Hotels.com, the global hotel specialist affiliated with the Expedia, Inc., is offering a short trip to Japan with a 50 percent discount on Japanese hotels in popular destinations for a limited 101 hours through this weekend. Those planning to travel to popular spots in Japan such as Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto until April 30 can also book hotels with affordable prices among Hotels.com recommendations....

For more than half a century, geologists have wrangled over the origins of an astonishing range of mountains found beneath ice up to three kilometers (two miles) thick in East Antarctica. Named after the Soviet geophysicist who detected them in 1958 during the first International Polar Year exploration, the Gamburtsev mountains are 1,200 kilometers (750 miles) long, with jagged peaks up to 2,700...

A South Korean tourist was killed this week in a boat crash off the eastern coast of the Philippine island of Cebu, Seoul's foreign ministry said Monday. A banana boat carrying three South Korean tourists, including a 50-year-old woman identified only by her surname Ji, collided with an outrigger canoe on Sunday morning, causing all three to fall into the water, the ministry said in a statement....

South Korea has reached an agreement with Taiwan to further expand air travel between the two countries, the government said Friday. The agreement reached in Seoul involves opening new flight services and increasing the number of seats available on existing routes that have been cited for being chronically congested, the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs said. Under the latest pa...

Lotte Hotel Seoul said Pierre Gagnaire Soul, a French restaurant by three-Michelin star chef Pierre Gagnaire located on the 35th floor of the hotel, ranked at No. 8 on Asia’s Top 20 Restaurants list and was chosen as Korea’s best restaurant in the 2011/2012 edition of the Miele Guide, a regional guide book to restaurants in Asia. The hotel said it is the first restaurant in Korea to be listed on ...

Hawaiian Airlines said it will offer the Early Bird Promotion I and II. Promotion I offers an Incheon to Honolulu flight for 819,000 won until Dec. 10. After making a reservation, the ticket purchase should be made within seven days and an up to one month stay in Hawaii is possible. It includes one free roundtrip ticket within Hawaii. Promotion II offers a free transfer at Honolulu to 10 cities i...

Tourism Malaysia said the Southeast Asian country will hold the Malaysia Year End Sale from Nov. 15 to Jan. 1, offering up to 70 percent discounts at major department stores and local brands. The recommended shopping area is Suria KLCC, located at the landmark Petronas Twin Towers. It is linked with large department stores such as Isetan and Parkson and it also offers food courts, a cinema, a sci...

The Korea Tourism Organization said Benikea, the mid- to low-priced hotel chain, will hold an online event “What is YOUR Best Night in Korea?” on its Facebook page at www.facebook.com/benikea through Dec. 6. At the site, participants can upload their best picture of the night scenery in Korea and leave comments on why it is the best. Those who win first prize will receive a roundtrip flight to Ko...