Ho Chi Minh City – Accor, the leading international hotel group in Vietnam, announced today its continuous expansion will include Mercure Huế Gerbera, in the historic city of Huế, which will be the first Mercure hotel to join the network in Vietnam.
The 107 room Mercure Huế Gerbera will benefit from its prime location on Le Loi Street where breathtaking views of Perfume River can be enjoyed from most of the rooms and with major towns/attractions in close proximity. The hotel’s facilities will include a restaurant serving a mixture of Western food and specialties from Huế, a lobby lounge/deli, a bar, a spa, an outdoor swimming pool, a fitness center, and extensive conference facilities which provide the choice of a 450sqm ballroom featuring 2-storey floor-to-ceiling glass windows on one side or a 300sqm dividable meeting room. Mercure Huế Gerbera is scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2009.
Mercure Huế Gerbera is owned by Hoang Thanh Tourist Co. Ltd. and will be the second hotel in Huế operated by Accor, after La Residence Hotel and Spa. Two additional Mercure hotels; Mercure Hanoi La Gare and Mercure Hanoi Hado are expected to join the Mercure hotel network in 2009 and 2010 respectively.
Patrick Basset, Accor Vice President of East and North East Asia, said “Accor is making developments in several second-tier cities of Vietnam, from Lao Cai and Halong Bay in the North, Hoi An and Nha Trang in Central Vietnam, to Phu Quoc in the South, with the determination to provide the extensive world-class accommodation network throughout the country. Mercure Huế Gerbera is one of the projects being developed to be the best of its class in the area as it caters to both leisure and corporate markets.”
Huế, located in central Vietnam on the banks of the Perfume River and approximately an hour flying time from Hanoi, is a UNESCO heritage site. Having gone through several wars, Huế has been left with many precious architectural sites well worth a visit. The main attractions include the Citadel and the Forbidden City, the old Imperial complex, the pagodas, and many emperors’ tombs in walled compounds containing palaces, temples and lakes.
