Enterprise Rent-A-Car to enter Vietnamese market The US’s biggest car rental company, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, will officially offer its services in Viet Nam starting on November 29. The company’s website enterprise.vn is now opening for rental services, with vehicles of five to 29 seats. The prices range from VND800,000 (US$34.19) a day for a Suzuki Vitara to VND2.6 million per day for a Samco bus. Enterprise’s car rental services in Viet Nam (and Asia) are licensed to MP Executives – a subsidiary of MP Group – which has more than 23 years of experience in the logistics industry in Viet Nam. Viet Nam is the first country in Asia to use Enterprise’s car rental service. In addition to providing services in the US, Enterprise is available in 84 other countries. Vingroup opens three technology firms Vingroup’s goal in the next 10 years is to become a world-class technology-industry-service corporation in which technology plays a major role. — … [Read more...] about BUSINESS NEWS IN BRIEF 27/11
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Vietnam wins Asia’s best golf destination
Vietnam has won ‘Asia’s best golf destination 2018’ at the World Golf Awards, the Vietnam National Tourism Administration (VNAT) under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has announced. Ba Na Hill Golf Club. - Photo sggp.org.vn It is second time in a row Vietnam has earned this title. In addition, The Grand-Ho Tram Strip in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau received the ‘Asia’s best golf hotel’ award, while Ba Na Hill Golf Club in central Da Nang City was honoured with the title of ‘Asia’s best golf course’. The World Golf Awards celebrate excellence in golf tourism, world-class courses and outstanding golf destinations. The global voting process lasted seven months this year. Votes are made by professionals working within the golf travel and tourism industry, including senior executives, tour operators, agents, media professionals and golf tourism consumers. Earlier, the ministry selected Australian … [Read more...] about Vietnam wins Asia’s best golf destination
Vietnam named Asia’s best golf destination
The Bluffs golf course in The Grand-Ho Tram Trip (Photo: http://www.thegrandhotram.com) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam has won the “Asia’s best golf destination 2018” at the World Golf Awards, announced the Vietnam National Tourism Administration (VNAT) under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on November 22. The country has earned the title for two consecutive years now. In addition, The Grand-Ho Tram Strip in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau received the “Asia’s best golf hotel” award, while Ba Na Hill Golf Club in central Da Nang city was honoured with the title of “Asia’s best golf course”. According to the VNAT, the tourism sector needs to devise a long-term strategic development plan and popularise golf tourism, which in turn will bolster tourism growth and investment in Vietnam. As the country boasts a number of challenging golf courses with spectacular scenery, golf tourism holds huge potential in … [Read more...] about Vietnam named Asia’s best golf destination
More casinos open in central coastal region
VietNamNet Bridge - Many casinos have been or are going to open in the central region, particularly on the coast. Lagula Lang Co Casino services are available in Da Nang, providing different services with gambling machines, deal tables and other games. However, only foreigners and Vietnamese citizens with foreign passports are allowed to enter the casino. Crown International Club, within the 535-room Crowne Plaza Hotel, is the best known casino in the central region. Club 99 at Furama Resort is nearby. Another well known address is One Opera Hotel in the central area of Da Nang. The Club, with 122 gambling machines and 22 deal tables, is considered one of the most successful casinos in Vietnam. However, its position is being challenged by new powerful rivals. More integrated resorts with a hotel, resort and casino have arisen in the coastal areas, in the inner city and around Da Nang, from Hoi An to Hue City. Casino developers in Macau, the world’s largest casino … [Read more...] about More casinos open in central coastal region
Tourism growth lures hotel and resort investors to Da Nang
