Park Hyatt Phu Quoc, Vietnam, Opening Late 2025

Burning Hyatt points (preferably 25K/night) on a southern Vietnam beach vacay does seem quite nice…

Re Lucky's question... I went to Phu Quoc in 2020 before any of these hotels opened and stayed at a very nice hotel (Salinda). There are tons of hotels on Phu Qoc, and given it's Asia, there's high quality and low prices. This is a very high price point, and I'm not sure you need to spend this much to stay in a really nice hotel.

I wouldnt travel all the way to Vietnam and only go here. It's a nice island, but a lot of it is still being developed. there's an insanely garish development at the southern part of the island that was built to resemble parts of Italy that's absolutely horrific, and it has a very scary, very high cable car to this island at the southern part of the island that they've developed into an amusement park. Not worth anybody's time visiting. It's mostly for people who cant get visas to go to Europe, in my opinion.

All this is to say that it's a nice island, the beaches can be nice (our property had a very nice beach, and we went to another that was off property that was also nice) but i would not under any circumstances fly here all the way from the United States and only go here. I mean, it's a Hyatt. And a beach that looks like anything you can get in the caribbean. I went to Phu Quoc to recover from jetlag and before exploring Vietnam. That was a good choice and after a few days of relaxing I was ready to dive into the many wonders that the country had to offer. If i lived closer to Vietnam.. sure, i'd come here for a long weekend or something.. like if I lived in Singapore or Bangkok or even Hong Kong and just needed a bit of r&r. but honestly, phu quoc should never be the sole reason anybody from the US comes to Vietnam. As a starting off point? Sure. But not just for this (or any) of the resorts on island.

Our experiences at Phu Quoc last year during Christmas was a bit mixed. My wife and I felt like they tried too hard to mimic European vibe and thus totally missed out on creating a more Vietnamese experience on the island (especially around the Sunset Town). We stayed at JW Marriot, and it didn't really feel luxurious.. felt more like a trying-so-hard-to-be western family resort. A lot of the shops around the area were also empty and generally felt the area was over developed. Maybe others may still enjoy the vibe, but at least for us, we felt Vietnam has so much more to offer in other regions. (Also, the airport was hellish at the time with pretty much no queing management)

jw Marriott PQ is legendary, worth a day trip there to tour the outlets and its grounds. Imagine taking the funkiest multi century old university in the states and turning it into a resort. Ocean and beach are just cherry on top.

Been to Phu Quoc and stayed at both the JW and Intercontinental. If you're already in Vietnam and/or SE Asia, I'd say it's worth a trip. But no way would I travel all the way from the US to go visit the island. Thailand is better in every way imaginable.

I went in 2018 and stayed at the jw and it was very nice but like most might already be saying it's not worth a trip just to go to that one Island.
Go to da nang, hanoi, other places. Da nang has hai van pass (anyone remember the top gear Vietnam special) and hoi an, as well as hue close by. Mai son is close enough too and there's a nice fishing spot called lang co.
All these examples are within a day trip from Da Nang. I doubt there's much to do on the island like that. I had rented a scooter on the island and rode around it. I did buy some pearls and go to a local market.... But I thought the island was weird. Parts of it were over, developed and looked silly. Other parts were extremely underdeveloped and there's really not much there on the island.

In Feb 2025, we stayed 2n at IC and 5n at Regent. The former is a weak IC property , while the latter is simply phenomenal high end property, top 3 of the best beach resorts I have been to …

Phu Quoc has become like Bali, Phuket, Ao Nang/Krabi, Koh Samui, and Nha Trang: once sleepy, stunningly beautiful, and otherworldly lush, but now completely overdeveloped, overtouristed; and hiding places for Russians (and others) who don't want to get drafted.

Vietnam is really one of those up and coming countries. They should have the recipe for success, great food and vibrant culture. Honestly, way more interesting to me than the overcrowded tourist spots in Thailand.

Every time I return to PH Saigon, it impresses me how much more infrastructure and stuff there is around it. Same for Hanoi.

I look forward to visiting this soon.

Worth it IMO if you pair it with Saigon rather than flying in just for the beach. It’s about an hour from SGN, so 2 nights eating your way through Districts 1, 3 and 4, then 4 or 5 on the island works nicely. Go Dec to April when it’s dry and the west side is flat calm, the sunsets from Long Beach are the real show. The Hon Thom cable car from the south end and a boat day around the An Thoi islands are the highlights, plus the Duong Dong night market for grilled seafood. Btw the pepper farms and fish sauce factories smell exactly how you’d expect lol. Between the JW Marriott Emerald Bay and the InterContinental, the JW wins on design and the InterContinental on beach IIRC. Agoda is the usual spot in this part of the world to scroll glossy villa photos.

FWIW the JW, the InterContinental and the Park Hyatt itself can show diff prices depending on the country you search from, since inventory and rates vary by market. A free tool like Arbitrica runs the same hotel through 195 countries or something like that and finds the lowest price in the world for it, handy at $800 all-in. Then it’s points vs cash. At 25-55k a night the Cat 7 award probably wins on peak dates

Lucky, what do you think is the bigger loss for our community: AA (and other) access to CX First or AC (and other) access to LH First? It seemed obvious initially, but now I'm not sure... and has there been any other loss that rivals those? For me, those were the two core reasons to be in the miles game. I'm increasingly disinterested without aspirational redemptions, and now usually just buy business class which is obviously what they want or fly less.

I could see that accelerating due to smaller First footprints and higher fuel prices, but a big enough drop in demand could reopen some opportunities. The number of discounts I'm seeing from hotels and transfer bonuses to airlines is interesting... unfortunately, if it does, that likely means the world is in a bad place. Loyalty programs get less rewarding during good times and vice versa... thoughts?

Those are some pretty steep rates for Phu Quoc.

@Ben

Phu Quoc a nice place for a family vacation, took my 3 tween grand daughters, they had a great time.

Your kids might need to be a bit young for that long of a trip though