Caravelle Saigon

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Located on Lam Son Square in the heart of Saigon, across the square from the historic Hotel Continental.

Caravelle SaigonHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam

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Practical information

Address: Caravelle Saigon
19-23 Lam Son Square
Sai Gon Ward, Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam
Telephone: +84 28 3823 4999
Official website: www.caravellehotel.com
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333 rooms and suites, most in a 24-storey tower adjoining the original ten-storey building.
Restaurants Reflections and Nineteen, and the legendary Saigon Saigon Rooftop Bar, little changed since 1959.
Kara Spa, swimming pool and fitness centre, and meeting and event spaces.
Located on Lam Son Square in the heart of Saigon, across the square from the historic Hotel Continental.

9 dates, written by Grand Hotels of the World from the sources below.

24 Dec. 1959
The hotel opens on Christmas Eve, named after the Sud Aviation Caravelle jet flown by its owner, Air France.
1959
Designed by Vietnamese architect Nguyen Van Hoa, it boasts Italian marble, bullet-proof glass, modern air-conditioning and a private generator.
1960s
The hotel houses the Australian and New Zealand embassies and the Saigon bureaus of NBC, ABC and CBS, becoming a hub of the Vietnam War.
1960s
The Manifesto of the Eighteen, announced at a press conference here, becomes known as the Caravelle Manifesto.
25 August 1964
A bomb explodes in room 514, on a floor of foreign journalists who are all out; nine rooms are damaged and several people injured.
1972 – 1973
From March 1972 to June 1973 the Australian Embassy Guard Platoon is stationed at the hotel.
1975
After the fall of Saigon, the state takes over the hotel and renames it Độc Lập (Independence).
1998
Following refurbishment, the Caravelle name is revived.
2002
Phillip Noyce uses the Caravelle as a stand-in for the Continental in The Quiet American; the actors stay in its Presidential Suites, Michael Caine among the guests.