensure that travel industry professionals could not lobby for their own properties.
Of the top 25 City Hotels in Asia, only the Metropole was cited for its commitment to value.
ABOUT SOFITEL LEGEND METROPOLE HANOI
Opened in 1901, Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi reigns as the Grande Dame of Vietnamese hospitality and one of Southeast Asia's most iconic hotels. In 2009, the hotel became the first in the Sofitel portfolio to acquire Accor's Legend brand distinction.
The 364-room hotel was completely renovated in June 2009. Its historic Metropole Wing features suites named for Charlie Chaplin, Somerset Maugham and Graham Greene, each of whom 'stopped' at the Metropole during his time in colonial Indochina. The hotel's restaurants include Spices Garden (Vietnamese), Le Beaulieu (French) and Angelina (Italian). Le Spa du Metropole opened in late 2009 and immediately set a new standard for nostalgic elegance in Vietnam.
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