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Sheraton Seoul D Cube runs charity bike ride with UNICEF

Sheraton Seoul D Cube City Hotel’s General Manager Matthias Y. Sutter, left, will lead a charity bike tour next month. / Courtesy of Sheraton Seoul D Cube City HotelSheraton Seoul D Cube City Hotel’s General Manager Matthias Y. Sutter will lead a charity bike tour next month to raise funds to help hungry children around the world.According to the hotel, the initiative is a collaboration with UNICEF, and the team of seven bikers ― five from the hotel and two from UNICEF ― will leave Busan on Oct. 1 for a four-day ride to Seoul.The team will stop by Dalseong Dam in North Gyeongsang Province, Mungyeong Hot Springs in North Gyeongsang Province and Ipo Dam in Gyeonggi Province before reaching the hotel.Funds will be raised from supporters of the bike ride. The hotel opened a Facebook page to attract supporters who are willing to make donations during the ride. The funds raised will be used to treat malnourished children around the world. "We hope to raise awareness and funds to support children who are suffering from malnutrition and look for everyone's sup

Sep 24, 2015By Kim Se-jeong
Sheraton Seoul D Cube runs charity bike ride with UNICEF

Fraser Place Central-Seoul opens rooftop bar

Fraser Place Central-Seoul’s Panorama Lounge and Bar / Courtesy of Fraser Place Central-SeoulBy Kim Se-jeongFraser Place Central-Seoul opened Panorama Lounge and Bar on its rooftop earlier this month and is running a drinks promotion until Oct. 31.The drinks in the promotion include single malt whiskies and Shakerato, among others.“I always found it to be a special privilege to have a property with a rooftop lounge and terrace that offers such great views over the Seoul cityscape,” Peter Tangl, the general manager of the serviced apartments, said.“Special thanks goes to our long-term residents who have braved all the inconveniences a renovation of such scale brings about, and remained loyal to Fraser Place Central. Thank you as well to all guests who keep supporting Fraser Place Central after many years.”The opening of the bar is part of Fraser Place Central’s renovation in celebration of its 10th anniversary next year. The hotel began renovations on rooms and other facilities in February. They’re expected to be finished by November.The

Sep 24, 2015By Kim Se-jeong
Fraser Place Central-Seoul opens rooftop bar

Grand Ambassador celebrates 60th anniversary with museum

Grand Ambassador Seoul’s museum is located behind the hotel building in Jangchung-dong, Seoul. / Courtesy of Grand Ambassador SeoulBy Kim Se-jeong In celebration of its 60th anniversary, Grand Ambassador Seoul has opened a museum that revisits the hotel company’s history.The museum is located behind the hotel building in Jangchung-dong, Seoul. The hotel group’s founder, Suh Sang-cheon, who passed away in 1992, used to reside in the building. The idea of turning the historic house into a museum was conceived almost a decade ago, and renovation began two years ago.“This is a great occasion for us to look back to how far we have come,” according to the hotel’s statement. “We would like to share this auspicious occasion with our guests.”The second floor of the museum has a small library.The two-story building is open to visitors and is accessible through a curvy, steep and narrow corridor behind the hotel property. Traditional soy sauce crocks welcome guests as they enter the gate, ushering them into the museum.The museum is open to th

Sep 24, 2015By Kim Se-jeong
Grand Ambassador celebrates 60th anniversary with museum

HOTEL LOBBY

 Conrad Seoul’s 37 Bar presents “Glam Night” every Wednesday for women only.Between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m., female guests can have a complimentary drink and then get discounts on all other drinks ― wine, beer or cocktails. A bottle of domestic beer costs 7,000 won and imported beer 9,000 won. The bar’s DJ provides entertainment, and one woman will win a small gift each week at the lucky draw.For more information and reservations, call (02)6137-7110-1.    W Seoul-Walkerhill’s signature restaurant, “Kitchen,” is launching a fashion collaboration dining program in October featuring award-winning menswear designer Kwon Mun-soo.“Gourmet Couture” will have five-course dinner menus inspired by Kwon’s style prepared by Kitchen chefs. The menu will include shrimp and black rice brioche salad with flower garnish; black sesame-crusted and grilled halibut with black sesame risotto and yellow saffron cream; “red paprika cleanser” as refreshments between courses; and prime beef striploin steak with blu

Sep 24, 2015By Kim Se-jeong
HOTEL LOBBY

Death of painting is dead

A view of Kong Sung-hun’s ‘Dusky Landscape,” an exhibition currently underway at Arario Gallery Seoul in downtown Seoul through Nov. 8/ Courtesy of the artist and Arario GalleryKong Sung-hun explores borders of reality in landscapes   This is the 15th in a series of interviews with notable artists recommended by the Korean Artist Project, an online platform promoting Korean art. ― ED.By Kwon Mee-yooAs science aids progress for humanity, it also exercises influence in the field of art. The development of science gave wings to art. Artists enjoy great possibilities through new media art and installations, while traditional painting appears to be going downhill. Still, some artists believe in the value of painting, which contains the rudiments of art, and Kong Sung-hun is one who continues to practice it.Born in 1965, Kong majored in Western painting at Seoul National University and studied electronic engineering at Seoul Tech, then-Seoul National University of Technology."Back in the 1980s, Korean art was bifurcated ― it was either 'minju

