Grand Opening party of new Mövenpick Hotel Hanoi

      Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts officially christened the new Mövenpick Hotel Hanoi with a Grand Opening party 27 March, celebrating the city’s newest, hippest meeting place, hostelry and culinary venue.
“We have created the Mövenpick Hotel Hanoi to be different,” says Knuth Kiefer, the property’s general manager. “We are the city’s only 5-star hotel with a residential feel, and we have enhanced this dynamic with a level of personalised service, practical business accommodations, atmosphere and stylish furnishings that further distinguish us from the competition.”
The Mövenpick Hotel Hanoi can be reached by calling +84 4 3822 2800, or emailing hotel.hanoi@moevenpick.com
The first thing distinguishing the Mövenpick Hotel Hanoi is its place in the heart of this 1,000-year-old city. “Our location is fantastic, wonderfully central, whereas many of the other finer hotel options here are quite removed from the heart of Hanoi,” Kiefer says. “The city’s signature tourist offerings and business community are all here, centrally located, so we are proud to be here with them, at the center of it all.”
The freestanding, colonial-style Mövenpick Hotel Hanoi stands astride the city’s busy Ly Thuong Kiet, right next door to Pacific Place, one of Hanoi’s most prominent business/residential buildings and home to local headquarters of IBM and HSBC. Hanoi Tower is a mere two-minute walk from the hotel’s front door, and the Quan Su temple is just around the corner. Hanoi’s famed Opera House, Old Quarter shopping district, myriad embassies and central train station are all located a mere five-minute taxi ride away.
Inside the Mövenpick Hotel Hanoi guests find Mangosteen, the second-floor, all-day dining venue with seating for 110. Its massive windows face out onto lively Ly Thuong Kiet; its menu is an innovative mix of Vietnamese flavours and Swiss favourites; its chef, Colin Ong, is a seasoned veteran who honed his craft at famed properties such as the Raffles Hotel Singapore, the Palace Hotel in South Africa and, for the past eight years, Hilton hotels in the Philippines, Kuwait and Malaysia.
Among the dinner items from which guests can choose (and Mr. Ong predicts will be hits) are the Asian-inspired Prawn, Papaya and Green Apple Salad, tossed with white radish and wasabi dressing; and the Käsespätzle, an oven-baked noodle topped with Emmenthal cheese and a side bouquet of garden lettuce — a European classic.
Lounge 83 complements the Mövenpick’s main lobby, with its creative “Swiss Roesti” casual dining menu and integrated wine cellar.
The hotel’s 154 guest rooms come in three grades: Superior Deluxe (30 square metres in size), Premium Deluxe (37sm) and Junior Suite (60sm).
“The guest rooms vary in size and layout, but all are designed to create a warm and welcoming atmosphere, with earth-tone accents and dark wooden floors,” Kiefer explains. “Some Vietnamese touches have been integrated into the décor, to give it a sense of place. All the rooms offer a unique open bathroom concept that features a large glass windowpane that extends from the bathroom into the guest room. This adds daylight to the bathroom while creating an actual feeling of space elsewhere.”
While many of the building’s original architectural features have been preserved, the new furnishings are a smart, very Swiss mix of the au courant — artwork and appointments that are elegant, youthful, modernist — and the practical: halogen lamps, large work areas complete with office chair, and WiFi and Internet facilities.