The 450-room, nine-story JW Marriott Hotel Hanoi is being design by architect Carlos Zapata Studio. It will be the only hotel adjacent to the new, National Convention Center in the city’s  Tu Liem District, about 7.5 kilometers west of central Hanoi and 22.5 kilometers south of the airport.  Central to the city’s masterplan through 2020, the hotel will be surrounded by high-end residential apartments and townhouses, office buildings and recreational green space when it opens.

Ed Fuller, president and managing director for international lodging for Marriott said Vietnam ranked high in Marriott’s strategic global expansion plans:  “Despite the current global economic slump, Vietnam remains committed to long-term economic growth and to capitalizing on its attractiveness as a tourism destination for visitors especially from Asia, the United States and Europe where our robust market presence will provide a strong sense of familiarity for those considering a visit to Vietnam.

Mr. Vu Quang Hoi, chairman of the owning company, added, “The hotel project is seated in the newly developed center of Hanoi’s expansion and right next to the National Convention Center which attracts high-profile conferences.  Bitexco was selected by the Government of Vietnam to be the investor for this very important project with the belief and requirement to deliver the best quality facility for international conferences and lodging.”

The hotel will have three restaurants including a casual, all-day food outlet, a Vietnamese restaurant with four private dining rooms, a specialty themed restaurant offering two private dining rooms and a café/delicatessen.

Spacious accommodations at the JW Marriott Hotel Hanoi will be luxuriously appointed. They will feature separate showers and tubs; plush bed and bath amenities; high definition, flat screen television; high-speed Internet access; and in-room safe, mini-bar and coffee and tea service.

Business-oriented amenities will include an executive lounge with a meeting room for small conferences and a fully equipped business center. For recreation, the hotel will have a world-class Spa and fitness center and an outdoor, heated swimming pool. Other amenities will be a gift shop and concierge desk.

For meetings and social events, the JW Marriott Hotel Hanoi will have 2,150 square meters of space. Included will be a 1,000-square meter grand ballroom that will be divisible into five sections; a 450-square meter ballroom that will be divisible into three sections and five meeting rooms in varying configurations, all of which will also be divisible into two or three sections.

Marriott International already has two hotels in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and a 271-room JW Marriott Resort is scheduled to open in Danang in 2013. In Asia, Marriott International’s portfolio today consists of 111 hotels in 16 countries. More than 50 hotels and resorts are under construction in the region.

Marriott International currently has more than 700 hotels under construction, awaiting conversion or approved for development in its global pipeline Over two-thirds of its full-service hotel development pipeline is located outside the United States and 50 hotels and resorts are under construction in Asia.

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