Azerai Resorts in Vietnam enter the new year after an award-packed 2025 which saw veteran hotelier Adrian Zecha’s latest portfolio winning multiple high-profile honors from some of the world’s leading travel authorities. Azerai Ke Ga Bay, the all-suites-and-villas oceanside property in southern Vietnam, was awarded a prestigious MICHELIN Key in October. This followed the resort being named one of Southeast Asia’s best boutique hotels by The Times (UK) and after securing the runner-up title in the Most Instagrammable Hotel in the World contest (it also secured the title for the Most Instagrammable Hotel in Asia, the Indian Ocean and South Pacific) sponsored by the U.S.-based Luxury Travel Advisor. The resort was voted one of Vietnam’s “Top 10 Family Hotels” in the Smart Travel Asia Reader Poll and finished the year with an award as Vietnam’s “Best Boutique Resort for 2025” from Epicure magazine. Azerai Ke Ga Bay, located a comfortable 2.5-hour drive from Ho Chi Minh City on a new ...
A Spanish national with more than a decade of experience in luxury hospitality in Europe and Asia has been named The Anam Mui Ne’s director of rooms. Elena Lopez de Silanes has joined the 127-room resort on Mui Ne Beach to oversee rooms divisions operations, including front office, guest experience, housekeeping, laundry, and in-house water factory. She also acts as the resort’s executive assistant manager, partnering with resort manager Ye Chang Sheng (Peter) in leading daily operations, strategic initiatives, and cross-departmental collaboration to achieve overall business and guest satisfaction goals. Lopez de Silanes has worked in Vietnam since 2022. Before joining The Anam Mui Ne, she was the director of guest experience and entertainment at Villa Le Corail, A Gran Meliá Hotel, in nearby Nha Trang, and was part of the resort’s pre-opening team. Previously, she was a front office manager and quality control manager at Meliá Bali. She originally embarked on a medical degree to ...