Alma Named Best Integrated Resort at Gourmet Vietnam Awards
Cam Ranh, Vietnam, December 25, 2025 / TRAVELINDEX / Alma Resort Cam Ranh, a remarkable 30-hectare property overlooking Long Beach, has been lauded as Vietnam’s Best Integrated Resort in the Gourmet Vietnam Awards 2025.
Alma also received a Highly Recommended distinction in this year’s Best Family-Friendly Resort award category.
The winners of the Gourmet Vietnam Awards were recently announced at a ceremony staged in Ho Chi Minh City that brought together chefs, restaurateurs, hoteliers and hospitality leaders across the country to celebrate Vietnam’s culinary and hospitality landscape.
Organised by Oriental Media Group and presented by Epicure Vietnam, the awards followed months of nominations, reviews and evaluations by experts. This year’s ceremony recognised 39 winners and 62 highly recommended establishments, reflecting the diversity, creativity and steady growth of Vietnam’s F&B and hospitality sectors.
Alma’s managing director Herbert Laubichler-Pichler said he and the team were honoured by the recognition from the awards.
“What makes these awards especially meaningful is that they belong to the entire Alma team,” said Alma’s managing director Herbert Laubichler-Pichler. “From the outset, Alma was envisioned as a resort where guests of all ages and travel styles feel comfortable and welcome; whether visiting as families, couples or groups of friends. This recognition affirms the care, consistency and dedication our team brings to that vision every day.”
Alma Resort’s recognition highlights the resort’s position as one of Vietnam’s leading integrated destinations on scenic Cam Ranh peninsula. The resort offers expansive accommodations with ocean vistas, diverse dining experiences, and a host of family-focused facilities and leisure offerings ranging from a 6000sqm water park with a lazy river, slides, wave pool and kids pool, to the new ‘Alma Discovery Camp’, a recreation and educational facility designed to connect children with nature, farm animals and sustainable agriculture.
Aimed at kids aged 4-14, Alma Discovery Camp offers hands-on learning through interactive farm visits and a dedicated museum, helping to foster a deeper appreciation for the natural world. Children can explore the farm’s habitat, petting and feeding animals such as cows, goats, chickens, ducks, and rabbits. All animals are regularly vaccinated and certificates are provided.
About Alma
Situated on Vietnam’s emerging Cam Ranh peninsula fronting Long Beach, Alma resort commands some 30 hectares of inspiring ground. Emblematic of Vietnam’s maturation as a destination, the bold and spacious integrated resort offers 580 oversized suites and villas that all afford sweeping vistas of the ocean, including contemporary three bedroom oceanfront villas each totalling 224sqm with a living room, four bathrooms and a private pool. Alma features a broad spectrum of restaurants helmed by top chefs, a food court with an array of local and international cuisine, as well as a sports bar, pool bar and beach bar. Other highlights include 12 swimming pools cascading down to the beach and a waterpark with a lazy river, slides, wave pool and kids pool. Other highlights include a 13-treatment room spa, 75-seat cinema, convention centre, amphitheater, Alma Technology Experience Center, gymnasium and yoga room, 18-hole mini golf course, a youth centre with virtual reality games, a kid’s club, golf simulator, onsite sustainable farm, ‘Alma Discovery Camp’ with interactive farm visits and a dedicated museum, and even an ‘Alma Mart’ mini supermarket. Alma Resort was called out as the top resort in Southeast Asia, the No. 2 resort in Asia and No. 9 resort worldwide in the 2024 Travel + Leisure’s World’s Best Awards. Alma scored 99.2 on the US-based publication’s 100-point award survey. The World’s Best Awards are widely considered to be one of the most important awards in the worldwide hospitality industry.