Da Nang wants more conference travellers, and hotels are racing to give them somewhere to meet. Vietnam's central coast city is aiming for around 93,000 MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions) visitors in 2026 — a 12% jump on the previous year. The newest piece of that puzzle is Courtyard by Marriott Danang Han River, which opened in May 2025 as the first Courtyard by Marriott property anywhere in Vietnam.
The hotel's headline feature is its Grand Ballroom: an 8.5-metre ceiling, natural daylight streaming in, and enough flexible meeting space to handle conferences, banquets and corporate celebrations of different sizes. There are 13 event venues in total, so planners aren't stuck with one ballroom layout for everything from a board meeting to a cocktail reception.
The more unusual draw sits 45 floors up. An outdoor event space on Level 45 puts receptions and social gatherings above the city's skyline, with views over the Han River — a memorable change from a windowless function room. Down at street level, the location is about as central as Da Nang gets, right on the river and walkable to the city's cafes and bridges.
With 296 guest rooms on site, the hotel is also selling convenience: attendees can sleep, meet and eat in the same building, cutting out transfers and simplifying logistics for organisers. Food covers both international and Vietnamese options, so events can lean local rather than defaulting to generic conference catering.
For travellers, this is worth noting even if you never attend a meeting. New internationally branded hotels in Da Nang tend to push up the overall quality of the city's room stock, and MICE properties often release unused blocks at good rates outside conference season. If you're pairing a work trip with a beach break, the Han River location puts you close to My Khe Beach, the Dragon Bridge fire show and the Da Nang food scene.
For corporate planners, the pitch is straightforward: a first international-flagged Courtyard in Vietnam, serious event infrastructure, and a city that's actively investing in business tourism rather than treating it as an afterthought. With Da Nang chasing six-figure MICE arrivals, expect more competition — and more options — along the Han River in the next couple of years.
