SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – A growing number of younger women are booking hotels for entertainment purposes, prompting luxury hotels to release packages targeted for the emerging customers, a Seoul-based online booking site said Monday. Hotel Time Commerce said women in their 30s accounted for 23.8 percent of reservations for luxury hotels via its [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Hotels that once banned domestic pets are changing their policies, offering room options, or packages for domestic pet owners, the number of which is rapidly increasing in Korea. W Seoul-Walkerhill recently introduced a PAW (Pets Are Welcome) option for guests seeking accommodation with their pets. It costs extra an [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent survey revealed that Pokémon Go would be the dominant summer holiday pastime among Korean millennials, assuring that the game’s hype stays strong. Hotels.com Korea, an online hotel reservation platform, surveyed 500 millennials (born between the early 1980s and 2000s), 75 percent of whom replied that they will [...]
BUSAN, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Busan’s Haeundae district is best known for its beach that attracts millions of visitors each summer. But it’s also a major MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions) center, with the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center (BEXCO),and hosts major annual events such as the Busan International Film Festival. Under these conditions, competition [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Business hotels are springing up in and near Myeongdong, the shopping mecca of downtown Seoul, as hotel chains try to cater to a growing number of Chinese tourists who are switching from package tours to more independent trips to South Korea. Nearly 6 million Chinese travelers came to South Korea [...]