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Hyatt Place Property Coming to Vietnam

by Erich Martin

Mar 27, 2019
eFlyer News

The first Hyatt Place property in Vietnam was recently announced.

The new property is the result of a management agreement between Ben Thanh Holdings and Hyatt Hotels Corp. The Ho Chi Minh City-based property will house 200 keys.

“We are pleased to start our relationship with Ben Thanh Holdings with the introduction of our first select service hotel and the Hyatt Place brand into a fast-developing country like Vietnam,” said David Udell, group president, Asia-Pacific, Hyatt Hotels Corp.

The new property will sit in the geographic centre of Ho Chi Minh City, less than two kilometres from the Tan Son Nhat International Airport and less than five kilometres from the city’s business district.

The hotel is slated for a 2022 opening and will include a café, a grab-and-go food market and two meeting rooms.

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