BUSAN, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Luxury hotels and department stores in the southeastern city of Busan are focusing on pet care services to overcome a financial crisis brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. The Grand Josun Busan announced Wednesday a hotel and vacation package for families with pets. The package offers pet-friendly guest rooms [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., South Korea’s telecommunications giant, announced Thursday the introduction of a new artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics-based digital service for all 190 guest rooms at Daegu Marriott Hotel. KT AI Hotel is a contact-free service that allows hotel guests to control the lights, home appliances, music, and hail [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, tickets for staying at hotels or resorts are enjoying rising popularity on home shopping channels. The surge in demand for such tickets reflects the increasing demand for the “hocance,” a new Korean word referring to the culture of spending one’s vacation in a hotel. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Major hotels in downtown Seoul are tapping into home shopping channels to attract vacationers as they struggle to overcome the impact of the novel coronavirus. Shinsegae Chosun Hotel succeeded in selling a target amount of reservations at the L’Escape Hotel, a high-end hotel located in the heart of the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The novel coronavirus is altering the landscape of the hotel industry with Chuseok – Korean Thanksgiving – just around the corner. As the coronavirus continues to spread throughout the greater Seoul area, hotels in Seoul saw their reservations plunge, while those in Jeju and other provinces are almost fully [...]
BUSAN, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Struggling with the coronavirus, a five-star hotel in the southern port city of Busan has decided to provide food delivery services as well as drive-thru services to sustain business. With the spread of ‘untact’ services, Lotte Hotel Busan launched a new drive-thru menu on Monday to meet growing demand for [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of hotels in South Korea more than doubled during the past seven years amid an influx of visitors from China, government data showed Monday. The number of hotels in the country stood at 1,050 as of the end of last year, up 53.7 percent from 683 in [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans’ summer vacation plans are likely to be markedly different this year compared to years past amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak and the severe restrictions it has placed on travel. With only a small fraction of overseas flights in operation and Incheon International Airport virtually deserted, South Koreans [...]
SUWON, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — According to a recent survey, the most popular accommodation type for domestic travel has changed from pensions to hotels since the onset of the novel coronavirus pandemic. The survey of 1,000 people conducted by the Gyeonggi Research Institute indicated that hotels were preferred by 35.7 percent of the respondents, [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The hotel industry, which has been hit hard by the novel coronavirus pandemic, has started to seek alternatives by launching a host of new services, including food and beverage events as well as lodging-related events. The average hotel occupancy rate in Seoul, which during normal times remains between 60 [...]