Hotel Lobby

The Ritz-Carlton Seoul

"The Garden", a European restaurant at the Ritz-Carlton Seoul, will welcome Chilean chef Matias Palomo from Oct. 21 through Nov. 6. He will offer Chilean cuisine and hybrid delicacies.

Palomo studied cooking at a culinary school in Santiago and has worked at numerous restaurants, including Arzak in San Sebastian, Daniel and El Bulli.

Palomo will be using the traditional Chilean spice "merken" to add originality to his dishes. Guests can try the salmon with black potato filled with curanto and the halibut with scallop sauce, quinoa and basil oil. For more information, call (02) 3451-8271.

Hyatt Regency Incheon

The Hyatt Regency Incheon is launching new wedding party concepts: the Garden Wedding and the Sunset Wedding.

The garden weddings are held in a gazebo in the hotel's wildflower garden, while sunset wedding are conducted against the backdrop of a beautiful west coast sunset.

For the services, the hotel offers nine menus, including five Western cuisine choices priced between 55,000 won and 100,000 won. Four buffet options are priced from 46,000 won to 78,000 won. All prices exclude a 10-percent tax. .

The hotel is also just a three-minute drive from Incheon International Airport.

For reservations and information, call (032)745-2600

Millennium Seoul Hilton

The Millennium Seoul Hilton's French restaurant "Seasons" will hold a Winemakers Dinner on Oct. 23.

A seven-course dinner will be paired with five premier Grand Cru wines, Dom Perignon champagne and a Chateau d'Yquem selection.

The event will commence at 7 p.m. and is priced at 550,000 won per person, exclusive of tax.

For more information, call Seasons at (02) 317-3060.

Lotte Hotel Busan

The Lotte Hotel Busan will hold its "Beer Festival 2009" event to mark the German beer festival Oktoberfest at its Chrystal Ballroom, Oct. 16 from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Domestic selections and world-famous spirits such as Asahi, Guinness and Heineken will be provided along with all-you-can-eat buffet side dishes at the price of 35,000 won per person, exclusive of tax.

B-boys, brass bands and jazz bands will perform, and drinking contests and dance party will also be held. Also, a giveaway event featuring hotel coupons, sunglasses and cosmetics will heat up the air, hotel publicist Jung Ki-sung said.

For more information, call (051) 810-5301.

JW Marriott Seoul

JW Marriott Seoul's Italian restaurant Olivo holds its Pasta Festival from Oct. 4 to Nov. 24, offering nine dishes with a wide variety of handmade pastas and original sauces.

A Venetian-style red bean soup will be presented alongside seven pastas, including: linguine with vodka and Sevruga caviar; tortelloni filled with king prawns; saffron tagliatelle with sea bass ragout; and black-ink tagliolini with baby calamari. A raviolo filled with dried fruit with amaretto sauce will be served as a dessert.

Prices range from 12,000 to 38,000 won, exclusive of tax and service charges. For more information, call (02) 6282-6765.

The Westin Chosun Seoul

From Oct. 10 to 31, The Westin Chosun Seoul presents premium wines, with discounts of as much as 40 percent off the retail price to mark the hotel's 95th anniversary.

All the wines being sold have received high Robert Parker's points and Wine Spectator ratings.

During the promotion, 45 kinds of wine will be sold at remarkably low prices. For example, Dom Perignon 2000 will be sold for 165,000 won; Ch. Talbot for 121,000 won; and Kendall Merlot for 33,000 won. All prices are tax inclusive.

The world-renowned Ch. Latour 1998, priced at 1,289,000 won elsewhere, will also be sold at a 40-percent discount price.