Sep 24, 2015
Death of painting is dead

Bloomberry Korea reopens casino on Jeju

By Chung Ah-youngPhilippine-based Bloomberry Resorts Corp. (BRC) has reopened its casino on Jeju Island in Korea on Sept. 15.The newly renovated Jeju Sun Casino, a part of Jeju Sun Hotel & Casino, has been equipped with state-of-the-art table games and electronic gaming equipment, which are open only to foreign guests. Under new management, the Jeju Sun Casino offers professional dealers, a new Players Club rewards system and diverse opportunities for travelers to Jeju.“We are very excited to reintroduce Jeju Sun Hotel & Casino, starting out with the reopening of this world-class casino after only less than four months,” Enrique K. Razon Jr., Bloomberry chairman and chief executive officer, said.“This is our first operating overseas property, and we exerted much effort to put in place the ambiance and amenities that would enrich the gaming experience,” he said. Reopening the casino is the first part of its multistage refurbishment plan, which began in May. The second part, which is expected to be completed by December 2015, involves renovating the main

Sep 17, 2015

Korean 'Slow Cities' give visitors respite from busy city life

Clockwise from top left are a wetland in Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province; a salt farm in Sinan, South Jeolla Province. /  Courtesy of KTOBy Chung Ah-youngAs the summer heat gives way to the autumn breeze, many are seeking to travel to rural areas, where they can take slow walks to enjoy the scenery and the lovely weather and escape the hustle and bustle of the city.These autumn travelers might want to refer to Cittaslow International’s “Slow Cities” in Korea, a list of cities which seek to improve the quality and enjoyment of living. The “slow city” movement, which is similar to the slow food movement, started in Italy in 1999 and has since spread to over 20 other countries throughout the world.A salt farm in Sinan, South Jeolla Province.According to the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO), the Cittaslow International list includes 11 Korean Slow Cities.Located 19.2 kilometers from Wando Island in South Jeolla Province, Cheongsando Island became the first Asian Slow City in 2007. Surrounded by mountains and the sea, the island is connected with Geomu

Sep 17, 2015
Korean 'Slow Cities' give visitors respite from busy city life

Old Seoul Station exhibition traces modern history

The thematic exhibition at the Old Seoul Station features a retro washingmachine, Korea’s first homespun car, the Pony, and retro rubber flat shoesand other quotidian relics. / Photos by Lee Hyo-wonBy Lee Hyo-wonHundreds of thousands of people pass through Seoul Station every day, and the number is expected to peak for the great Chuseok (Thanksgiving) exodus around the corner. But if you take a moment to look around, there stands, quietly, but no less imposingly, the former Seoul Station.The stately red brick was built between 1922 and 1925, during the height of the Japanese colonial period (1910-45). Called Gyeongseong Station until 1947, it was a critical route for realizing Imperial Japan's grand schemes to infiltrate Mainland China.This year, Korea feted its 70th Independence Day on Aug. 15. Interestingly enough, it was here, at the old Seoul Station, that Koreans celebrated en masse for the first time 70 years ago."Today, Koreans gather in outdoor plazas by Gwanghwamun or City Hall for big events like the World Cup or demonstrations, but back in the day it was the Seoul St

Sep 17, 2015
Old Seoul Station exhibition traces modern history

From boat to table

How the best of local ingredients reach our tables at hotels/ Graphic by Cho Sang-wonBy Yun Suh-young“A-oh, a-oh,” says the auctioneer, signaling the beginning of the first sales of the day at 8 a.m., Thursday, at the auction house at Daecheon Harbor in Boryeong, South Chungcheong Province.Gathering a mass of bidders who had examined the condition of marine products that arrived that morning in advance, the auctioneer began shouting out numbers.“Ten, now 10! 69,000 won! Number 44!” the first batch of fishes went to bidder No. 44 who was wearing a hat with his number on it.“Now shrimps! Now crabs!” the auctioneer would shout without a pause, introducing a new auction item as soon as products were sold. The bidders signaled the numbers with their fingers when an item was called out. One box of monkfish was just sold to bidder No. 38 for 48,000 won.When the product was sold, a tag with the number of the bidder was placed on top of the product.A fishing boat arrives at Daecheon Harbor in Boryeong, South Chungcheong Province, carrying shrimps and b

Sep 13, 2015
From boat to table

HOTEL LOBBY

  Renaissance Seoul Hotel offers two Chuseok packages between Sept. 25 and Oct. 4.Both packages come with the benefit of access to the indoor swimming pool, recreation center and sauna. The hotel’s Cafe Elysee will offer traditional cuisine and rice cake for guests.The first package includes a one-night stay in a deluxe room, six Korean cookies and two glasses of Korean wine punch. The package costs 130,000 won, excluding tax and service charges.The second package includes a one-night stay in a deluxe room, complimentary breakfast buffet at the Cafe Elysee for two and a special spa travel kit. The package costs 160,000 won.For more information and reservations, call (02) 2222-8500.   Kensington Jeju Hotel organizes a family photo contest. Entry is open until Oct. 20, and photos taken of the family on Jeju Island or of the hotel will be considered. The winner will receive Olympus’s newest digital camera, while the runner-up will get a hotel voucher. Other prizes include hotel restaurant vouchers and Starbucks gift certificates. Winners will be anno

Sep 10, 2015By Kim Se-jeong
HOTEL LOBBY
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