M?venpick signs integrated resort in Vietnam

Vietnam?s first integrated destination resort will be operated by M?venpick Hotels & Resorts.
M?venpick Resort Phu Quoc, a fully-integrated beach-front destination resort facing the Gulf of Thailand, will offer 250 guestrooms, 100 residences and 50 luxury pool villas when it opens in 2017.
Facilities will include a themed retail village, water park and lagoon-style pool, destination spa, beachside wedding and special events sala, a 1,000-square-metre convention area, amphitheatre, cooking school, beach club, kids club, water sports centre, fitness centre and an adventure and teambuilding activity.
M?venpick Hotels & Resorts president & CEO Jean Gabriel P?r?s said: ?This exciting project will take our Vietnam portfolio to three-properties strong by 2018 and paves the way for M?venpick Hotels and Resorts to manage similar large-scale destination resort developments across Asia where our strategy is to gain a strong foothold in sought-after locations.?
M?venpick operates the 154-room M?venpick Hotel Hanoi and plans to open its second property in Vietnam, the 229-key M?venpick Resort & Spa Quy Nhon, in 2018.