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Hotels offer spring packages
Asics running shoes and water bottles offered in Banyan Tree Club & Spa Seoul's spring package. Courtesy of Banyan Tree Club & Spa Seoul
By Kim Bo-eun
By Kim Bo-eun
Spring is in the air ― and Seoul hotels are incorporating it into their packages.
Banyan Tree Club Spa and Seoul is offering a “Mt. Nam running package,” where guests can run along Mt Nam’s trail in ASICS running shoes while sipping healthy juice.
The package includes a map of Mt. Nam’s trail, the shoes, water bottles and fresh juice squeezed from a Hurom juice maker.
The package runs from March 1 through June 14. Rates start at 550,000 won (10 percent VAT excluded).
A diffuser from Italian nich perfumery Laboratorio Olfattivo provided to package guests at JW Marriott Dongdaemun Square Seoul. Courtesy of JW Marriott Dongdaemun Square Seoul
JW Marriott Dongdaemun Square Seoul is offering a “Scent of Spring” package, where guests can revel in quality fragrances and enjoy nearby outings.
The hotel is providing a 200ml diffuser from Italian niche perfumery Laboratorio Olfattivo, as well as a map for a walk along Cheonggye Stream and Heunginjimun gate, a discount ticket for an exhibition marking the first anniversary of the adjacent Dongdaemun Design Plaza and a free pass for the DDP design playground for families with children for package guests.
The package runs from March through May 24. Rates start at 349,000 won (VAT excluded).
The afternoon tea set included in Lotte Hotel Seoul's "Spring Time" package. Courtesy of Lotte Hotel Seoul
Lotte Hotel Seoul’s packages include outings as well as tea and flowers.
Its “Spring Break” package includes tickets to a museum exhibit in Insa-dong. Its “Spring Time” packages offer afternoon tea, additional perks such as access to cocktail hour at the club lounge, a special course dinner at any of the hotel’s restaurants, and a flower pot.
The package runs from March 1 to May 31. Rates start at 250,000 won (VAT excluded).