Fusion Originals are individually branded hotels that do not share a consistent style. Instead, each hotel is tailored to evoke the life and times of a pioneering artist, inventor, scientist, or leaders. For the first member of the collection, they've selected Charles Darwin a British botanist, scientist, and naturalist who redefined mankind's place in the universe.

The property is currently under construction in the heart of Saigon’s District 1, less than 200 meters from the city's iconic opera house and close to shops, restaurants, cafés, bars, and tourist hotspots.

The 88-room hotel will pay homage to its namesake by creating an air of 19th-century discovery and adventure. Fusion's designers have focussed on Darwin's tireless studies of plants, animals, and people from all over the globe and will honour this by featuring botanical motifs, super-sized extracts of Darwin's manuscripts, and a palette of all-natural tones and textures in the interiors. There will even be a copy of Darwin's most famous publication, On the Origin of Species, inside every bedside unit.

The ground-floor lobby, named Beagle Bar, will host regular live music and spoken-word events invigorated by old-school rum cocktails and local craft ales. Meanwhile, Origins Restaurant, home to a re-imagined breakfast concept known as T.O.A.S.T. (The Original Answer to Snooze Time), will serve dishes inspired by Charles Darwin's global journeys.