Minor Hotels, a leading global hotel owner and operator, has signed a management agreement with Trading Construction Works Organization to operate Avani+ Hanoi, a 310-key hotel in Hanoi’s Bach Mai Ward.

Scheduled to open in 2028, the hotel forms part of a mixed-use precinct anchored by Hinode City, a new lifestyle mall, alongside 1,099 residential and serviced apartments. Located at the intersection of Minh Khai and Kim Nguu Street, the development benefits from a vibrant neighbourhood and convenient transportation links with the city’s Old Quarter a 10-minute drive away.

Avani+ Hanoi marks a continuation of Minor Hotels’ growth in Vietnam, where the group operates four properties under its Anantara and Avani brands – Anantara Hoi An Resort, Anantara Mui Ne Resort, Anantara Quy Nhon Villas and Avani Quy Nhon Resort – along with luxury train carriages, The Vietage by Anantarav. The signing extends the group’s footprint into one of Vietnam’s key metropolitan areas and establishes its first property in the nation’s capital of Hanoi.

The premium lifestyle hotel will bring the Avani brand’s distinctive design and energy to the city, with facilities including an indoor swimming pool and deck, a fitness centre, all-day dining and specialty restaurants along with meeting and function spaces. Avani+ Hanoi’s central location caters to corporate travellers, long-stay and leisure guests.

Avani+ Hanoi and the broader Hinode City mixed-use development are among the latest projects of the Trading Construction Works Organization, a diversified corporation with a presence across real estate, industrial manufacturing and energy sectors.

“This is our first branded hotel in a major Vietnamese city, and the central Bach Mai Ward is the right place to start. Avani+ Hanoi’s prime location gives us a genuine hub in the capital, with strong appeal to both business and leisure travellers seeking a wellconnected urban base.”

Omar Romero, Chief Development and Luxury Officer, Minor Hotels

“This agreement marks the beginning of a long-term partnership with Minor Hotels and reflects our shared vision of bringing international hospitality standards to Hinode City. We are confident that Avani+ Hanoi Hotel will set a new benchmark for premium hospitality in Hanoi while creating lasting value for guests, investors and the wider community.”

Vo Toan Cong, Chairman of Gerbera-II Hospitality One Member Company Limited, a subsidiary of Trading Construction Works Organization.

Future Hospitality Summit – FHS World today announced the winners of this year’s FHS Awards, presented to exceptional leaders and visionaries in hospitality and tourism at FHS World, taking place from 29 September – 1 October at Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai.

Representing unparalleled leadership, vision, achievement, excellence and innovation, the accolades will be presented by His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman Dubai Holding, Dubai Airports, Emirates Group; President, DCAA, and patron of Future Hospitality Summit, at the FHS Awards ceremony on Tuesday, 29 September.

His Excellency Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri, UAE Minister of Economy and Tourism, receives the FHS Leadership Award, recognising his leadership in advancing the UAE’s economic diversification and elevating tourism and hospitality as strategic pillars of national growth, investment and global competitiveness.

Sir Tim Clark, President Emirates Airline, is awarded the FHS Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his decades-long, extraordinary contribution to the global aviation and hospitality industry.

Jonathan Worsley, Chairman of The Bench, organiser of FHS World, said: “FHS Awards are reserved for the industry pioneers and leaders whose dedication and innovation have been – and continue to be – pivotal to the success of the Middle East’s tourism and hospitality industry.  Following nominations from the FHS Advisory Board, we are delighted to name this year’s winners as His Excellency Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri and Sir Tim Clark, two true visionaries who are respected globally for inspiring excellence and shaping the future of the industry.”

FHS Leadership Award: HE Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri, UAE Minister of Economy and Tourism

H.E. Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri was appointed UAE Minister of Economy in July 2020. Since then, he has advanced the country’s new economic model and elevated tourism as a core pillar of diversification and growth. In June 2025, the UAE Government renamed the Ministry of Economy as the Ministry of Economy and Tourism, with H.E. Bin Touq leading the expanded mandate through 2026. As Chairman of the Emirates Tourism Council, he has championed the UAE Tourism Strategy 2031, integration across the seven emirates, public-private collaboration and a unified national tourism identity. He also led the UAE delegation at the 2025 UN Tourism General Assembly, where H.E. Shaikha Nasser Al Nowais was confirmed as Secretary-General for 2026–2029, the first woman and Emirati to lead UN Tourism.

