Esi sakhiwo sisenokungabi sesona sibambekayo kwisiXeko seHo Chi Minh City (HCM), eSaigon, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo sesona sakhiwo sibalaseleyo kumazantsi e-Vietnam. IHotele iCaravelle ibhiyozele iminyaka engama-50 yayo yonke into ngo-2009, kwaye akukho nanye ihotele kwisiXeko saseHCM enembali edlamkileyo kunale ndawo.
Ukubhiyozela olu suku lokuzalwa lukhethekileyo, kuye kwapapashwa incwadi enamaphepha ali-114 enesihloko esithi, Caravelle – Saigon: A History. Kuthathe unyaka ukuba iqela lababhali kunye nabaphandi benze le ncwadi kwaye baqokelele amabali anomdla kubantu abohlukeneyo ababomi babo budibene neCaravelle.
Ngexesha leMfazwe yaseVietnam, ihotele yayisebenza njengeqela leendaba elingekho semthethweni likaSaigon kwaye yaba yindawo yokuhlangana yemifanekiso yeendaba ezininzi ezifana noDavid Halberstam, uPeter Arnett, uMorley Safer, uNeil Sheehan, kunye noWalter Cronkite. Iindaba ze-CBS, i-ABC News, kunye neNew York Times nazo zazineeofisi zazo ehotele ngexesha lemfazwe.
“Imbali yeCaravelle iyenza ibe yinxalenye yelaphu lesiXeko saseHo Chi Minh kunye neVietnam ngendlela ezimbalwa kakhulu iihotele ezinokubakho naphi na,” ucacise watsho uJohn Gardner, umanejala jikelele weCaravelle. "Ayisiyo 'nje' ihotele eneenkwenkwezi ezintlanu, yinto 'yomlinganiswa' kwibali lophuhliso lweVietnam yanamhlanje," wongeze watsho.
Le ncwadi ilandelela ibali lehotele ukususela ekuvulweni kwayo ngo-1959 ukuya ekulungisweni kwayo ngokubanzi ngo-1998. Incwadi inokuodolwa kwivenkile yezipho yehotele okanye nge-Intanethi ku-www.caravellehotel.com.
