{"id":2092,"date":"2015-09-01T11:44:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T10:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thereveriesaigon.com\/?p=2092"},"modified":"2022-05-24T15:11:36","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T14:11:36","slug":"the-reverie-saigon-takes-centre-stage-in-ho-chi-minh-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thereveriesaigon.com\/vi\/the-reverie-saigon-takes-centre-stage-in-ho-chi-minh-city\/","title":{"rendered":"The Reverie Saigon Takes Centre Stage In Ho Chi Minh City"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (1 September 2015) \u2014 The Reverie Saigon, a 286-room hotel with some of the city\u2019s most expansive rooms, its most spectacular views and its most unabashedly opulent atmosphere, opens September 1 in the cinematic heart of downtown Saigon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
Seven years in the making, the most posh urban hotel to debut in Vietnam, ever, seeks to redefine the luxury landscape across the country, setting new benchmarks in culinary appeal with restaurants that have designs on Michelin stars and a luxury spa<\/a> that\u2019s as visually stunning as it is ultimately restorative.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n Commanding the upper and lower floors of the 39-storey Times Square tower, each of the hotel\u2019s rooms and suites is a painstaking exploration of Italian elegance, and its prime location in Saigon\u2019s storied District 1 insists on a role to play in any new story to be told about the one-time \u2018Pearl of the Orient\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n \u201cIn a destination as exotic and far-flung as Saigon, there\u2019s often the expectation to design a hotel that very obviously references the destination\u2019s heritage\u201d, said Managing Director, Eva Hue Van Truong. \u201cThis hotel, however, is a transcendent gesture. We\u2019re fast-forwarding to the day when Saigon takes its rightful place as one of Asia\u2019s leading cities, when upscale travellers will expect the very best attainable \u2013 not merely the very best in Vietnam, but the very best anywhere\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n The hotel\u2019s 12 categories of luxury accommodation<\/a> are amongst the most spacious in the city, with its 224 rooms ranging from 43-53 square metres (462-570 square feet) and its 62 suites starting at 63 square metres (678 square feet) and topping out at a palatial 313 square metres (3,369 square feet).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n The rooms and suites defy uniformity and understatement. Instead, Italy\u2019s leading design houses<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 including Colombostile, Giorgetti, Visionnaire, Poltrona Frau and Cassina \u2013 have collaborated on the collection. Each room exhibits its own personality, from the classical and sophisticated, to the whimsically romantic, fanciful and sassy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n Floor-to-ceiling windows show off a dynamic city that\u2019s evolving into one of Asia\u2019s rising stars, replete with views of the storied Saigon River, and the reaches of the Mekong Delta. Every expanse in the hotel, from windows and walls, to floors and ceiling, makes an impression.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n In some rooms, exquisite Italian silks beg consideration of the walls just as hand-laid mosaic tiles do in another. There are leather divans fit for silver screen actresses while chandeliers hang from mirrored medallions. Beds are dressed in Frette linens at 400 and 600 thread counts while marble baths come complete with amenities by Chopard in rooms and Herm\u00e8s or Acqua di Parma in suites.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n Every room features a walk-in or a walk-through closet, and all of the technology you\u2019d expect \u2013 from Cisco voIP telephones to 46- to 55-inch flat-screens \u2013 to some that you wouldn\u2019t, such as televisions that sink into consoles so as not to offend the view.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n For those desiring the added privilege and convenience of having stays inclusive of daily breakfast, afternoon tea service and cocktails and canap\u00e9s each evening, The Reverie Lounge defies the conventional club lounge concept. Occupying a total of 542 square metres (5,834 square feet) on the 38th<\/sup> and 39th<\/sup> floors, the dazzling duplex space is outfitted by Visionnaire and accented with works by budding Vietnamese artists. Its winding, gold leaf-encased, marble staircase strikes a spectacular pose against the backdrop of Saigon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n The hotel\u2019s published room rates start at USD 350 and rise to USD 12,000 and 15,000 for its singular Saigon Suite and Reverie Suite respectively.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n The same fierce attention to detail that defines the rooms and suites is evident in each of the hotel\u2019s four, ambitious dining venues. Three of the restaurants celebrate the culinary arts of France, China and Italy and a fourth, The Long @ Times Square, is an East Asian interpretation of the timeless sidewalk caf\u00e9s of Europe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n Caf\u00e9 Cardinal<\/strong><\/a>, the hotel\u2019s all-day dining venue, beats at the heart of the hotel in an airy, three-story space on the sixth floor. A deck of the seventh floor main lobby sweeps in overhead. Great banks of windows open onto the resort-like outdoor terrace. Its extensive menu is largely French, with deliberate detours into complementary Western and Asian cuisines during breakfast and lunch service.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n Two stories below, jade, vermilion and gold set the stage for one of the city\u2019s most sophisticated dining experiences at The Royal Pavilion<\/strong><\/a>. A celebration of fine Cantonese dining, the 200-seat restaurant boasts views of a colonial-era palace and age-old shophouses on Nguyen Hue Boulevard below, with open seating in a decidedly East Asian setting and more secluded quarters in a warren of nine private rooms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n At R&<\/strong><\/a>J<\/a><\/strong>, inspired by all things Italy, the subterranean restaurant serves traditional Italian dishes marked by subtle, creative pivots off contemporary culinary trends. Its setting is as passionate as its inspiration, with walls of vibrant Italian mosaics to ornate candelabras and a whimsical collection of deliberately different dining chairs that celebrate 40 distinctive corners of Italy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\nGUEST ROOMS AND SUITES<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n
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