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Saigontourist teams up with Korea’s Hanatour 

 Tuesday, May 23,2017

AsemconnectVietnam - Saigontourist Holding Company, the country’s leading tourism enterprise, last Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding on tourism development cooperation with Hanatour, South Korea’s leading travel agency, at Lottle Seoul Hotel within the framework of a working visit to Korea by a high-level delegation from HCMC from May 15-23.

The signing ceremony was attended by Nguyen Thanh Phong, chairman of HCMC, Bui Ta Hoang Vu, director of the HCMC Tourism Department, the Vietnamese ambassador to Korea, and senior representatives from tourism enterprises of both Vietnam and Korea.

Under the MoU, both sides agreed on strengthening long-term and mutually beneficial relationship in related fields including travel and accommodation businesses, food and entertainment activities. In addition, the two sides pledged to promote tourism by air and sea between Vietnam and Korea, attract more international tourists to both countries and accelerate the sales and marketing activities of major products and services of Saigontourist.    

Over the past years, Saigontourist and Hanatour have launched some cooperation programs through organizing tours and charter flights taking Vietnamese tourists to Korea and vice versa.

Vo Anh Tai, deputy general director of Saigontourist, said the cooperation agreement will contribute to enhancing the presence of Saigontourist in the Korean market in an effort to lure more Korean tourists to buy products and services of the Vietnamese leading hospitality enterprise, and promote tourism images of Vietnam and HCMC to the Northeast Asian country.

Saigontourist Holding Company, established in August 1975, currently manages over 100 hotels, resorts, restaurants and travel companies and entertainment parks in different locations nationwide. It serves more than two millions of customers each year and works with over 1,000 leading tourism partners around the globe. Saigontourist Travel Service Co. under the umbrella of Saigontourist is the country’s biggest travel firm with fruitful cooperation with the Korean tourism market.

Hanatour is the largest travel agency of South Korea with its global network including 17 domestic subsidiaries, 10 overseas branches and 14 representative offices around the world.

Source: thesaigontimes.vn

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