The Heart of Saigon... Caravelle Saigon is Ho Chi Minh City’s leading international 5-star hotel – in the centre of the business, shopping and entertainment district, 8 km from Tan Son Nhat International Airport. The names of very few hotels evoke such fond, romantic images, and indeed such anticipation, as The Caravelle. Its breezy sound recalls its inspiration: the Iberian caravelas, or as the French called them, caravelles-fast, light 15th-century sailing ships that explored the world in search of foreign trade, adventure and new horizons.