Vietnam’s Hanoi Golden Lake hotel is the first of its kind. The facade of 25 storey building is covered in 5,000 square meters of hotel in the downtown area of Hanoi is being covered with 24 karat gold-plated tiles.
A large wall of the Hanoi Golden Lake hotel on the bank of the Giang Vo Lake in Ba Dinh district has startled many passersby with its glistering gold-plated tiles shining day to night.
While hotels boasting gold-plated rooms or accessories are not something new around the world, those using gold-plated tiles are rare.
Nguyen Huu Duong, general director of Hoa Binh Group which is developing the 400 room hotel, a golden rooftop infinity pool, gold plated cutlery, golden stress and gold plated furniture. The cost of each apartment is $6,500 per square meter. Nguyen Huu Duong, general director of Hoa Binh Group, the hotel’s developer, says the unique project was always pricey and risky. Proudly claims that Hanoi Golden Lake would become the world’s first hotel having its facade gold plated. The property will operate under the Wyndham Hotels brand.
Duong told The Leader plating tiles in real gold requires a complicated method that most investors or property developers would hardly humor. So the Hoa Binh Group manufactured the plated tiles itself. Gold appears to be the company’s signature.
The developers used gold-plated elevators in the Hoa Binh International Tower and real gold parts in the Hoa Binh Green Apartment and Hoa Binh Green City complexes as well. Duong believes Hanoi Golden Lake will serve as an international marketing tool for Vietnam.
“As tourism has been identified as the spearhead of the local economy, the sector must have unique product to attract visitors. The Hanoi Golden Lake will become a place not to be missed in this sense,” Duong said.
