By Kim Tae-jong
Staff Reporter
One of the country's biggest holidays is coming _ Chuseok or Korean Thanksgiving, which falls on Sept. 14. It is a time for homecoming and family reunions, and also a time for people to show their gratitude by exchanging various gifts.
If you have a hard time deciding what to buy, here are some tips from local hotels, which offer various gift sets.
The Westin Chosun Seoul features a variety of Chuseok gifts for food and drink.
The gifts range from a 100,000 won restaurant gift certificate to a 7 million won bottle of vintage wine. All gifts are sold on a reservation basis through Sept. 15.
With the gift certificate, guests can dine not only at any in-house restaurants but also hotel-owned outside restaurants such as Vecchia e Nuovo and Bizbaz at the COEX Mall in southern Seoul.
The wines are selected by the hotel's chief sommelier, and various types of Japanese traditional sake and renowned whiskies are also available.
Premium Korean and Australian beef, and lamb chops are also on sale as popular holiday gifts at the hotel. For more information, call (02) 317-0022.
The Sheraton Grande Walkerhill offers a variety of wines as Chuseok gifts such as Bordeaux, Bourgogne and Californian as well as Korean beef sets. The hotel also features custom-made hampers and duty free sets.
Prices of gift sets begin at 80,000 won. For more information, call (02) 455-5000.
The Grand Hyatt Seoul also has hampers for Chusoek on sale at Deli.
The Deli offers a variety of unique gift sets arranged in wicker baskets _ each contains premium, gourmet items such as cheese, wine, handmade chocolates and cookies and olive oil.
The Chuseok hampers can also be purchased at the Deli branch located in the Galleria Department Store in Apgujung-dong, southern Seoul.
All the sets are available from Sept. 1 to 15. For more information, call Hyatt Deli at (02) 799-8167 or Galleria Deli at (02) 3442-3782.