SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Night-time mountain climbing at Mount Halla on South Korea’s southern Jeju Island, which recently reopened after a two-year hiatus, is gaining popularity. All reservations for early morning mountain climbing on Jan. 1 next year filled up just one hour after reservations opened at 9 a.m. on Dec. 1. A [...]
Jeju, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — llegal transactions of QR codes given out free of charge by Jeju provincial government for making reservations for tourist programs on Mount Halla, the southern island’s iconic volcanic peak, have brought the provincial government to take legal action, only to find out there is nothing it can do at [...]
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, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Naver Corp., South Korea’s top web portal operator, introduced a new artificial intelligence (AI) call technology that automatically responds to customer calls for restaurant reservations. If a customer asks to make a reservation, the AI responds by asking the time of reservation, number of people, and if a baby [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of South Koreans booking their own flights and accommodations online rather than using travel agency package products when they travel abroad. However, there have been a number of complaints regarding the use of global lodging and airline reservation websites. According to the Korea Consumer Agency (KCA) [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Major hotels in Seoul have seen their reservation rates rise for the upcoming Chuseok holiday thanks to a new trend of spending the autumn harvest celebration in the nation’s capital, industry sources said Wednesday. Chuseok is the Korean equivalent of Thanksgiving Day and is one of the country’s biggest [...]
The Justice Ministry said Thursday it has expanded its “visit reservation system” to include more foreign residents in South Korea, effective on Monday, to reduce inconvenience at crowded immigration offices. (Image : Homepage screen capture) SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) - The Justice Ministry said Thursday it has expanded its “visit reservation system” to include more [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Sep 06 (Korea Bizwire) – Ahead of the fall tourism peak season, the Seoul city government will seek to encourage homeowners to rent out their extra rooms to foreign tourists visiting the city. The city’s policy makers expect that the measure would relieve the problem of hotel room shortages while at the same [...]