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Imperial Palace Boutique Hotel offers ‘3+1 Lunch Buffet’

Dec 30, 2011

Imperial Palace Boutique Hotel’s Cafe Amiga offers the “3+1 Lunch Buffet Promotion” through Feb. 29 for guests to celebrate the New Year at reasonable prices. The promotion offers a buffet for one f...
Accor Ambassador to open 3 more business hotels in Korea

Dec 30, 2011

Accor Ambassador Hotel has recently signed agreements to open three additional franchises in Korea. Scheduled to open late February, Mercure Ambassador Gangnam is conveniently located next to Yeoksa...
Tourism Malaysia & Shilla duty free shop host travel event

Dec 30, 2011

Tourism Malaysia Seoul and Shilla Duty Free Shop invite customers to their “Kota Kinabalu Travel Event” through Jan. 5. The two organizations are featuring this joint year-end event to offer tourists...
Elephants race, play soccer in Nepal festival

Dec 30, 2011

CHITWAN, Nepal (AP) ― Soccer-playing elephants used all four feet and even their trunks trying to score goals. Racing pachyderm thundered to the finish line to the cheers of the crowds. And in the el...
Best of 2011: Tales of a travelin’ man

Dec 30, 2011

Planes (jet and prop), trains (speedy and meandering), and automobiles (convertible, utility and luxury) took me on my journeys in 2011, along with an odd assortment of motorboats, canoes and a monor...
Facebook unwelcome in Vietnam, but Zuckerberg OK

Dec 28, 2011

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) _ Vietnam may block its citizens from using Facebook, but that didn't stop website founder Mark Zuckerberg from vacationing in the communist country. In this Dec. 26, 2011 photo,...
This Holy Land battle focuses on tourists’ wallets

Dec 23, 2011

Nabil Giacaman, a third-generation wood carver, stands near Bethlehem’s Manger Square, where a 45-foot Christmas artificial tree was installed. (Los Angeles Times/MCT) BETHLEHEM, West Bank ― A 45-fo...
All fun and Games: London’s East End, Olympics-close, invites a fresh look

Dec 23, 2011

LONDON ― Never mind the sprints, relays and marathons coming to London this summer. Look at the competition now among the flower vendors of Columbia Road. “Who’s got a fiver?” hollers one grizzled m...
Culture Ministry campaigns for winter traveling

Dec 23, 2011

To encourage families to travel around the country, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism is holding various promotion events through January. Korea Tourism Organization website (www.visitkorea.co.kr)...
KR-PASS sales increase 160 percent

Dec 23, 2011

Sales of KR-PASS, a railway pass exclusively for foreigners, increased by 158 percent this year, according to Korail. The KR-PASS service grants overseas tourists unlimited access to all of its trai...
New Year’s Eve fireworks at Grand Hyatt Seoul

Dec 23, 2011

Grand Hyatt Seoul is preparing New Year’s Eve fireworks for lovers and families who want to count down the final moments of 2011 and welcome 2012 in a special way. The event will start off at 6 p.m....
Celebrating New Year at Novotel Ambassador

Dec 23, 2011

The buffet restaurant The Square at Novotel Ambassador Gangnam presents a special promotion for guests born in the Year of Dragon. From Jan. 1 through the end of the month, the restaurant will offer...
Renaissance Seoul Hotel’s global Korean cuisine

Dec 16, 2011

Renaissance Seoul Hotel’s Korean Restaurant Sabiru is offering an exclusive Korean dinner course starting Dec. 1. Developed by chef Lee Sang-hoon, the grand prize winner in World Korean Food Competi...
Cakes of the World Buffet at the Grand InterContinental

Dec 16, 2011

Unlimited aromatic teas and delicious desserts will be served at the Afternoon Tea Buffet of the Grand InterContinental Seoul Parnas, during weekends with Christmas cakes from different countries ava...
Hawaiian Airlines changes honeymoon flight schedule

Dec 16, 2011

Hawaiian Airlines will change its nonstop Incheon-Honolulu flight schedule starting Jan. 5 to accommodate the growing demand for travel to Hawaii from Korean honeymooners. Under the new schedule, Ha...