Imperial Palace, best business place in Gangnam

Many businesspeople stay at hotels in Gangbuk, or north of the Han River, as downtown Seoul has been a financial center of the country for decades.

But many businesses have moved to Gangnam, south of the river, and the region has emerged as a new center for business along with cultural amenities.

Imperial Palace Hotel welcomes businesspeople in Gangnam. The five-star hotel is aimed to be a “European hotel with sophistication and class,” with a motto of “The Best of Everything.”

The hotel has some 430 rooms and suites including Royal Suite for national guests and two-story Duplex Suite. All rooms are equipped with a 42-inch television, high-speed Internet access and wireless Internet service _ must items as a business hotel.

Thirteen restaurants, bars and entertainment facilities provide pleasure for not only business but social gatherings. They include buffet restaurant Familia, Chinese restaurant Cheon San and Japanese restaurant Man Yo.

The domestic hotel brand hotel is making strong steps into the international market, expanding hotel brand and diversifying business management _ it opened IP Hotel Fukuoka in Fukuoka, Japan, in December, 2007, and Imperial Palace Waterpark Resort & Spa in Cebu, the Philippines, in September, 2009. It also opened IP Boutique Hotel in Itaewon, central Seoul, early this year.

IP Hotel Fukuoka, located Japan’s economic mainstream central Fukuoka, is a premier hotel for business travelers. It accommodates 217 modern guestrooms along with restaurants and banquet halls.

Imperial Palace Waterpark Resort & Spa features 557 luxurious rooms and various facilities including Cebu’s largest water park, water sports programs, exclusive beach and kids club.

IP Boutique Hotel is an innovative, new kind of hotel, offering unique designs and concepts. In the 12-story building are 142 rooms, a restaurant and a meeting room, along with special amenities such as iPod station. It provides a new trendy lifestyle with urban-like sense, unique design and dramatic ambience. It offers the finest, innovative service from interior design to hotel management.