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10th Edition, 2013
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Sheraton Hotel & Spa
With 30 floors, the Sheraton Nha Trang was designed to
provide dazzling sea views from each of its 280 rooms
and an array of restaurants and bars
delivers a multi-dimensional, uplifting guest experience
Nha Trang
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HOT Destination
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raveling Vietnam’s southern
coastline at the start of 2012
provided an opportunity to expe-
rience a few of the new hotels,
restaurants and entertainment venues
during the new year holidays.
Our longest stop of the journey was
a week in Nha Trang, roughly 320KM
northeast of Saigon. Though we’ve been
to Vietnam a half-dozen times, this was
our first time into Nha Trang.
One of the charms of city’s is it’s coastline,
commonly listed as one of the world’s top
by the “Most Beautiful Bays in the World”
organisation based in Vannes, France.
(www.world-bays.com)
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We were fortunate to have used the Sheraton Hotel &
Spa as our base of operations. Ranked as the first inter-
nationally renowned, 5-star brand to cultivate a beach
destination within Vietnam, the site lived up to it’s billing.
It’s central location offered a convenient place to arrange
business meetings - as we often found it to be the num-
ber-one gathering place for Nha Trang’s business pro-
fessionals and expatriates. The hotel was also a stone’s
throw from the beach and shopping malls.
With 30 floors, the Sheraton Nha Trang was designed to
provide dazzling sea views from each of its 280 rooms
and an array of restaurants and bars. Their 9 classes of
accommodation range from spacious deluxe rooms to
70-square-meter executive suites and one
awe-inspiring 182-square-meter presidential suite. Each
room has a balcony that juts far enough to provide
an open-air view of the bay and a beach that’s been
described by many as the best in Vietnam.
Guests in the presidential suite and others staying in a
room or suite on the 22nd-26th floors have access to the
Sheraton Club Lounge, an awe-inspiring modern lounge,
which delivers a multi-dimensional, uplifting guest expe-
rience.
Business travelers and leisure travelers who crave extra-
special treatment and amenities should check in here.
One of our regular haunts was the Sheraton’s Altitude
Bar, located on level 28 -- which is well-known as the
highest bar in Nha Trang. It was a pleasure to relax and
enjoy the spectacular view of the bay as the female DJ
duo performed an eclectic mix of music. We agreed with
Raaj Dhillon, the hotel’s F&B Director when he said “this
is one of the best spots to watch sunset in Nha Trang or
to enjoy the scene of the seaside city lit up with lights at
night.”
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We also dropped in at the Sheraton’s Shine Spa
for their Vietnamese Massage, one of their sig-
nature treatments. Shine Spa is the second of
its kind in Asia-Pacific region, after the brand was
launched in 2009 at Sheraton Maldives Full Moon
Resort & Spa. Shine Spa for Sheraton is part of the
Silk Route Spa Collection by Sheraton.
Symbolic of traveling between modern and
ancient worlds on one of the most legendary
journeys, winding its way through land and time,
mystery and magic, the Silk Route Spa Collection
draws on influences from East and West, com-
bining them into a extraordinary guest experi-
ence. With treatments originating from China,
Thailand, India, Arabia and the Mediterranean,
the Shine Spa therapist sends you on a truly magi-
cal journey. The subtle natural aromas transport
you to faraway places where sheer indulgence
awaits.
Though the Sheraton is an oasis in it’s own right,
we were able to stay in touch with the outside
world, working from the Link@Sheraton, a unique
WiFi lounge launched by Sheraton last year. In the
Link@Sheraton, we were able to connect to the
Internet, send email, watch TV on a plasma screen
and browse through local and international news-
papers and magazines.
We were regular visitors to several of the prop-
erty’s restaurants:
Steam ‘n Spice is a restaurant that celebrates the
best of Asia’s streets with a cheery indoor space.
This concept is a first for the entire Starwood
group of hotels, and is certainly worth a visit.
Feast is a tried-and-true culinary concept that
taps the culinary heritage of Italy, India and a
number of distinct Asian locales and turns out a
la carte dishes a la minute. On the lobby level,
Toastina provided us with deli favorites,
to-go style ***
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