SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Disposable amenities are disappearing from luxury hotels as the Ministry of Environment begins imposing restrictions on the use of disposable products at accommodation facilities. Hotel Lotte introduced large dispensers at all Signiel, Lotte Hotel, L7 and Lotte City Hotels. Josun Hotels & Resorts also introduced dispensers at its Westin [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Hotels in Seoul are coming up with various wine festivals for the first time since the end of social distancing measures as they welcome the autumn season. The JW Marriott Dongdaemun Square Seoul is hosting the 2022 Wine and Busker festival for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — This year’s Chuseok holiday, which runs until Sept. 12., is shorter than usual so many Koreans are opting for domestic travel instead of going abroad. Accordingly, the demand for hotel stays is also increasing. According to industry sources, the room occupancy rate of five-star hotels and resorts in the greater Seoul area, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Hotels that were hit directly by the pandemic are now facing a labor shortage. The Korea Hotel Association conducted a survey of 20 hotels, which said they are 16.6 percent short of staff. Sorted by sector, the labor shortage in the food and beverages department was the highest at [...]
SEOUL, April 29 (Korea Bizwire) — With inflation wreaking havoc in recent months, prices of bingsu offered by luxury hotels are surging. Bingsu is a traditional dessert made up of shaved ice and an array of toppings. The Shilla raised the price of its Apple Mango Bingsu sold at the hotel’s lounge & bar The [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — More people spent time traveling the country or going on hotel vacations during the Lunar New Year holiday, adding to the number of guests staying at major hotels in the country. Hotel Shilla Co. saw its average reservation rate rise by close to 30 percent during the Lunar New [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Five-star hotels, which have typically eschewed pets due to problems like noise and cleaning difficulties, are now scrambling to accommodate them in an attempt to survive the pandemic era. Lotte Hotel & Resorts introduced a ‘pet-cation’ package, available until late February of next year, accommodating both pets and their [...]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Barrows, the provider of hotel investment and advisory services for hotels in the Middle East and Africa, starts offering commercial asset-based financing to distressed hotels. Many hotels have start-up problems as a result of the global pandemic, which has left many hotels with a weak cash flow [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — With South Korea switching to a phase of ‘living with COVID-19’ and easing pandemic curbs, large hotels are responding quickly by increasing the number of seats available at their buffet restaurants. Lotte Hotel Seoul plans to operate 230 out of 300 seats at its buffet restaurant La Seine during [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Tourism and accommodation businesses are locked in fierce competition for customers by introducing new facilities and package deals. They are also introducing so-called ‘pet-cation’ packages that allow guests to bring pets to five-star hotels and resorts. Sono Hotels & Resorts currently runs a pet hotel at Vivaldi Park ski [...]