Hotel Online Press Releases About the Meritus Westlake, Hanoi (Soft-opened Feb 25, 1998)

Address

1, Thanh Nien Road Ba Dinh District Hanoi, Vietnam Tel: (84-4) 823 8888 Fax: (84-4) 829 3888

Location

A 22-storey hotel overlooking the Westlake (Ho Tay) in the Ba Dinh District. 10 minutes’ drive from main commercial and cultural centre. 30 mins’ drive from Hanoi’s Nai Bai International Airport.

Accommadations

322 rooms including suites Meritus Club Floors & Lounge Enjoy views of Westlake, Truc Bach lake or Song Hong (Red River) Deluxe amenities

Restaurants and Lounges

Brasserie Tatler Tatler Lounge Peach Garden Chinese Restaurant Ristorante Bologna Italian Restaurant Top of the M Lounge Japanese Restaurant Pool Garden Cafe Exotica Disco & Karaoke

Business and Leisure Facilities

Fitness Centre with aerobics studio & gym All weather swimming pool with retractable roof Two spa pools Massage facilities Steam bath & sauna

Meritus Hotels & Resort Pte Ltd is the hotel management and marketing arm of Overseas Union Enterprise Ltd (OUE) which owns the 1,200-room Mandarin Singapore. A Singapore-listed company, OUE is an associated company of Overseas Union Bank (OUB), one of Singapore’s four major banks.

With the internationally-renowned Mandarin Singapore as its flagship hotel, OUE embarked on a hotel development phase in the 1980s. It acquired the management contract for the Marina Mandarin and opened it in 1987. Between 1987 and 1997, the group grew from one to 13 hotels. The Group’s newest additions are the Hainan Mandarin which soft-opened in Haikou in August 1997, making it the Group’s third hotel, and the Meritus Westlake in Hanoi which opens in February 1998.

Today, Meritus Hotels & Resorts has room inventory of more than 5,000 in Asia: three in Singapore, five in Malaysia and three in China. Capitalising on its strength and expertise in deluxe city and resort properties, Meritus Hotels & Resorts offers management services to already operating and new independent hotels and resorts in the region.

Meritus’ deluxe hotels offer top-of-the-line luxury and comforts for those whose business and lifestyle demand it. Whether in key cities or exotic resort locations, modern and up-to-date facilities are everyday features in these hotels. Each exemplify the Group’s reputation for quality and gracious hospitality, and enhance the travellers’ choice of business and leisure travel accommodations.

Meritus Hotel & Resorts also provides reservations, promotional, sales and marketing assistance to its hotels via its network of regional sales offices located in Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, London, Los Angeles, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo.

Within the Group, SMI Hospitality Services (SMIH) is the division that manages service apartment and other catering-related businesses

Contact: Ms. Patricia Goh Meritus Hotels and Resorts (65) 737 2280 web site: http://www.meritus-hotels.com.sg/