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Kai Speth has been general manager of the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi since 2008. Originally from Bad Kreuznach, Germany, he has worked around the world in his 30 years as a hotelier, with long-term stints in the United States and Korea. He favors Apple computers, and if you asked him to choose between The Who and Led Zeppelin, he couldn’t.
Monthly Archives: September 2011
Video: The Metropole’s Kai Speth Explores Wartime Air Raid Shelter
In early August, workers at the Metropole in Hanoi broke through layers of reinforced concrete, opening a hole into a warren of corridors and rooms that sheltered hotel guests during the war. Here’s the hotel’s general manager, Kai Speth, as he takes a first look at these remarkable subterranean chambers.
