Hotel Majestic (Saigon)
| Hotel Majestic Saigon | |
|---|---|
Khách sạn Majestic Sài Gòn | |
.jpg) The Hotel Majestic Saigon in 2023 | |
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| Former names | HM Hotel (Khách sạn Hoàn Mỹ; In Republic of Vietnam period) |
| Alternative names | Mekong Hotel (Khách sạn Cửu Long) |
| General information | |
| Status | Complete; expandsion is on hold |
| Architectural style | Renaissance |
| Classification |  |
| Location | Corner of Đồng Khởi – Tôn Đức Thắng Boulevard |
| Address | No.1 Đồng Khởi Street, Bến Nghé Ward |
| Town or city | District 1, Ho Chi Minh City |
| Country |  Vietnam |
| Inaugurated | 1925 |
| Renovated |
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| Owner | Saigontourist |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 8 |
| Design and construction | |
| Main contractor | Hui Bon Hoa |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 175 |
| Number of restaurants | 6 |
| Number of bars | 3 |
| Website | |
| Hotel Majestic Saigon | |
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The Hotel Majestic is a historic luxury hotel located in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Built by local Chinese businessman Hui Bon Hoa in 1925 in a French Colonial and classical French Riviera styles.[1] Bon Hoa was one of the richest business men in southern Vietnam at the time. [2]
The original design of the hotel had three stories and 44 bedrooms. In 1948, Mathieu Franchini, head of the Indochina Tourism & Exhibition Department bought the ground and first floors of the hotel and rented 44 rooms in the building for the next 30 years. The hotel was expanded in 1965; two more stories were added based on the design of Vietnamese architect Ngo Viet Thu.[2]
It is located at No. 1 Đồng Khởi Street, formerly rue Catinat. After 1975, the hotel name was changed to Mekong Hotel (Khách Sạn Cửu Long),[3] and it became a government guest house. It was recently renamed again to the original name, the six storey building is now a 5 star hotel overlooking the Bạch Đằng Quay and Saigon River. It is owned by the state-owned Saigon Tourist.
Saigon Tourist announced a 1.9 trillion VND expansion project of the Majestic Hotel in July 2011. It plans to construct two towers of 24 and 27 storeys. The new complex will have a total 538 rooms, 353 of which will be hotel rooms.[4]
Literature
[edit]- William Warren, Jill Gocher (2007). Asia's legendary hotels: the romance of travel. Singapore: Periplus Editions. ISBN 978-0-7946-0174-4.
See also
[edit]- Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi (1901), the largest heritage hotel from the French Indochina period
Other historic hotels in Ho Chi Minh City:
- Hotel Continental Saigon 1880
- Grand Hotel 1930
- Caravelle Hotel 1959
- Rex Hotel 1927
References
[edit]- ^ "Walkabout with 'Digger' Lim: Classic Hotels of Saigon". 26 July 2009.
- ^ a b "Memory lane: More than a century of Dong Khoi, icon of Saigon beauty". Thanh Nien News. May 4, 2015. Archived from the original on May 11, 2015. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
- ^ "Dawn by the Sông Sàigòn". Archived from the original on 2014-01-08. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
- ^ "Mở rộng Majestic". The Saigon Times. 2011-07-06. Archived from the original on 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
External links
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Media related to Hotel Majestic, Saigon at Wikimedia Commons
- Hotel Majestic Homepage
