La Residence Hotel and Spa has debuted two retreat packages, one for the royally inclined, the second for commoners, as well as a SuperStay package for the June 5-13 Festival.
The ‘Royal Retreat on the River of Perfumes’ rings in at $149 per person and includes nine distinct elements.
“Nine different things for $149,” said Carmen Marienberg, general manager of La Residence Hotel & Spa. “There are Nine Holy Cannons between the Noon Gate and Flagtower Bastion. There are Nine Dynastic Urns before Hien Lam Pavilion. So for every urn or cannon, we’re giving guests something.”
What? The Nine Things include a two-night stay in a superior room, round-trip airport transfer, breakfast for two, breakfast if you arrive early on the day of check-in, a welcome drink, a royal dinner (including royal costumes and Minh Mang wine), a 20-minute massage and complimentary bicycle and tennis court privileges, as well as complimentary sauna, Jacuzzi and Internet. Count the last three perks as one thing, and there is nine.
The less regal retreat includes only eight things, as per above except for the massage, and you get only one night, not two. But the price is lower at $95 per person.
“The longer you stay, the more we like you,” said Marienberg.
The rates for the Hue Festival start at $95 per person for one night in a superior room, including taxes and breakfast, and jump to $179 for two nights and $255 for three nights. The rates are valid from June 5 – 13.
ABOUT LA RESIDENCE
Set on a two-hectare site with 200 meters of frontage on the fabled Perfume River, La Residence celebrated its grand opening in December 2005 after a painstaking restoration of the former colonial governor’s residence. The hotel’s distinctive bowed façade, its long horizontal lines and nautical flourishes are hallmarks of the streamline moderne school of art deco architecture.
In 2007, Conde Nast Traveler selected La Residence for its prestigious Hot List. In 2009, the hotel was a Grand Award Winner in Andrew Harpers Hideaway Report.
The hotel’s 122 rooms and suites, restaurants, lounges, bars and conference room are tricked out in complementary art-deco furnishings and décor that evoke both the 1920s and 1950s. The hotel’s fine-dining venue, Le Parfum, serves Mediterranean and French cuisine, as well as dishes from a complementary Vietnamese menu.
The conference facilities, including board rooms, can accommodate 140 guests. The hotel provides complimentary WiFi Internet access in the ground floor lounges and in Le Gouverneur itself.