1. Introducing: Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi Hotel is a five star hotel located at 15 Ngo Quyen street, near Hoan Kiem Lake and the Opera House of the city, distance from hotel to Noibai airport about 33kms.The Sofitel Metropole Hanoi ancient architectural style of the French colonial era Metropole is the first five star hotel in Hanoi. It was built in 1901 by French investors. It has French’s architectural styles, the walls are covered with white paint, green door frame with lots of iron flower oblique sophisticated design, soft ... Metropole hotel serves mostly foreign tourists. In the early 1950s,Clownking Charlie Chaplin and the author of The Quiet American – Graham Greene stayed at the hotel Sofitel Metropole Hanoi. Metropole hotel is wonderful place to take wedding photos
Trang 1VIETNAM UNIVERSITY OF COMMERCE
FACUTY OF ENGLISH
GROUP DISCUSSION
ENGLISH 1
Topic: A famous hotel
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- Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi Hotel is a five- star hotel located at 15 Ngo Quyen street, near Hoan Kiem Lake and the Opera House of the city,
distance from hotel to Noibai airport about 33kms
-The Sofitel Metropole Hanoi ancient architectural style of the French colonial era
- Metropole is the first five- star hotel in Hanoi It was built in 1901 by French investors It has French’s architectural styles, the walls are covered with white paint, green door frame with lots of iron flower oblique sophisticated design, soft
- Metropole hotel serves mostly foreign tourists In the early 1950s,Clown-king Charlie Chaplin and the author of "The Quiet American" – Graham
Greene stayed at the hotel Sofitel Metropole Hanoi
- Metropole hotel is wonderful place to take wedding photos
2.Characteristics of the hotel:
- Sofitel legend Metropole Ha Noi has full spa the therapy, outdoor pool and health club
- Customers can access high speed internet wired and wireless free in public areas, besides there computers serves customers at right in hotel premises
- A five-star famous hotel, sotitel legend Metropole has services facilities to serve the needs word and conference such as: central office services, small meeting room and car luxury
- This luxury hotel has a bar next to the pool, staff are ready to consult some service such as travel and marriage
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- This is a great hotel because there is no smoke
3.Facilities in the room:
- 364 rooms are equipped with air conditioning at the Sofitel Legend
Metropole Hanoi including security safe and minibar
+ Beds are equipped with cotton blanket, feathered blankets, and
premium bedding
+ The guests can access wireless Internet and free wireless high speed in the room
+ The rooms are equipped with LCD televisions with satellite channels All rooms have desks, newspapers, and phones with voice mail Bathroom with shower and tub combinations with handheld showerheads, bathrobes,
toiletries were designed and makeup and shave
+ In addition, amenities available on request include irons clothes
equipment, anti-allergenic bedding and wake-up calls
+ Turndown service is offered nightly and daily housekeeping
-The hotel is divided into two zones :
Metropole Opera zone ancient and new area with room types
+ New Opera Classic zone - neck Metropole Area Metropole Classic Deluxe + Neck Metropole Classic Suite zone
+ Neck New Opera Opera Suite zone
+ Deluxe Suite zone
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4 Restaurant and bar:
- Le Beaulieu French Restaurant : bring a classic and subtle space You can
enjoy the excellent cuisine of the French Le Beaulieu French has long been known for Brunch meals ( breakfast lunch combined ) on Sundays and dinner
- Spices Garden Vietnamese Restaurant : decorated beautifully, serves
diners
traditional and modern Vietnamese dishes From the restaurant you can admire the beautiful gardens of the hotel
- Angelina - Italian Steak house Restaurants: a space combines modern
restaurants and bars with the dishes with unique flavors of Italy and
reputation of wines from many countries around the world, serving the
diverse needs of diners
- Bamboo Poolside Bar: Located next to the pool, Bamboo is quiet getaway
Furnished with antique flavor through the rattan chairs and ceiling fans Also here you can also enjoy snacks and cocktails
- Le Club Bar : you not only get to enjoy drinks , cocktails , but also have the
