Luxurious Amenities, Ideal for Business and Leisure Travellers

Set in eight acres of beautifully landscaped gardens, the luxurious five-star Sedona Hotel Yangon is an ideal choice for both business and leisure travellers. This upscale property combines local finishing touches and architecture with state-of-the-art amenities. The hotel is a 15-minute drive from the international airport and Yangon’s bustling city centre, and is within easy reach of famous Shwedagon Pagoda and InyaLake.

After completion of its expansion in the first quarter of 2014, Sedona Hotel Yangon will house close to 800 rooms. Currently, it has 366 elegant rooms and suites, all with views of either the majestic Shwedagon Pagoda, romantic InyaLake or the hotel’s swimming pool surrounded by tropical greenery and flowers. General Manager Philip Low explains, “This hotel was built with both business travellers and tourists in mind. Our meeting facilities are still top-class in terms of space, proximity to the airport and parking space, for example. As traffic and car parking become growing problems in Yangon, we pride ourselves on being able to deal with these challenges.”

The hotel is famous for its outstanding food and beverage options.  These include Orzo, which specialises in authentic Italian dishes served in a dining room overlooking the pool; Paddy O’Malley, a convivial Irish bar with live entertainment and popular snacks like chicken wings, a sausage platter and fried calamari; the Lobby Lounge, for coffee and cocktails along with live jazz music in the evening; Brasserie, for casual international fare served at breakfast, lunch and dinner; Deli, for delicious sweet treats like White Truffle Cake and Apple Pie; and the elegant Dufu, for authentic dim sum and exquisite Chinese dishes. Low says, “Since the hotel was completed in 1996, we have been very fortunate to be very strong in our food and beverage divisions, and that is still one of our strongest points.”

An array of luxurious amenities

Amenities at the Sedona Hotel Yangon include the swimming pool in the garden, a fitness centre, a Jacuzzi, a sauna and steam bath, authentic Thai massage and foot-reflexology care, a mini-golf driving bay and putting green, a business centre, drug store, shopping arcade, hair salon, laundry service, limousine and valet service, a doctor on call around the clock, and babysitting.

The hotel is particularly well known for its meeting facilities, which range from small boardrooms to the Grand Ballroom which seats up to 650 guests. As Low points out, “Sedona Hotel Yangon is the best-equipped banquet and convention hotel in Myanmar. Choose from the wide variety of function rooms that have full convention facilities and the latest state-of-the-art audiovisual equipment.”

The Sedona Hotel Yangon attracts a VIP crowd, mainly business travellers and dignitaries from all over the world. Low aims to focus more on corporate clients in the future while still targeting the leisure segment.  He is looking forward to a strong growth in visitor numbers. He says, “At present, roughly 20% of our guests are from Europe, while our clientele from the ASEAN region is very consistent. We warmly welcome European guests at our hotel, particularly as Myanmar opens itself towards the rest of the world and as most of the EU sanctions against Myanmar have recently been lifted.”

The Sedona Hotel Yangon will continue to put its guests first. Low says, “At the end of the day, a hotel is about the little things and we are able to cater to both the details and the overall experience. For example, we are able to meet the dietary concerns of both European and non-European guests and we have taken great efforts to increase the convenience of our clients by introducing services such as Wi-Fi Internet connections and 24-hour room service. Our ideal location, coupled with the safety and security that our hotel offers, are all comforting factors for our international guests. We are ready to meet the expectations of corporate and leisure travellers from around the world. In fact, we even offer twin-destination package deals through our sister hotel in Mandalay.”  The Sedona Hotel Yangon has positioned itself as an ideal choice for visitors to Myanmar.