Nyumbayi mwina siyingakhale yochititsa chidwi kwambiri mumzinda wa Ho Chi Minh City (HCM), Saigon, koma ndi imodzi mwazowoneka bwino kwambiri kum'mwera kwa Vietnam. Caravelle Hotel idachita chikondwerero chazaka 50 mu 2009, ndipo palibe hotelo ina ku HCM City yomwe ili ndi mbiri yosangalatsa kuposa malowa.
Kukondwerera tsiku lobadwa lapaderali, buku lamasamba 114 lasindikizidwa lotchedwa, Caravelle - Saigon: A History. Zinatenga chaka kuti gulu la olemba ndi ofufuza lipange bukuli ndikusonkhanitsa nkhani zosangalatsa kuchokera kwa anthu osiyanasiyana omwe miyoyo yawo idadutsa ndi Caravelle.
Panthawi ya nkhondo ya Vietnam, hoteloyi idakhala ngati gulu la atolankhani losavomerezeka la Saigon ndipo idakhala malo osonkhanitsira zithunzi zambiri zapa media monga David Halberstam, Peter Arnett, Morley Safer, Neil Sheehan, ndi Walter Cronkite. CBS News, ABC News, ndi New York Times analinso ndi maofesi awo ku hotelo panthawi yankhondo.
"Mbiri ya Caravelle imapangitsa kuti ikhale gawo la Ho Chi Minh City ndi Vietnam m'njira yomwe mahotela owerengeka kulikonse angakhale," adatero John Gardner, woyang'anira wamkulu wa Caravelle. "Si" chabe" hotelo ya nyenyezi zisanu, ndi chinthu cha 'khalidwe' m'nkhani ya chitukuko chamakono cha Vietnam," anawonjezera.
Bukhuli likutsatira nkhani ya hotelo kuyambira kutsegulidwa kwake mu 1959 mpaka kukonzanso kwakukulu mu 1998. Ndi umboninso wa kusintha kwa makampani ochereza alendo ku Saigon. Bukuli litha kuyitanidwa ku hotelo yogulitsira mphatso kapena kudzera pa intaneti pa www.caravellehotel.com.
