Hilton Worldwide has signed a management agreement with Hoan Kiem Tourism and Trading Company Limited to introduce the first Hilton Garden Inn and Hilton Worldwide's second property in Vietnam.

Scheduled to open in the second half of 2012, the 86-room Hilton Garden Inn Hanoi marks the debut of Hilton Garden Inn, Hilton Worldwide's mid-priced brand, in Southeast Asia.

Located at the intersection of Tran Hung Dao and Phan Chu Trinh avenues, Hilton Garden Inn Hanoi is in the French Quarter of Hanoi.

The 11-storey Hilton Garden Inn Hanoi will have 86 bedrooms, an all-day dining restaurant and a lounge bar, a 100-square-metre meeting room, a spa and on-site car parking facilities. Hilton Garden Inn Hanoi is currently present in several countries in North America and Europe, and made its Asian debut in 2009 with the opening of the Hilton Garden Inn New Delhi.

Hilton Worldwide currently manages one other hotel, the Hilton Hanoi Opera, in Vietnam.

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