A 22-storey five-star Grand Tourane hotel. — Photo courtesy Quang Nam-Da Nang Trade company The rapid and stable growth of tourism has become a magnet for tourism property projects in the central city of Da Nang over the past decade, and revenue from the ‘green’ industry contributed nearly 30 per cent of the tourism hub’s Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) in 2017. Booming hotel and resort projects now offer 28,000 rooms – 10 times as many as in 2007 – for the 15 million tourists expected to visit the city in 2030. Chairman of the city’s tourism association, Huynh Tan Vinh, said tourism also created 140,000 jobs for local and neighbouring employees – 25 per cent of the city’s labour force. Vinh said the unique landscape of coast, rivers and mountains as well as the nature reserves in Son Tra and Ba Na-Nui Chua lured 6.7 million tourists, of which 2.3 million were foreigners, to the city in 2017. In the first half of 2018, 3.3 … [Read more...] about Tourism growth lures hotel and resort investors to Da Nang
Positive tourism growth lures hotel and resort investors to Da Nang
A 22-storey five-star Grand Tourane hotel. — Photo courtesy Quang Nam-Da Nang Trade company The rapid and stable growth of tourism has become a magnet for tourism property projects in the central city of Da Nang over the past decade, and revenue from the ‘green’ industry contributed nearly 30 per cent of the tourism hub’s Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) in 2017. Booming hotel and resort projects now offer 28,000 rooms – 10 times as many as in 2007 – for the 15 million tourists expected to visit the city in 2030. Chairman of the city’s tourism association, Huynh Tan Vinh, said tourism also created 140,000 jobs for local and neighbouring employees – 25 per cent of the city’s labour force. Vinh said the unique landscape of coast, rivers and mountains as well as the nature reserves in Son Tra and Ba Na-Nui Chua lured 6.7 million tourists, of which 2.3 million were foreigners, to the city in 2017. In the first half of 2018, 3.3 … [Read more...] about Positive tourism growth lures hotel and resort investors to Da Nang
Ba Ria-Vung Tau clean up in national tourney
Vung Tau won two gold medals, two silvers, and one bronze in the national golf championship that was held at the Ocean Dunes Golf Club in the central province of Binh Thuan. The medals will count at the National Games to be held in Da Nang in December, with golf becoming a medal sport for the first time. Some other sports like shooting and archery will also follow their own schedule but their medals will be treated as a National Games medal. HCM City bagged two gold medals to finish second while golfers from host Binh Thuan won a silver and two bronze medals to finish third in the championship which ended on Sunday. Vung Tau's gold medals came in the women's individual and team events. In the former, it was a Vung Tau 1-2, with Tang Thi Nhung taking the gold with a score of 221 and Ngo Bao Nghi the silver. Their success also helped win the team gold medal. Vung Tau also won a silver medal in the women's team event and a bronze medal in the men's individual … [Read more...] about Ba Ria-Vung Tau clean up in national tourney
Da Nang promotes its tourism in China International Travel Mart
(Cinet)- Da Nang tourism promotion Centre coorperation with Quang Nam and Thua Thien Hue provincies attended the 2012 China International Travel Mart (CITM 2012) in Shanghai city from 15 - 19 November. Their aim was to advertise their tourism products and services, especially their luxury resorts and cultural heritage sites, to the Chinese luxury travel markets such as Hong Kong and Shanghai. In addition, the city also wanted to expedite the opening of Da Nang-Shanghai flights through its tourism promotion at this event. Under the theme “Three Localities - One Destination”, Da Nang, Quang Nam and Thua Thien-Hue displayed their tourism products and services at 10 stalls covering a total area of 90m2. Their participating businesses were the Silver Shores International and Le Belhamy resorts, the Danang Holidays Hotel, Vietnam Airlines, the Montgomerie Links Golf Club, the Vinh Trung Plaza and the Sao Quoc Do Trade and Travel Company. During the 4-day … [Read more...] about Da Nang promotes its tourism in China International Travel Mart
Two famtrip groups to survey tourism in Danang, Hanoi
(Cinet)- A group of 20 people from major travel and communication agencies in Hong Kong will take part in a tourism survey trip to Danang and Hanoi from October 8 to 12. The trip will be co-organised by the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines and Indochina Tourism Company. As planned, over five day and four nights, the group will focus on surveying golf courses such as Danang Golf Club, Mongomerie Links and King's Island Golf Club, and major tourism areas of the central coastal city of Danang and the Hanoi capital city. In addition, the group will visit other destinations such as , Ngu Hanh Son Mountains, Non Nuoc Beach and some luxury resorts in Danang. The surveying trip aims to prepare for the opening of a flight between Hong Kong and Da Nang in the near future and to intensify tourism development promotion between Hong Kong and Vietnam's central coastal provinces. … [Read more...] about Two famtrip groups to survey tourism in Danang, Hanoi