It is expected that 4,500 Indian tourists will be divided into small groups and stay at 4-5 star hotels in Hanoi from August 27 to September 3. It is expected that 10 high-end hotels in the capital will be selected by this group.

Go to India to experience the cuisine and return to serve customers

For Indian tourists, cuisine is the first thing they care about when traveling. To prepare for the group, in late July and early August, Novotel Hanoi Thai Ha Hotel sent a group to India to work with travel agents and spend a week experiencing the country's cuisine. According to Ms. Nguyen Thu - Director of Sales and Distribution at Novotel Hanoi Thai Ha Hotel, the first thing Indian tourists care about when traveling is cuisine. This is also the key point to meet this market. At Sheraton Hanoi Hotel, about 200 tourists of this group will stay for 4 days. The hotel representative said that the group has some special requests such as needing to serve Chai tea (traditional Indian tea) in all their meals at the hotel, the breakfast buffet needs to have more Indian and vegetarian dishes during the group's stay. In particular, when sending the room list, the organizers included notes on the preferences and special culinary requests of each guest in the group so that the hotel could understand and properly serve the guests' needs.

At the InterContinental Hanoi Landmark72 Hotel, guests will be served typical Indian dishes from all regions such as naan bread, tandoori grilled chicken, tikka masala, Indian-style chicken rice Biryani, butter cream chicken stew, curry, chutney sauce, masala butter fried chicken... "Our chefs have been sent to India to learn cooking and cultural exchange, improving their knowledge and local cooking techniques, to always be ready to welcome Indian guests. On this occasion, we also invited Indian chefs from 5-star hotels of the IHG Group in India to support", said Mr. Patrick Verove - General Manager of the InterContinental Hanoi Landmark72 Hotel.

Only stay at 4-5 star hotels

The group of 4,500 Indian guests are employees of the owner of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited Group, who have strict requirements for accommodation. All the hotels chosen by this billionaire as accommodation for his employees are luxury hotels in Hanoi. Up to now, the group is expected to stay at the following hotels: InterContinental Hanoi Landmark72, Meliá Hanoi, Movenpick Living West Hanoi, Pan Pacific Hanoi, Sheraton Hanoi and Novotel Hanoi Thai Ha. According to Ms. Le Kim Thu - Sales and Marketing Director of Movenpick Living West Hanoi Hotel, this group of guests is classified as a high-spending group. As soon as he approached the group, the billionaire's first request was for all staff to stay at 4-5 star hotels during their trip to Vietnam. For the large group of guests who are about to stay at the hotel, Movenpick West Hanoi has arranged a separate lobby on the first floor to serve food to nearly 300 Indian guests during their stay. According to hotels, this large group of Indian tourists is an opportunity for Vietnamese tourism in general and hotels in particular to promote their image.