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From European black-leather wingback chairs (with their bold, silver upholstery tacks), to textured copper-colored wallpapers (featuring their subtle, miniature-bamboo motif), the suites at the new Mövenpick Hotel Hanoi give off that pleasing sense of departure. They are, the entire hotel is, more than a little bit different, which is just the way Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts, the feted Swiss hotelier, wants it.

The Mövenpick Hotel Hanoi held its official grand opening with a spirited bash for some 600 people late last month. The 154-room hotel had executed a soft opening in December 2008, and its Mangosteen restaurant debuted to rave reviews in early February. Today, with final touches applied to said suites, and the christening of its health club and massage rooms on the third-floor level, all systems are go.
“Most new hotels make a claim about being ‘different’ but this is integral to the Mövenpick philosophy and we have taken this to still another level here,” said Mövenpick Hotel Hanoi General Manager Knuth Kiefer. “Our guests will see it in the décor, of course, but also in the personalized service touches we make routine. The fact that we are Hanoi’s only residence-style 5-star hotel, and we are located in the heart of a city about to celebrate its 1000th birthday, only sets us further apart.”

The Mövenpick Hotel Hanoi has assembled for guests an eclectic mix of styles and accoutrements, both modern and retro, that together create a singularly hip, harmonious space — from the public areas to the private rooms and suites. The neo-colonial façade, which opens to a somewhat formal foyer dominated by a baroque, crystal chandelier, soon gives way to the cool, modernist décor of Mangosteen, whose rich mix of whites, browns and purples recall its namesake fruit.

The hotel’s guest rooms come in three grades: Superior Deluxe (30 square metres in size), Premium Deluxe (37sm) and Junior Suite (60sm). Many feature two-tone floor schemes where the entryways and bathrooms are underscored by a slate-colored, faux-wood ceramic, while the main spaces feature walnut. In most rooms, a giant glass monolith predicates the open bathroom design, providing privacy whilst lending the entire room an open, airy, ambient quality.

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