The impact of Mismanagement on the Customer experience at Hanoi’s Hotel Metropole
There is no doubting the grandeur and luxury of the Sofitel’s Hotel Metropole in Hanoi. There is a sophisticated french colonial atmosphere that has been augmented under the Sofitel brand. The old citroen’s out the front fight for attention with the gleaming color coordinated cyclos and the liveried staff hint at a bygone era of [...]
Traditional Vietnamese Ao dai being modeled in Hanoi’s old quarter
I am certainly not purporting to be my good friend Manny Librodo – whose talent at creating fashion photographs that are truly individual and pieces of art in their own right is at long last gaining him the due global recognition he deserves. I do however just want to share with you a few of [...]
Vietnam bridal shower – how Hanoi can surprise
On my third day in Hanoi, I has retraced my steps down to the Old Gate at the southern end of the Old Quarter, determined to escape the tourists, 4x4s incessant scootesr and give Hanoi’s old quarter a chance to surprise me. When I usually go out on my own with no specific brief I [...]
Has Hanoi’s old quarter lost its mojo
I’m in Hanoi trying to find my photographic muse again after what can only be described as a brutal, painful 2011. My own Annus Horibilis if you will. What better way to put that right than being in photographic Hanoi with nothing to do and no-one else to worry about? I remembered reading a great [...]
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