The Anam Mui Ne recognized among world’s top independent boutique resorts
Resort the only Vietnamese property to join the Small Luxury Hotels of the World portfolio.
The Anam Mui Ne, a remarkable new resort with a design inspired by the Indochinese era, has joined an exclusive selection of the globe’s leading independent boutique luxury properties - the Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH) portfolio.
Opened on January 11 on Mui Ne Beach in south-central Binh Thuan province, the resort is the only Vietnamese property to join the SLH, which has been deemed “the most desirable community of independently minded travelers and independently spirited hotels in the world”.
Hotels must undergo a stringent vetting process and conform to the highest standards of luxury and guest well-being before being accepted into the SLH’s “characterful collection of intimate spaces in unusual places”.
Headquartered in London with offices worldwide, SLH represents 520 hotels in more than 90 countries that are “anti-chain and anti-same” and “offer secluded, discrete options”. Benefits for SLH’s traveling members include discounts on bookings, early check-in and late check-out, complimentary breakfast, room upgrades, and more.
The Anam Mui Ne’s founder and owner Pham Van Hien said he and the resort’s team were thrilled to be recognized by such a prestigious group that shared his passion for “an intimate, classic, and distinctly Vietnamese hotel brand that is a welcome counterpoint to industrialized hotel chains.” “It is an absolute honor to join SLH and for The Anam Mui Ne, crafted by age-old artisans from around Vietnam, to be recognized as the collection’s first Vietnamese property,” he said.
The recent appointment of The Anam Group’s Group General Manager Laurent Myter as a member of the International Advisory Board of Hoteliers for SLH’s APAC region marks the first time that a representative from Vietnam has had a seat on the advisory board. He was previously an Executive Director and President of SLH’s International Advisory Board of Hoteliers for three years and two years, respectively.
Perched on 1.2 ha of spectacular oceanfront, the independently-owned and operated resort is blazing new ground in Mui Ne, a popular beach town within an easy commute from Ho Chi Minh City. With 127 elegant rooms and suites, two restaurants and a bar, a five-treatment-room spa, two spacious swimming pools - one freshwater and the other saltwater - a ballroom, conference rooms, a water sports center, a fitness center, a yoga room, a kid’s club, a gift shop, and more, The Anam Mui Ne is redefining the benchmarks of an upscale experience in Mui Ne.
Borrowing deeply from templates of architecture inspired by the grand old French villas in Hanoi and the garden homes of central Vietnam, the resort pays homage to both colonial-era and classic Vietnamese aesthetics, such as customized encaustic mosaic tiles, Cham decorative vases and statues on plinths, teak furniture crafted from sustainable forests, stone from north-central Thanh Hoa and Nghe An provinces, and authentic thatched roofs from Binh Thuan.
The Anam Mui Ne was preceded by the 2017 launch of The Anam Cam Ranh, which has been lauded with some of the industry’s highest accolades, including a place among Asia’s top resorts in the Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards in 2021 and 2020.
The Anam Mui Ne has a ban on single-use plastics and has implemented an array of measures to reduce its carbon footprint, ranging from solar power to locally-sourced ingredients. Laundry water is recycled to water the gardens, while straws, bags, and bathroom amenities are biodegradable. The resort’s eco-friendly key cards are also made from wood sourced from sustainably-managed forests.