Lifetime Achievement Award: Sir Tim Clark, President, Emirates Airline

As President Emirates Airline since 2003, Sir Tim Clark has driven Emirates’ rapid growth into the world’s largest international airline serving 130 cities on six continents via its hub in Dubai. He has also steered the airline through multiple challenges affecting the aviation industry, including a the Covid pandemic and, more recently, the impact of regional tensions.

Mr Clark has been in the civil aviation business for his entire professional career, joining British Caledonian in 1972, moving to Gulf Air in 1975 and to Dubai 1985, when he became a member of the founding team of Emirates as Head of Airline Planning.

His numerous awards include CAPA Airline Executive of the Year (2022) for his individual influence on the aviation industry, strategic thinking, and innovative direction for the growth of Emirates and the industry. A year later, Future Travel Experience presented him with its first-ever FTE Visionary Award in recognition of his influence in shaping the industry. He has also received Air Transport World’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

Long before it perfumed royal courts and desert majlis, oud carried stories: of caravan routes and coastlines, of embers kept burning through the night. Tea travelled those same routes, and now, TWG Tea, the world’s finest luxury tea brand, unites them in Oud Night Tea, a distinguished addition to the Grand Mode Tea Collection created exclusively for the United Arab Emirates. The evocative black tea unfolds in richly layered notes of molten resin, vanilla, smouldering rose flowers, rare calambac, incense and delicate smokiness.

Drawing upon the brand’s unrivalled expertise in sourcing the finest harvests from renowned tea-producing regions around the world, this debut marks the international launch of a new collection of country-exclusive teas. Guided by its intimate knowledge of the history, tea traditions and culture in each of its locations, as well as the tastes and preferences of tea lovers around the world, TWG Tea’s master blenders compose every tea as a perfumer creates a fragrance — layering exceptional tea leaves, rare ingredients and evocative aromas to reveal an entirely new experience in the teacup. Capturing the flavours, heritage and spirit of place, each exclusive blend will celebrate both the finest teas that define the country and TWG Tea’s singular artistry in transforming them into an unforgettable sensory journey.

Crafted from exceptional whole leaf black tea sourced directly from the world’s finest tea gardens, Oud Night Teareflects TWG Tea’s unwavering pursuit of excellence in sourcing, blending and crafting the world’s most extraordinary teas. Expertly blended to reveal remarkable depth and complexity, it is an homage to the ancient trade routes that carried tea and oud across India, the Arabian Peninsula and beyond. A tribute to the region’s enduring cultural legacy, this exclusive creation is available at TWG Tea Boutiques in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

Steeped in Legacy
For centuries, Oud has been revered as one of the world’s most precious aromatic woods, treasured by royalty and noble families across the Middle East for its immense rarity, craftsmanship and cultural significance. Traditionally burnt in homes and mosques as a gesture of hospitality and reverence, its rich and captivating fragrance has become an enduring symbol of the region’s cultural heritage.

With Oud Night Tea, TWG Tea transforms this ancient treasure into an infusion: rare oud reveals a dark, earthy sensuality within the cup, while smouldering rose, molten resin, rare calambac, incense and lingering vanilla unfold in harmonious layers. Housed in a collectible tin in the colour of aged oud, lacquered in deep brown and traced with gold, Oud Night Tea offers tea lovers a new way to experience a fragrance it has cherished for centuries.

The Ritual of Oud
The ritual extends beyond the teacup with the Oud Night Tea Scented Candle, part of the Perfume of Tea Collection, crafted by TWG Tea’s master blenders in collaboration with a secret French parfumeur and cirier renowned for creations for the most luxurious fashion houses. Filling the air with warm notes of calambac, incense and smoky black tea, the candle is meticulously made through an artisanal process — beginning with the distillation of six kilograms of Oud Night Tea leaves to capture the essence of the blend, hand-poured into heat-resistant brushed glass, and finished with a 100% cotton wick, individually primed and hand-straightened for a clean, even burn.

Among these creations, the Oud Night Tea Scented Candle stands as the collection’s most evocative ode yet: a fragrance and an infusion, born of the same enduring legend.

Oud Night Tea from the Global Country-Exclusive Tea Collection, AED108 (100g). Oud Night Tea Scented Candle, AED339. Available from September 2026 exclusively at all TWG Tea Boutiques across the United Arab Emirates: Dubai Mall and Mall of the Emirates in Dubai, and The Galleria Al Maryah Island in Abu Dhabi.