First US-style five-star resort opens in Phu Quoc
First US-style five-star resort opens in Phu Quoc
CEO Group on Sunday inaugurated its Best Western Premier Sonasea Phu Quoc resort in the southern province of Kien Giang.
Located in Phu Quoc Island’s Duong To Commune, the resort has an area of more than 34,800sq.m with total investment of VND1.5 trillion (US$64.6 million). The resort is the area’s first US-style five-star resort managed by Best Western Group.
The resort has 549 apartments and 16 high-end sea view villas.
CEO Group is one of the three biggest investors in Phu Quoc and runs the Novotel Phu Quoc Resort and Novotel Villas.
Speaking at the ceremony, Mai Anh Nhin, vice chairman of Kien Giang People’s Committee, said the project would help ease the shortage of five-star hotel rooms in Phu Quoc.Olivier Berrivin, a representative of Best Western in Asia-Pacific region, said the project is one of the largest scale for Best Western Group in Viet Nam.
Tran Dao Duc, deputy general director of CEO Group, said the project showed their commitment to turning Phu Quoc into an international tourism centre. It was also a step to develop a five star resort chain of 3,000 to 5,000 rooms nationwide by 2021.
