Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – 12 December 2016
The Okura Prestige Saigon, the Okura Prestige brand’s first property in Vietnam, which will open in Ho Chi Minh City in 2020. The move is part of an ambitious undertaking by Hotel Okura, whose subsidiary Okura Nikko Hotel Management Co. operates Okura Hotels & Resorts, Nikko Hotels International and Hotel JAL City, to expand its global portfolio to 100 properties, primarily in Asia, by 2020.
The Okura Prestige Saigon will be the third hotel in Vietnam managed by Okura Nikko Hotel Management following Hotel Nikko Hanoi and Hotel Nikko Saigon operated under the Nikko brand.
The hotel will be part of Satra Tax Plaza, a 40-story, multipurpose commercial complex under construction on the site of the former Saigon Tax Trade Center. The complex, situated in District 1, one of the city’s prime locations, will offer direct connection to the Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro line currently under development. It is about six kilometers (3.7 miles) north of Tan Son Nhat International Airport, the nation’s major gateway.
Facilities will include 250 spacious guest rooms, Japanese restaurants, all-day dining, rooftop bar, multipurpose banquet/meeting rooms, gymnasium and outdoor pool.
Okura Hotels & Resorts will also add Okura Spa & Resort Cappadocia in Turkey in 2017 and The Hotel Okura Manila Bayshore and The Okura Prestige Phnom Penh in 2019. The next Nikko Hotels International property scheduled to open will be Hotel Nikko Bangkok in 2018.