From Tubs to Toilets, Vietnam Hotel Opens With Gold-plated Pizzazz as Country Recovers from Covid-19
A gold-plated bath is noticed within the newly inaugurated Dolce Hanoi Golden Lake luxurious lodge, after the federal government eased a national lockdown following the worldwide outbreak of the coronavirus illness (COVID-19), in Hanoi, Vietnam July 2, 2020. REUTERS/Kham/Record Photograph
The Dolce Hanoi Golden Lake Resort has made the additional effort to carry guests again to Vietnam the place the tourism sector is slowly reopening after a three-month coronavirus lockdown.
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- Final Up to date: July three, 2020, 12:00 PM IST
A five-star lodge in Vietnamese capital Hanoi has opened with a twist that it hopes will draw in visitors with in detail dear tastes: gold-plated bathtub tubs, basins or even bogs, all housed at the back of an enormous golden external.
The Dolce Hanoi Golden Lake Resort has made the additional effort to carry guests again to Vietnam the place the tourism sector is slowly reopening after a three-month coronavirus lockdown.
The lodge, owned via Hoa Binh Crew and controlled via U.S.-based Wyndham Motels & Inns Inc, stands in stark distinction to its surrounding weather-worn Soviet-era constructions.
“At the present time, there’s no different lodge like this on the planet,” mentioned Nguyen Huu Duong, majority proprietor and chairman of Hoa Binh Crew.
Resort amenities come with a 24 karat gold-tiled infinity pool at the rooftop, whilst within visitor rooms, bogs are laced with yellow steel. From $250 an evening, the lodge is in the similar value bracket as rival luxurious lodging within the town.
“It has modified my thoughts about what luxurious will also be. Different luxurious lodges most often use marble as tiles, however right here the entirety is gold-plated all the way down to the bathing basin,” mentioned 62-year-old visitor Luong Van Thuan, himself a lodge proprietor.
Vietnam has been somewhat a hit in containing the coronavirus outbreak with handiest 350 or so circumstances and no reported deaths. Duong mentioned if no longer for the pandemic, the lodge would most likely be totally booked with global visitors.
Round a tonne of gold was once used to hide the lodge, mentioned Duong, a Vietnam Warfare veteran and previous cyclo taxi motive force who made his fortune in building and belongings.
He’s making plans gold-plated initiatives in Ho Chi Minh Town and a hotel in central Vietnam.
