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Hotel Majestic Saigon Vietnam
Hotel
MAJESTIC
situated
right on the corner of Catinat St. (Dong Khoi St.) and Quai de
Belgique St. (ton Duc Thang St.) was established since 1925 by
Huibon Hoa Company. ( The owner was a Chinese - Vietnamese
called uncle Hoa). The design was from France with 4 stories and
44 guestrooms at the beginning.
In 1948 the Indochina
Tourism & Exhibition Department bought the main part of the
building consisting of the first floor and the ground floor, and
rented the remainder of 44 rooms in 30 years. Mr Franchini
Mathieu, a French corsican, signed a contract to exploit the
property within 15 years from 1951. (He was also at that time
the owner of Hotel Continental). In the due year of 1965 the
Hotel was managed by the National Travel Bureau and the General
Department of Tourism Development.
In 1968 two more
stories in which an international conference room, a restaurant,
and some other guestrooms were developped that time was rename
as Hoan My - coming from the initials of
Hotel MAJESTIC).
In 1985 the Ho Chi
Minh City Committee decided to set up the Saigontourist Company
to manage a lot of hotels among which was
Hotel MAJESTIC,
now also bearing a new Vietnamese name "Cuu Long". At that time
Hotel MAJESTIC
had only 99 guestrooms of different types, an European
restaurant, an Asian restaurant, an international conference
room, a souvenir shop, etc...
Through a long time
of operation, the premises had been downgraded and the
management of the Saigon Tourist Company decided to invest in
upgrading it. And on August 1st, 1994 the Hotel was completely
closed for total renovation.
Aiming at recovering
the classical style of Hotel
MAJESTIC of 1925, the
Saigontourist company has instructed its own construction firm
to design and carry out the project with and investment of about
USD 5,500,000.
At the present moment
Hotel MAJESTIC
has 122 guestrooms including 30 suites, with additinal services
such as Business Center, Coffee Shop, Swimming Pool, Gymroom,
Sauna-Massage, etc. On August 1st, 1995
Hotel MAJESTIC
resumed its operation and become an ideal property for both
business and leisure Travelers so far.
Our Distinguished Guests
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