Le Khac Hiep, vice chairman of Vingroup, said the group currently has eight complexes of five or more-star hotels. Together with the imminent opening of the new hotels, the group has plans to build some hotels citywide similar to the five-star Vinpearl Can Tho Hotel which was inaugurated late last year.

“Along with plans to develop new hotels, we will introduce new utility services at resorts, and change sales strategies,” Hiep said at the signing of a cooperation deal with Vietnamese tour operator Vietravel on February 27.

Accordingly, Vingroup will limit the number of agents and cooperate with its key strategic agencies like Vietravel to expand the market.

He did not reveal the number of strategic agencies, but said every agency has their own customers such as domestic and international tourists, or conference guests.

Tran Doan The Duy, deputy general director of Vietravel, said his customers will be given priority when booking rooms at Vingroup’s hotels and resorts, in addition to reasonable prices.

“We have booked a large number of rooms to ensure stability for the whole year and actively offering packages with fair prices for our customers without worrying about a lack of rooms in peak travel seasons,” he said.

On the occasion of signing the deal with Vingroup, the tour operator will offer special promotions. In particular, the first 100 customers booking rooms for two nights or more from February 27 to end-March will get vouchers worth VND2 million for stays until end-June.

The company will also launch more tours to Vingroup’s resorts, and offer some package tours at prices VND1-2.5 million lower than normal.

Vietravel is a major tourism firm in Vietnam. Last year, it served around 647,000 travelers and earned total revenue of VND5.16 trillion.

Source: thesaigontimes.vn