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Vietnam is one of, if not the fastest growing country in the world. The United Kingdom’s Intercontinental chain took hold of the fact and didn’t let go until the hotel group opened its first non-UK hotel in the rapidly rising country. As GM Jon Nielsen says, “We couldn’t get our doors open fast enough!”

The hotel is nestled in along the sanctuary known as West Lake, or Ho Tay to locals, in Hanoi. It is a place that is known as a stomping grounds Vietnam’s most royal families and the country’s mandarins, who build summer homes here. Nielsen claims that the group does, “… feel a responsibility to uphold that heritage with a hotel that caters to the very highest expectations.”

And uphold it they did. The facilities have the largest rooms in the country and they are completely luxurious; filled with the likes of Bose sound systems, 24 hour butler service and balconies overlooking Ho Tay and the properties tropical gardens. The ambience captures a lightness that is such a rarity in a bustling vicinity like Vietnam. The décor is a mixture of Venetian promenades lit softly by the light of torches along the perimeters and traditional Vietnamese design mixes like reading lamps shaped akin to olden Ho Tay fishing traps.

As Nielsen says, “We’ve married the best of both worlds here. Proximity to the cultural heart of Vietnam and a sanctuary on the edge of a spectacular lake. There’s nothing else like this in Vietnam.”

The brand also has hotels in locations throughout Europe including Vienna, Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, Madrid and London.

Photo of a One Pillar Pagoda in Hanoi courtesy of Wikipedia.org