Ichi chivakwa chinogona kunge chisiri chinonyanya kushamisa muguta reHo Chi Minh Guta (HCM), Saigon, asi zvirokwazvo ndicho chimwe cheanonyanyo zivikanwa muguta rekumaodzanyemba kweVietnam. Caravelle Hotel yakapemberera kusvitsa kwayo makore makumi mashanu muna 50, uye hapana imwe hotera muHCM City ine nhoroondo inofadza kupfuura nzvimbo iyi.
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Munguva yeHondo yeVietnam, hotera yakashanda seSaigon's unofficial press club uye yakava nzvimbo yekusangana yemifananidzo yakawanda yevhidhiyo yakadai saDavid Halberstam, Peter Arnett, Morley Safer, Neil Sheehan, naWalter Cronkite. CBS News, ABC News, uye New York Times zvakare vaive nemahofisi avo pahotera panguva yehondo.
"Nhoroondo yeCaravelle inoita kuti ive chikamu chemucheka weHo Chi Minh Guta neVietnam nenzira isingaite mahotera chero kupi zvako," akatsanangura John Gardner, maneja mukuru weCaravelle. "Haisi 'chete' hotera yenyeredzi shanu, chimwe chinhu che'unhu' munyaya yekuvandudzwa kweVietnam yemazuva ano," akawedzera.
Iri bhuku rinotevera nhoroondo yehotera kubva pakuvhurwa kwayo muna 1959 kusvika pakuvandudzwa kwayo kukuru muna 1998. Ichowo uchapupu hwekushanduka kwebhizimisi rekugamuchira vaeni muSaigon. Bhuku racho rinogona kuodwa pachitoro chezvipo chehotera kana kuti nepaIndaneti pawww.caravellehotel.com.
