ʻAʻole paha ʻo ka hale ka mea kupanaha loa i ka silhouette o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Ho Chi Minh City (HCM), Saigon, akā ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea kaulana loa ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Vietnam hema. Ua hoʻolauleʻa ka Hotel Caravelle i kona 50 makahiki i ka makahiki 2009, a ʻaʻohe hōkele ʻē aʻe ma HCM City i ʻoi aku ka moʻolelo ola ma mua o kēia waiwai.
No ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i kēia lā hānau kūikawā, ua paʻi ʻia kahi puke 114 ʻaoʻao i kapa ʻia ʻo Caravelle – Saigon: A History. Hoʻokahi makahiki no ka hui o nā mea kākau a me nā mea noiʻi e hana i ka puke a hōʻiliʻili i nā moʻolelo hoihoi mai nā poʻe like ʻole i hui pū ko lākou ola me ka Caravelle.
I ka wā o ke Kaua Vietnam, ua lilo ka hōkele ma ke ʻano he hui paʻi paʻi ʻole o Saigon a ua lilo i wahi hui no nā kiʻi media he nui e like me David Halberstam, Peter Arnett, Morley Safer, Neil Sheehan, a me Walter Cronkite. ʻO CBS News, ABC News, a me ka New York Times kekahi i ko lākou mau keʻena ma ka hōkele i ka wā o ke kaua.
"Ua lilo ka moʻolelo o Caravelle i ʻāpana o ka lole o Ho Chi Minh City a me Vietnam ma ke ʻano he kakaʻikahi loa nā hōkele ma nā wahi āpau," wehewehe ʻo John Gardner, ka luna nui o Caravelle. "ʻAʻole ʻo ia wale nō kahi hōkele ʻelima-hōkū, he mea ia o kahi 'ʻano' i ka moʻolelo o ka hoʻomohala ʻana o Vietnam hou," i hoʻohui ai ʻo ia.
Hoʻihoʻi ka puke i ka moʻolelo o ka hōkele mai kona wehe ʻana i ka makahiki 1959 a hiki i kona hoʻoponopono hou ʻana i ka makahiki 1998. He hōʻike hoʻi ia no ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa ma Saigon. Hiki ke kauoha ʻia ka puke ma ka hale kūʻai makana o ka hōkele a i ʻole ma o ka Pūnaewele ma www.caravellehotel.com.
