Hotels offer affordable Lunar New Year gifts

JW Marriot Seoul offers 14 gift items under 50,000 won at, The Delicatessen, at the lobby. / Courtesy of JW Marriott Seoul

By Kim Se-jeong

The gift-giving season isn’t over. As the lunar New Year approaches, hotels around the country are busy with people fetching gifts for friends and family.

Some hotels are selling gift sets under 50,000 won, which may appeal to budget-conscious customers and those who want to make sure they comply with the anti-graft law, which bans giving and receiving gifts worth more than 50,000 won.

Millennium Seoul Hilton

Millennium Seoul Hilton is offering a box of natural cooking ingredients for 45,000 won. The box includes anchovy powder, kelp powder, mussel powder, shrimp powder and a natural soup flavoring pouch.

It is also offering a wine package with a bottle of 2014 Chardonnay Reserva J. Bouchon and a bottle of 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserva J. Bouchon for 49,000 won, as well as Tennent’s Larger from Scotland for 49,000 won. All prices include a 10-percent tax.

For more information, call (02) 317-3066.

Millennium Seoul Hilton is conveniently located near Seoul Station, Deoksu Palace, Myeong-dong, Namdaemun Market and Mt. Nam. With more than 600 rooms, the hotel houses the famous Seven Luck Casino, restaurants — Cafe 395, Il Ponte, Taipan and Genji — and other facilities, including a fitness club, indoor gym, spa and beauty salon.

Imperial Palace Seoul Hotel

Imperial Palace Seoul Hotel is offering an assorted mushroom gift set for 40,000 won, an Ellies tea set for 40,000 won, Imperial Palace Chinese liquor for 49,000 won and a Vina Maipo wine set for 49,000 won. For more information call (02) 3440-8000.

Imperial Seoul Palace Hotel has 405 rooms, each equipped with a television, mini bar, safety deposit box, free Wi-Fi and other amenities.

It also has a fitness center, indoor swimming pool and eight restaurants, including a buffet restaurant, Japanese restaurant, Chinese restaurant, a bar, a convention venue, a business center and a wedding venue.

Millennium Seoul Hilton is offering two bottles of wine for 49,000 won. / Courtesy of Millennium Seoul Hilton

Hyatt Regency Jeju

Hyatt Regency Jeju is offering a box of tangerines native to the tourist island, a black pork gift set and a mackerel and okdom gift set for 50,000 won each, as well as bottles of Tenuta Sant’Antonio Scaia for 50,000 won.

The gifts and gift sets are available until Feb. 22. Call (064) 733-1234 or visit jeju.regency.hyatt.com for more information.

Hyatt Regency Jeju, which has 222 rooms, is famous for the private balconies in each room and a panoramic view of the Pacific Ocean and the mountain of Jeju.

The hotel’s restaurants offer mouthwatering cuisine with fresh fish and vegetables from the island.

The hotel also has a 1,000-capacity conference facility and is adjacent to a golf course, the Teddy Bear Museum and other tourist destinations.

JW Marriott Seoul

JW Marriot Seoul is offering 14 gift items under 50,000 won — the Haetongryeong natural seasoning set is available for 40,000 won, Smith Variety tea bags for 30,000 won, and Yoonsomssi homemade beef jerky and pine nut set for 41,000 won, a pack of JW Marriott Seoul’s own Hommage coffee blend for 35,000 won, a pack of Trinidad Espresso, Vintage No. 5 for 30,000 won and a Tennent’s beer set for 50,000 won. The items are available at, The Delicatessen, at the lobby. Call (02) 6282-673 for more information.

JW Marriott Seoul is located near the Gangnam Bus Terminal in the bustling city district and is connected to a multi-shopping mall. It has 497 rooms, a spa, fitness center, indoor swimming pool and several restaurants, including JW’s Grill, Mikado, Man Ho and Olivo.