By Bae Ji-sook
Staff Reporter
The Imperial Palace Hotel, winner of the best business hotel in the southern Seoul category, is like no other in the city. Located in Gangnam, where the Korean finance business blooms, it is a unique ``European-style hotel of elegance and culture.''
The extravagant interior will spark remiders of baroque luxury and euphoria and the man-to-man intimate service will invariably results in a ``thumbs-up."
Equipped with 430 rooms, 13 specialized restaurants and bars, large-, medium- and small-sized conference halls, it provides comfort, delicacies and appropriate service for all successful businessmen.
The hotel, set up by the SUMMIT group, celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, and is part of an increasingly global hotel franchise, after the opening of the IP Hotel Fukuoka in 2007 and the Imperial Palace Water Park Resorts and Spa in Cebu, the Philippines, this month.
The IP Hotel Fukuoka is built across 1,241 square meters and has 10,010 square meters of floor space over 12 stories, with the top three penthouses.