Junket, hotel investor tries Ho Tram, Vietnam

Junket and budget hotel chain co-founder Chien Lee has bet on Vietnam’s Ho Tram Strip. So far, developers of the 400 acre seaside site have built only one of five planned resorts, The Grand – Ho Tram Strip, a drop dead gorgeous 541 room casino hotel designed by Paul Steelman.

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