opportunity to enjoy the garden area of hotel visitors can select breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea , chocolate buffet and dinner in great live music space
- Met Pub : is a favorite place by live music , good food and lots of beer ,
brandy , whiskey for you to choose from
5.Other services and facilities:
- Clark Hatch Health Center :is equipped with exercise machines and
exercise equipment of international standard At the center you also get support from fitness experts , professional massage In addition, the center has a sauna , jacuzzi baths and an outdoor pool
- Business Center: Located between Metropole hotel and Opera House here
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internet, meeting rooms are equipped with high speed internet Facilities for conferences meet all needs organizing conferences, large and small, the type of party (cocktail parties, anniversary parties )
- Conference – Workshop: there is plenty of room to scale and different sizes,
accommodating from 6 seats to 250 seats Business Center with workplace advanced equipment, Internet connection, fax machine, phone, scanner, photocopy machine, projector screen, LCD, TV, VCR
- Other Services:
+Babysitting service
+Beauty Care Centers
+Help Desk
+Car Rental Services
+The equipment for people with disabilities
+Room service 24/24
+An outdoor pool
+Shop for souvenirs
+Shuttle service to the airport
+The travel services
+Wireless Internet
6.The title has been achieved:
Metropole hotel is a historical witness which saw the volatile history of the capital
On 21st May ,2012 Metropole hotel had to visit the secret bomb shelter which was buried underground It is a haven for many important guests from 1960
to 1972 when northern of Vietnam was bombed by the U.S military It is regarded as a crucial historical witness, witness a glorious period of the nation, is an important part of the hotel made up of historical religion, the ancient and unique of Metropole Hanoi
- On 14th Oct,2013, in Hanoi, UNESCO had awarded the Honour of cultural heritage conservation for 2013's bomb shelter Metropole Hanoi hotel
Trang 6- The title of “ best hotel in Hanoi” Asia Money poll by magazine
- The title of “One of the world's leading hotel” Journal of the world famous tourism Condé Nast Travellers poll by magazine 4th
- The title of “One of 500 world's best hotels” Travel & Leisure poll by
magazine
- The title of “Hotels for the best businessman in Hanoi” Business Traveller Asia Pacific poll by magazine
- The title of “best hotel in Hanoi” HongKong Destin Asian poll by magazine
- The title of “best luxury hotels in Hanoi” the Vietnam Economic Time poll
by magazine
B_CONCLUSIONS
This is a hotel which has the cultural identity of Vietnam Metropole live up
to its legend Its not just a hotel, but also a landmark of the city Luxurious with great amenities coupled with great service really make up for the price that we paid
As a Vietnamese, I feel very proud of the beauty of the traditional culture and Vietnam are kept in a unique way to honor and featured at the
Metropole
Trang 7MEETING MINUTES 1– GROUP: 8
Time: 24th March, from 2:00 pm to 3:00pm
Place: school library yard
Member: all member in group
Contents for discussing: Understanding the subject matter discussed
Conclusion: all members of the group decided to learn about
Metropole Hotel
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All team members find out more about the Metropole Hotel at home and look for a few picture about this hotel (within 1 week)
MEETING MINUTES 2– GROUP: 8
Time: 31st March, from 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Place: canteen VCU
Member: all member in group
Contents for discussing: aggregate information were collected
and selective information needed
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MEETING MINUTES 3– GROUP: 8
Time: 7th April, from 1:30pm to 3:40pm
Place: canteen VCU
Member: all member in group
Contents for discussing: Synthetic selective information and
writing
Conclusion: end to find out and writing.
Duties for members:
All members of group write their writing on paper A4 and try presentation at home ( within 1 week).
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MEETING MINUTES 4– GROUP: 8
Time: 24th April, from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Place: canteen VCU
Member: all member in group
Contents for discussing: Synthetic posts
Conclusion: each member tried presentations to team members Duties for members: All members of group try presentation at
their home