Setting: The shopping arcade of the Sofitel Legend Hotel Metropole Hanoi houses prominent brands like Louis Vuitton, Bally and Chopard. Despite these famous brands, the corridor was empty and served as a passage from the lobby to the shops, a hairdresser and the swimming pool.
Based upon: our book Hotel Metropole Hanoi
2012: We installed the Path of History® and overnight the corridor was turned into a museum – a hallway of information and entertainment. Furthermore it has become a public tribute to the achievements of the people of Vietnam, to the founders of the Hotel Metropole and to the people who – for over 110 years – have kept this legend of hospitality alive.
Touring the Path of History® (PoH): This permanent exhibition is open to all visitors of the Sofitel Legend Hotel Metropole Hanoi in Vietnam. Hotel residents enjoy daily tours which also include a visit of the bomb shelter of the hotel.
Guides: To guide visitors, we have trained a wonderful team of professionals to be the hotel’s Ambassadors of History.
Credits:
Idea: Kai Speth, General Manager
Realization: Andreas & Carola Augustin
Coordination: Nhung Le, Marketing & Communications Manager
Engineering: Ronnie Tan Virata, DOE-SOFITEL Legend Metropole Hanoi;
Le Thu HUONG, Engineering Secretary & team
- The 1972 “Christmas bombings” were the most heavy bombings in the history of mankind.
- Jane Fonda in the shelter of the Hotel Metropole. Everybody fled to the bomb shelter – often 4-6 times a night. After the air raid was over everybody returned to their bedrooms. Some decided to stay in the shelter all night.
- Entrance of the Air Raid Shelter at the Metropole Hanoi, part of Path of History
- Entrance of the Air Raid Shelter at the Metropole Hanoi, part of Path of History
- Metropole Hanoi, Path of History
I did not know you had this website.
Well done. It already seems so far away but I will always look back at this with fondness.
Kai