For travel agencies · Guide Short answer: a hotel wholesaler, or bedbank, supplies rooms only, at net rates, for agencies to package and resell. A DMC (destination management company) runs the whole ground program: transfers, guides, activities, events, and the hotels inside it. Use a wholesa
For travel agencies · Guide Short answer: a net rate is the price the agency pays, and the agency adds its own margin to set the selling price. A commissionable rate is a selling price set by the supplier, from which the agency earns a commission after the stay. Net rates give the agency cont
For travel agencies · Guide Short answer: a bedbank is a wholesale hotel supplier. It contracts rooms from hotels and resells them to travel businesses, such as agencies, tour operators, and online travel sites, at net rates they can mark up. Travellers never book with the bedbank directly; t
Group stays · Ha Long Short answer: Ha Long suits company groups based in Hanoi who want a bay setting without a flight. Citadines Marina Halong, at Marina Ha Long, has bay-view rooms, an infinity pool, meeting rooms, and family suites. Teams usually travel by road from Hanoi on the expresswa
Company trips · Phu Quoc Short answer: pick the north of Phu Quoc for a large company trip with meetings, and the south for a smaller leadership retreat. Wyndham Grand Phu Quoc at Bai Dai has convention and meeting space; New World Resort Phu Quoc at Khem Beach has private-pool villas. Both r
Business hotels · Da Nang Short answer: Da Nang International Airport sits inside the city, so most hotels are a short drive away. Beachfront hotels on My Khe Beach, such as Royal Lotus Hotel Danang and DLG Hotel Danang, are about 5 km from the airport, roughly 10 to 15 minutes by car. Part o
Business hotels · Ho Chi Minh City Short answer: stay near Tan Son Nhat Airport when the trip is one or two nights, the flight is early, or the meetings are in the north of the city. Tan Son Nhat Hotel Saigon on Hoang Van Thu Street is about 3 km from the airport and runs a complimentary airp
VAT invoices · Guide Short answer: yes. A foreign company without a Vietnamese tax code can receive a VAT invoice for a hotel stay, showing its name and address with the tax code left blank. The normal VAT rate applies, and the company generally cannot recover that VAT in Vietnam unless it is
VAT invoices · Guide Short answer: send the company's registered name, registered address, and tax code, exactly as on its business or tax registration, plus the email that receives invoices. Pay by bank transfer or card when the amount is VND 5 million or more, so the company can deduct the
VAT invoices · Guide Short answer: hotel accommodation in Vietnam is taxed at 8% VAT from 1 July 2025 to 31 December 2026, under Resolution 204/2025/QH15. The standard rate under the VAT Law is 10%, and it applies again from 1 January 2027 unless the reduction is extended. Part of our guide t