Special activities to mark VN Tourism Year

Posted by admin on January 27, 2011 under Vietnam tour, Vietnam travel News | Read the First Comment

National Tourism Year 2011 which highlights the southern central coastal region will kick off in Phu Yen province on April 1.

The organising board said at a Jan. 25 press briefing that an artistic programme to celebrate the 400th founding anniversary of Phu Yen province will also take place on the same day with People’s Artist Le Ngoc Cuong, former Head of the Performance Arts Agency, as the programme director.

Accordingly, over 30 special events will be organised in eight southern central coastal cities and provinces of Danang , Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan and Phu Yen during the event.

Highlights for the event will include the International Yacht Festival in Mui Ne beach, Binh Thuan province from March 17-20, an International Firework Display in Danang city on April 29-30, the ASEAN Traditional Music Festival on June 1-7 in Phu Yen, the Nha Trang Sea Festival on June 11-15 and the cultural, sports and tourism festival of ethnic groups in the central and Central Highlands region in Phu Yen in July.

In preparation for the national promotion, the cities and provinces have worked with the National Tourism Administration to conduct two surveys in tourism destinations to create inter-regional tourism products.

Phu Yen province, as the host of the event, has also built up several cultural, sports and tourism establishments and stepped up the development of infrastructure and transport to meet visitors’ demands.

With the theme, “Exotic Beach and Island”, National Tourism Year is an opportunity to promote the country’s sea and island tourism, effectively exploit tourism potential and boost investment promotion.

Source: VietnamPlus

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Zinc | InVision promotes seven hospitality brands in Vietnam

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Zinc | InVision Hospitality is promoting seven hotel and hospitality brands to tourism investors and investment funds in the city.

Those brands are Zinc City, Glow Studios, Zinc Edge, Zinc Journey, Zinc Living, Soma and Touch by Zinc. Each of them caters to a particular market segment such as Soma that focuses on luxury resorts, Zinc Living on long-stay and residential living, and Zinc Journey on heritage travel.

Kevin J Beauvais, CEO of Zinc | InVision Hospitality, told the Daily at a luncheon in HCMC on Monday that at the beginning, the company wanted to develop Glow Studios as a hotel and apartment services brand, Zinc City as a “value for money” boutique business hotels brand and Touch by Zinc as a health and wellness destination spa brand in the Vietnam hotel market.

Kevin J Beauvais (L), CEO of Zinc | InVision Hospitality, chats with an invited guest at the meeting in HCMCKevin J Beauvais (L), CEO of Zinc | InVision Hospitality, chats with an invited guest at the meeting in HCMC

“We not only manage hotel properties but also contribute investment capital to them. We are looking for partners with a long-tern focus,” Beauvais said.According to him, the company’s development plan will receive funding by Z-I Capital Partners, which is an investment fund set up by the Zinc | InVision Hospitality partners and other investors.

‘We have a partner on Tuesday that we working with in the hotel consulting and design area and other client partners in Vietnam. We cannot give you specifics but in the coming 90 days we will announce the details,” he said.

The marketing event in HCMC is one of the activities organized by the company in a road show this month to promote the brands in some Asian markets such as Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong.

Zinc | InVision Hospitality has been developed by Thailand-based InVision Hospitality and Singapore-based Cinnovation | CG. The two announced their partnership to create the new company in Thailand’s Bangkok in the middle of this month.

Zinc | InVision Hospitality is looking to open 30 hotels in Asia by 2013. This year alone, the company will open seven hotels bearing Zinc Studios, Zinc Living, Zinc Journey and Touch by Zinc brands in Thailand, India and Nepal.

Many hotels are planned for other places such as Dubai, China, Malaysia, the Philippines in the next two years.

Source: SaigonTimes

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