Hilton Hanoi Opera Hotel

Hilton Hanoi Opera Hotel

The Hilton Hanoi Opera Hotel is a 269 room five star luxury hotel, located in central Hanoi, Vietnam. The USD $64 million project opened on February 26, 1999 is majority owned by Hilton International Ltd (70%) with the remaining stake held by government owned Dong Loi Tourism Co.

The French colonial style of the seven story building is modeled after the architecture of the nearby Hanoi Opera House, a small scale replica of the Opera Garnier in Paris. The idiosyncratic name, incorporating a nearby building, was perhaps chosen to dissociate the hotel from the facetiously named Vietnam War prison, which became famously known as the "Hanoi Hilton" by its American inmates, due to the brutal treatment they received while captives. The Hilton Hanoi Opera Hotel is located several blocks away from the prison site and has no connection to the prison.

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* [http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=HANHITW Hilton Hanoi Opera Hotel]


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