1880: The project to build the Hotel Continental Palace was realized by Pierre Cazeau, a home-appliance and construction material manufacturer
1911: The Hotel was bought by Duke Monpensier.
1920s: Catinat street, where the Hotel Continental Palace located, was Saigon's "Canebière" - the name of a street in the city of Marseille, France. The famous French writer André Malreaux and his wife Clara were among the hotel''s permanent clients during 1924-1925.
1930: Mathieu Franchini bought the hotel and ran it successfully for 30 years. After the defeat at Dien Bien Phu, the French colonial regime came to an end, and together with the withdraw of the French troop from Vietnam was the departure of Mathieu Franchini. During the World War II, many an American weekly magazine had its bureau installed at the Continental hotel; the Times on the first floor while the Newsweek the second.
1964-1975: Philippe, Mathieu Franchini's son, who had run the hotel until 1964, left Vietnam like his father before him. Then came the time when "Newsmen covering the Vietnam War measured the ups and downs of its course by the fortunes of the hotel, "according to Martin Meade, Joseph Fitchett and Anthony Lawrence in their book "Great oriented Hotels". Or as William Tuohy, Newsweek magazine''s Saigon bureau chief, wrote in his book "Dangerous Company": "After writing our stories, we would gather around the Continental Hotel for dinner and drinks. Many drinks.".
The reason for these newsmen to choose the Hotel Continental to gather was simple: it is located in the heart of Saigon, adjacent to the National Assembly (now the Municipal Theater) where the press circle would gather around for collecting the information and discussing political issues and all. The Hotel Continental was then called by  a very typical name: "Radio Catinat".
Guests calling the Continental home have included French writer Andre Malreaux and Briton Graham Greene (Room 214), who wrote "The Quiet American", a book about the warning days of French Indochina and the beginning of the American presence in Vietnam.
1975: Some weeks after April 30, 1975, the hotel was closed.
1986: The Hotel Continental was officially under the management of the Saigon Tourist Holding Company
Sep. 1989 till now, a new Hotel Continental was re-born, yet its original French colonial architecture remained almost unchanged and once again the Hotel Continental becomes a great place of rendezvous to the business travelers as well as the tourists, who wish both to breathe the romantic and elegant air and to enjoy the luxurious and modern facilities at the same time, a unique experience that no other hotels in HoChiMinh City, or Saigon, can offer.

Address: 132 – 134 Dong Khoi st, Distric 1, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam

Restaurants and bars:
Continental Palace Restaurant: Continental Palace Restaurant is ready to organize Wedding parties, Birthday parties, Buffet parties, Cocktail receptions and Conferences for up to 500 people.
Venezia Restaurant: Since 1991, Mr. Guido Cora a gastronomic expert in talian cuisine was in cooperation with The Continental to found "Chez Guido Ristorante" the first and famous Italian Restaurant in HoChiMinh city.In 1995 he left Continental but in respect for his teaching the restaurant was still running without his master and changed to the new name "Venezia Ristorante".Newly renovated and re-opened by the early May 2003, the Venezia Restaurant now is capable to eater 100 guests. Overlooking the municipal theater and the busy DongKhoi street. The Venezia Restaurant from the older time has been the "Rendez-vous" for all reporter and pressmen finding here a cosy place for sensational news hunting as the Municipal Theater formerly was the Assembly House of Saigon regime. And in the quiet corner of the restaurant in 1950 the famous reporter and writer Graham Greene had taken it as his favorable table to conceive the famous "Quiet American". Run by two well experienced chefs, Mr Chau Tan Hiep for Vietnamese exotic, Leonard Lafranconi for genuine Italian cuisine. The Venezia Restaurant has been recommended for the best service with fresh market ingredients and the most reasonable price to the menu.
La Dolce Vita Bar: A rendez-vous and ideal place: open air romantic cafe, with all varieties of drinks, especially "afternoon tea", every day from 10:00 to 23:00
StarryNite Bar: A wonderful evening is a waiting you at the StarryNite Bar, with International cocktails.

Meetings and Conferences :
Conferences rooms: In Professional Office Environments. Capacity from 40pax to 100pax.
• Over Head Projector
• Slide Projector
• Screen
• Multimedia LCD Projector (Telex P-600)
• Color Television
• Video Recorder
• Stage & Podiums
• Wireless Microphones; Amplifier; Loud Speakers; Lighting System
VIP Meeting room: The VIP Meeting Room has each the capacity  of accommodating up to 20 guests.

Other facilities:
• Sauna and Massage
• Fitness Center
• Gift Shop
• Business information
• Secretary Service
• Internet
• Postal Service

Room types:
• Superior room
• Deluxe room
• Oriental suite
• Junior Suite
• Continental Suite
• Executive Suite

Room facilities:
• Air – conditional.
• IDD phone
• satellite T.V
• fire-alarm system
• electric water heater
• bath-tub
• mini-bar
• hair dryer
• coffee & tea making facilities
• toilet kit
• complementary fresh fruits
• daily newspaper