Hotels organize holiday charity events
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Imperial Palace Seoul’s Gingerbread Dream House / Courtesy of Imperial Palace Seoul
By Kim Se-jeong
The gift-giving season inspires many organizations, including hotels, to hold charity events to reach out to the less and encourage hotel guests and local residents to donate their time and money.
Imperial Palace Seoul’s Gingerbread Dream House is one of the most exciting charity events so far this year.
The six-year-old event helps children with disabilities, and this year, it’s beneficiaries are the blind children of Incheon Hyegwang Orchestra. The orchestra was founded in 2008 to give blind children with the opportunity to demonstrate their musical talents to the world.
For the charity event, the hotel encourages individual donors to donate 100,000 won and corporate donors 200,000 won. It then prints the names of donors on a 5-meter-high gingerbread house that is currently on display at the hotel’s lobby until mid January next year.
Donors are also invited to a concert by a children’s orchestra on Dec. 24 at the hotel lobby. Donations are accepted until Dec. 27. For more information, call (02) 3440-8000 or visit
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Grand Hyatt Incheon, in collaboration with UNICEF, is holding a charity fundraising campaign until Dec. 27.
The funds will be sent to UNICEF for malaria vaccinations and mosquito nets in Africa and other sub-tropical regions. Donor will receive a doll per donation of 30,000 won.
Grand Hilton Seoul’s charity event is among the longest running. The hotel staff, including General Manager Bernhard Brender, deliver gifts to the children at the Songjuk Orphanage in the district. Founded in 1945, the Songjuk orphanage is one of the oldest orphanages in the country. The children are also invited to the hotel to light the Christmas tree, and they were this November. For more information, call (02) 2287-8367.
Mercure Seoul Ambassador Gangnam Sodowe will donate part of its restaurant’s revenue to NGO Good Neighbors.
The hotel will donate 5 percent of the dinner buffet revenue of Sodowe Restaurant. The hotel will make the donation under the names of group guests who dine in private dining rooms. The restaurant encourages group guests to select the special charity menus, which include unlimited wine and draft beer.
“We hope that this event will help those in need,” C.S Kim, the hotel’s general manager, said. “We’re planning to continue the fundraising campaign in the long-term, not just as a one-time event.” For more information, call (02) 2050-6000.