Hotel Lobby

Park Hyatt Seoul announced Monday that Philippe Zuber has been appointed general manager of the hotel.

“Over the past years, Park Hyatt Seoul has built up an extraordinary reputation by delivering the most personalized, gracious and tailor-made service to its guests. As the hotel’s new general manager, I will spur the development to position Park Hyatt Seoul in the market as an incomparably high-standard, trend-setting, true luxury hotel through genuine collaborations with all our customers and partners,” he said.

Zuber joined Hyatt in 1995 at the Hyatt Regency Paris-Charles de Gaulle. He was also a member of the opening team for the Hyatt Regency Dead Sea in 1997, and food and beverage director at the Hyatt Regency Casablanca in Morocco and the Paris-Charles de Gaulle branch.

The Banyan Tree Club & Spa Seoul is set to fully open its doors at the end of March. The club provides a family-oriented home-away-from-home atmosphere as well as a business entertainment environment that the expat community can truly enjoy, the hotel promoters said.

Designed to fit the plush green surroundings of Mt. Namsan, the Banyan Tree Club & Spa Seoul is aiming to provide its members, including diplomats and multinational company executives, with state-of-the-art leisure facilities and services, all of which are part of the group’s signature brand of Asian-style hospitality.

In conjunction with its membership drive, the Banyan Tree Club & Spa Seoul offers ice skating and sledding on weekdays from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. and from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on weekends and holidays.

For more information, call (02) 2236-3356 or write to ysh@urban-oasis.co.kr.

Hyatt Regency Jeju is presenting a “Lunar New Year’s Package” designed to accommodate families and couples that want to celebrate the holiday.

The package runs from Jan. 22 through March 1, and includes a one-night stay in a deluxe room, buffet breakfast for two, an extended 2 p.m. check-out time, a 10 percent discount on car rentals, and free access to the swimming pool and fitness center. Guests can also enjoy two complimentary glasses of wine per table with the weekend buffet or set menu.

Additionally, a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon with a limited edition label by famous artist Hugh Young-man will be presented to parties of four or more at the weekend buffet, from Feb. 12 to 14.

Guests born in the Year of Tiger will receive a special free upgrade to an ocean view room. Package prices start from 168,000 won, exclusive of tax.

For more information, call (064) 735-8563/6 or visit www.jeju.regency.hyatt.com.

The Renaissance Seoul Hotel’s Manhattan Grill restaurant presents various menu items featuring oysters until the end of February.

The fresh oyster appetizer, priced at 48,000 won exclusive of tax, is presented with caviar, ginger and soy sauce. Also offered are a course featuring oysters with chili sauce and premium Australian Wagyu beef, and a 120,000 won-chef’s special course with various ingredients ranging from ginseng to shark’s fin.

All oysters are directly delivered from the southern port city of Tongyeong, South Gyeongsang Province.

All prices are exclusive of tax.

For more information, call (02) 2222-8637.

In celebration of the Year of the Tiger, Walkerhill Grande Seoul is introducing a “SUPEX Smoked-Salmon Gift Set” with Norwegian smoked-salmon that’s delivered right to every guest’s door, and a “SUPEX Kimchi, Homemade Sausage, and Ham Gift Set.”

The hotel established a kimchi research facility in 1989, to study the making and nutrients of kimchi. Since then, Walkerhill has provided guests with the taste that Chosun-era aristocrats delighted in centuries ago. In addition, a premium hanwoo set, a sausage set and other gift sets are available at Walkerhill.

Lastly, vintage wine sets arranged by Walkerhill’s star sommeliers are this year’s trendy new gift. A 20,100,000-won wine gift set featuring Château Latour, Château Margaux, Château Haut-Brion, and Château Lafite-Rothschild wines is available for purchase. These 1st class 1934 Grande Cru vintage wines are being featured in commemoration of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Furthermore, reasonably priced wine gift sets are available, ranging from 100,000 to 400,000 won.

For more information, call (02) 455-5000.