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Business News of Friday, 3 July 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

World's 'first' gold-plated hotel officially opens in Vietnam

Photo by Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP Photo by Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP

The world's first self-proclaimed gold-plated hotel is open for business in Vietnam, according to Wionews.

The "Dolce Hanoi Golden Lake" hotel boasts of 24-carat plating across its lobbies, an infinity pool and rooms with even cutlery, cups, showerheads and toilet seats receiving the golden treatment.

Reports revealed that coffee for the guests comes in a gold cup and bath time is taken in gilded splendour.

The construction of the 25-storey-building hotel is said to cost at least $200 million, (N77.6bn) MyNigeria.com gathered.

A gold-plated infinity pool overlooks the city, while meals at the hotel in downtown Hanoi may be mixed with a mysterious "gold substance".

Customers who want the luxurious services at the hotel will have to pay $250 a night.

Expensive, you may think but the hotel wants "ordinary people to the super-rich... to check-in" both physically and on social media, said Nguyen Huu Duong, chairman of Hoa Binh group that owns the hotel.

"Our group has a factory that can do gold-plated stuff, so the cost for our equipment and furniture here is quite cheap," Duong said.

And the pandemic which has strafed global tourism has not put him off the opening, with Vietnam winning praise for its swift lockdown which has contained the coronavirus spread. "For sure next year, we will make money," he added.

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