SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of visitors at the country’s tallest skyscraper built by retail giant Lotte Group has recently topped the 10 million mark, its operator said Tuesday, marking the 100th day of the building’s opening. The 123-story Lotte World Tower, which opened in early April, had a daily average 120,000 visitors, [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The CEO of South Korean conglomerate Lotte Group is expected to move into Lotte World Tower in the coming months, shortening his commute to a mere elevator ride, materializing to commute to and from work in a ‘vertical city’ sort of. According to statement from Lotte released on Saturday, Shin [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s tallest skyscraper built by retail giant Lotte Group received a green building certificate from a U.S.-based environment organization, Lotte Corp. said Wednesday. The 123-story Lotte World Tower received a Gold rating in the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) system, the conglomerate [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Seven Eleven Signature opened today at Lotte World Tower, the world’s very first unmanned convenience store where shoppers can pay with the swipe of their hand, thanks to a biometric verification system that scans palm vein patterns. The vein-scanning self-checkout terminal studies the size, color, and shape of each shopper’s [...]
SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) – A vertical marathon race dubbed Sky Run was held at Lotte World Tower yesterday. During the international marathon event held at the newly opened landmark building in Seoul’s Songpa District, over 900 participants from around the world raced up 123 floors to the top of the towe – 2,917 stairs [...]
SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Lotte Corporation and LEGO Korea are hosting a Lego festival until May 7 on the lawn of Lotte World Mall, where visitors can contribute to building a 12-meter tall “Lego flower.” Under the theme “Lego Becomes Flower,” participants can create their own Lego works to fill up the massive [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s tallest skyscraper built by retail giant Lotte Group officially opened to the public on Monday, the group’s operating unit said, marking another milestone for the country’s fifth-largest business empire facing a slew of challenges. The opening ceremony of the 123-story Lotte World Tower was attended by top [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Celebrating Lotte World Tower’s Guinness World Record of having the highest glass-floor observatory in the world, a group of breakdancers offered a special performance Thursday at the tower’s Seoul Sky observatory, transparent through 478 meters of thin air. Seoul Sky is located on the 118th floor of the 123-story [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Doosan’s ‘We’ve the Zenith’ in Haeundae, Busan, which has been recognized as the tallest building in Korea since construction was completed in 2011, will soon be handing over the title to the Lotte World Tower in Jamsil, Seoul. As of the end of last year, the tallest among completely [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Lotte World Tower – a 555-meter, 123-floor skyscraper in Seoul – underwent a fire evacuation drill on Wednesday afternoon, with 2,891 civilians who volunteered for the exercise participating. The drill’s scenario assumed that the fire took place in the tower’s restaurant on the 107th floor, with as many as [...]