Imperial Palace - luxurious business hotel

The Imperial Palace Hotel, winner of the Best Business Hotel in southern Seoul category, has put its two feet firmly on the ground as a “luxurious business hotel.” Located at the heart of South Korea’s business district of Gangnam, southern Seoul, the hotel is ready to welcome various guests ranging from tourists to businessmen and celebrities.

The founder Shin Cheol-ho defined the hotel as a “place for the guests to seek both pleasure and art.” All 430 rooms, including 35 suites, were decorated in the Victorian style with antiques management collected from all over Europe before opening. The value of artwork at the hotel is estimated at around 4 billion won.

Each floor has its original style - while the fourth floor is filled with Roman atmosphere; the fifth is furbished in English decorations, enabling even those making revisits to feel fresh all the time.

Recently, in order to stress more of its business function, the hotel has refurbished its wireless LAN infrastructure. Also, 42-inch LCD screen for deluxe rooms and 42-inch PDP screens for suites are installed to help guests who are tired of looking at little computer screens all day long.

At the Clun Imperial Lounge with a traditional Korean cafe interior, guests can make business deals while enjoying snacks. The place has long been hailed by foreign visitors who seek comfort yet something special. The outside view of Gangnam also allows foreigners to witness the dynamic and versatile aspects of Seoul.

The Imperial Palace Hotel Convention Center has two large banquet halls and five function rooms that can accommodate family gatherings, weddings and international meetings among others.

The Dubet Hall with a capacity of 600 and Selena Hall (400) are equipped with state-of-the-art audio and video facilities. The hotel has large PDP screens, a first for top class hotels in Seoul.

Expansion

The Imperial Palace Hotel is now moving to upgrade the value of its other assets. It has opened the IP Hotel-Fukuoka in Japan to promote Korean hospitality to Japanese people. The hotel with 217 bedrooms, Japanese restaurant “Manyo,” cafe “Familia” and five banquet halls has rapidly gained public attention for being high-end and luxurious but reasonable.

Last year, the hotel opened the Imperial Palace Waterpark Resort and Spa in Cebu, the Philippines.

The resort with 557 rooms, a golf course, water theme park, marine sports facilities and beach attached for resort guests only, and kids club is now welcome not only by local wealthy people but from visitors from around the world.

The hotel has opened the “IP Boutique Hotel” in Itaewon, Seoul earlier this year. The region frequented by both foreigners and Koreans is one of the hippest districts in Seoul.

The boutique hotel is not establishing a new trend among hotels by adopting neon-colors and a contemporary pop mood for its interiors and services.