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It’s getting to be that time of year again - and to usher in the Christmas spirit and Yuletide joy, the Millennium Seoul Hilton will unveil its Christmas Tree and ever-popular Christmas Train on Tuesday, November 22nd. This year marks the seventeenth anniversary of this holiday tradition.Ever…
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Grand Korea Leisure (GKL) was presented the $400 million Tourism Promotion Tower Award at a ceremony to celebrate the 39th anniversary of Tourism Day in Seoul on Sept. 27.GKL, a subsidiary of the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) and the operator of the foreigners-only Seven Luck Casinos, has b…
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The nation marked the 39th anniversary of Tourism Day on Sept. 27 as the number of foreign inbound tourists is forecast to surpass a record high 11 million during the whole of 2012.Figures released by the Korea Tourism Association showed that the number of foreign tourists stood at about 1.1 million…
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The nation observed World Standards Day with a ceremony at COEX in Samseong-dong, Seoul, on Oct. 12 with hundreds of people from government, academia and standards-related industries in attendance.Among those on hand at the ceremony were Prime Minster Kim Hwang-sik,; Vice Minister for Industry and T…
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The 90th Session of the OECD Tourism Committee & OECD/APEC Tourism Working Group Forum, jointly hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) took place at Deogyusan Resort in Muju, Jeollabuk-do, from Sept. 24-26…
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Korea’ s Genji, Millennium Seoul Hilton’ s Japanese restaurant, is pleased to present Nagoyan cusine during the month of October, including a special guest chef visit from the Nagoya Hilton from October 21st to the 28th.During this limited time, Genji diners will be able to sample the subtle nuanc…
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Accor-Ambassador Hotels reaffirm its position as leading hotel management group in South Korea with the celebration of 25 years of fruitful partnership between the French hotel group Accor and Korea’s global hotel management company Ambassador Group. Speaking on this milestone, Chairman Suh Ju…
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The Andong Maskdance Festival is primed to become one of the classic Hallyu (Korean Wave) festivals as it comes up with programs combining the tradition of ancient Korean mask dances and the modernity of reenacting the modern-day universality of the mask.The Andong Maskdance Festival made its debut …
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Jade Okshim Hwang and Joon Hwan Park (EI’ s Hospitality Education Partner (HEP) master licensee in South Korea) have been selected to receive the Educational Institute’ s Lamp of Knowledge Award for Outstanding International Educator. These awards are given to individuals who demonstrate extraordi…
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President Lee Charm of Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) has been reappointed to serve his second term as the CEO of the KTO on July 31, the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Sports said recently.Coming to Korea from Germany in 1978, I fell in love with Korea’s history, culture, nature and people so …
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CEO Kim Young-shub of KT. (Photos: KT)KT said on June 12 that Palantir Chief Revenue Officer Ryan Taylor visited Korea and executives and staffers from both sides discussed the direction of specific strategies. Palantir is a software platform de…
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President Park Yoon-kyu of the National Industry Promotion Agency poses with WIS Innovation Awards winners at an awards ceremony on the sidelines of 2025 World IT Show, which took place at COEX in Seoul from April 24 to April 26. (Photo: NIPA)2025 Wo…
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LG U+ President Hong Bum-sik reveals an ambitious plan to lead the AI sector at his first meeting with reporters after he took office at INNSiDE by Meliá in Barcelona on the sidelines of Mobile World Congress 2025 on March 4. (Photos: LG U+)LG U…
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President Hong Bum-sik of LG U+ talks with officials of the Daejeon R&D Center as he toured the center to look into the education on the operation of networks and technology verification field center as his first field inspection tour of 2025 on …
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