NAMHAE, Apr. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A European-inspired boutique hotel has opened in the German Village, a tourist destination in Namhae County, South Gyeongsang Province, transforming the quaint district modeled after a traditional Bavarian town into one of South Korea’s largest “village hotel” concepts. Namhae County officials announced on April 25 that 50 rental homes in [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The price of mango bingsu (shaved ice desserts) at upscale hotels in South Korea has been steadily climbing, with a new offering from Signiel Seoul now costing a staggering 130,000 won. According to hotel industry reports from April 24, Signiel Seoul began selling its ‘Signature Jeju Apple Mango Bingsu’ for [...]
BUSAN, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The Galleries Association of Busan said Thursday it will host the 2022 Busan Annual Market of Art at the Grand Josun Busan in the southeastern city from Sept. 22-25. Held for the second time since last year, the art fair will showcase some 1,000 pieces of art from 60 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – So-called “hotel long stays,” in which people stay at hotels for more than six days, are becoming a new trend in South Korea. “Living in Hotel,” an online hotel reservation platform, reported a 247-percent increase in the value of transaction payments related to long-stay reservations made through the website [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea appears to have begun to dismantle some of the South Korean-built facilities at the Mount Kumgang resort, a report has said. Citing satellite images taken from March 5-9 by Planet Labs, the Voice of America said Friday (U.S. time) that the roof of the Haegumgang Hotel had [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Many South Koreans are planning to spend more than half of their Lunar New Year holiday at hotels this year. Accommodation booking app Good Choice analyzed reservation data for hotel stays between Jan. 28 and Feb. 2, which showed that the number of reservations for longer than two days [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A canceled real life ‘Squid Game’ contest will be held at a hotel in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, announced St. John’s Hotel, which had planned to host a real-life version of the popular Netflix series late last month only to be forced to cancel it due to regulations imposed by [...]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Barrows, the provider of hotel investment and advisory services for hotels in the Middle East and Africa is investing heavily in making the hotel industry more sustainable. A location where many people come together are hotels and hotel resorts. It is not without reason that the hotel industry is [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean hotel’s controversial bid to host a ‘Squid Game’ series of competitive events in the east coast city of Gangneung is unlikely to come to fruition due to COVID-19 restrictions. The city of Gangneung recently banned St. John’s Hotel from hosting the ‘Saint Game,’ the hotel’s marketing [...]
SEOUL, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A hotel in Seoul is offering guestrooms to up-and-coming writers in need of a workspace. Hotel Prince Seoul, a three-star hotel in Myeongdong, a popular tourist and shopping district, joined hands with the Arts Council Korea to start this initiative in 2014, offering guestrooms to a total of 73 [...]