From Travel Daily Media – Vietnam’s first integrated casino resort has opened its doors on the country’s southeast coast.
The Grand Ho Tram Strip features a 541-room hotel, plus a casino with 90 table games and more than 600 slot machines, meeting and convention space, 13 F&B outlets, a spa, three swimming pools and retail outlets.
Work on a second tower is ongoing, and will eventually add another 559 hotel rooms along with additional entertainment facilities.
“This has been a monumental effort, and we stand here today not just launching a hotel, not just launching a casino – we stand here today launching a new era of tourism for Vietnam,” said Colin Pine, general director of the Ho Tram Project Company.
“I owe a huge debt of thanks to all of the team at the Ho Tram Project Company and all of our partners around the nation, all of the authorities that have been so supportive of this amazing property that we are opening today,” he added.
Eventually, the Ho Tram Strip will include a second integrated resort, to be operated by Pinnacle Entertainment Group, along with three other five-star resorts, set along a 2.2km stretch of beach front in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, around 2.5 hours’ drive from Ho Chi Minh City. It also includes a Greg Norman-designed golf course, called The Bluffs.
While gambling is illegal in Vietnam, the country does allow international tourists to bet in casinos.
