Isakhiwo kungenzeka singabi esigqame kakhulu edolobheni lase-Ho Chi Minh City (HCM), e-Saigon, kodwa ngokuqinisekile singesinye sezakhiwo ezinhle kakhulu eningizimu yedolobha laseVietnam. I-Caravelle Hotel igubhe iminyaka yayo engama-50 phakathi no-2009, futhi alikho elinye ihhotela e-HCM City elinomlando ojabulisa ukwedlula le ndawo.
Ukugubha lolu suku lokuzalwa olukhethekile, kushicilelwe incwadi enamakhasi ayi-114 enesihloko esithi, Caravelle - Saigon: A History. Kuthathe unyaka ukuthi ithimba lababhali nabacwaningi lidale le ncwadi futhi liqoqe izindaba ezithokozisayo kubantu abahlukahlukene abampilo yabo eye yahlangana ne-Caravelle.
Phakathi neMpi YaseVietnam, ihhotela lasebenza njengeqembu labezindaba elingekho emthethweni le-Saigon futhi laba yindawo yokubuthana yezithombe eziningi zemidiya ezinjengoDavid Halberstam, Peter Arnett, Morley Safer, Neil Sheehan, noWalter Cronkite. I-CBS News, i-ABC News, kanye ne-New York Times nabo babenamahhovisi abo ehhotela ngesikhathi sempi.
“Umlando weCaravelle uyenza ibe yingxenye yendwangu yeDolobha laseHo Chi Minh kanye neVietnam ngendlela engaba ambalwa kakhulu amahhotela noma yikuphi,” kuchaza uJohn Gardner, imenenja jikelele yeCaravelle. "Akulona 'nje' ihhotela lezinkanyezi ezinhlanu, into 'yomlingisi' endabeni yokuthuthuka kweVietnam yesimanje," wengeza.
Le ncwadi ilandelela emuva indaba yehhotela kusukela ekuvulweni kwalo ngo-1959 kuya ekulungisweni kwalo okubanzi ngo-1998. Futhi iwubufakazi bokuvela kwemboni yezokuvakasha eSaigon. Incwadi inga-odwa esitolo sezipho sehhotela noma nge-inthanethi kokuthi www.caravellehotel.com.
