SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — As the number of Koreans vaccinated against COVID-19 continues to grow, hotels are scrambling to attract inoculated customers. Kolon Hotel Gyeongju is offering a single-person coupon for its sauna, while Mauna Ocean Resort is offering single-person coupons for a free spa. Vaccinated customers can receive benefits at the hotel [...]
SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) — As part of efforts to regulate the use of one-off disposable items, the South Korean government has decided to ban all accommodations with more than 50 rooms from providing single-use amenities, effective from next year. Against this backdrop, the nation’s hotel industry is speeding up efforts to prepare for [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s hospitality industry has cut nearly 370,000 jobs over the past year in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, data showed Tuesday. Local accommodations and restaurants had a combined workforce of 1.965 million as of January, down 367,000 from a year earlier, according to the data from Statistics [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean hotels are under transformation to survive the impact of the COVID-19 crisis. Lotte Hotel Seoul sold 13 types of traditional cuisines on a drive-thru basis during the Lunar New Year holiday. The hotel started selling hotel food on a drive-thru basis in March 2020, a first among [...]
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 [...]