Lotte Hotel Seoul’s La Seine has been reborn as an upscale buffet restaurant and reopened this month. Celebrating its 1st anniversary, the restaurant has special events planned until the end of this month. La Seine is offering “1st Anniversary Menus” prepared with fresh ingredients such as flying fish roe, spicy crispy lobster, barbecue pork, lobster thermidor, beef bone broth with ginseng and snow crab.The Spanish Tapas Gala Dinner will be held on Jan. 11. Priced at 150,000 won per person, the

The Westin Chosun Seoul is offering New Year gifts from Jan. 19-25. The package, coming in three types, is priced 200,000 to 330,000 won.The Happy New Year package includes a night in a Business Deluxe Room, herbal medicinal cosmetics travel kit and two packets of sliced honey marinated Korean red ginseng. The Healthy New Year package offers a night in an Executive Deluxe, the Westin Chosun Seoul’s 2012 diary, free use of the executive lounge and breakfast for two, free access to the sauna plus

The Korea Tourism Organization is currently holding the “Ski Korea Campaign” to lure foreign tourists during the winter season.Joined by some 12 major ski resorts and Gangwon Province, the nation’s No. 1 winter trip destination and the host of the 2018 Winter Olympics, the campaign is aimed at drawing travelers from warm Southeast Asian countries as well as Australia and New Zealand. Through the first week of March, the KTO will hold the “Fun Ski & Snow Festival” and the “GoGo Ski & Snow Festiva

Genji, Millennium Seoul Hilton’s Japanese restaurant, is offering a special “Nabemono promotion” through the end of February. The perfect antidote to the cold winter, Nabemono is a Japanese-style one-pot meal. Seafood, vegetables and noodles are added to a ceramic pot to create a savory and nourishing broth for a satisfying meal that is sure to warm one’s body as well as the soul. Nabemono specials to be featured at Genji include, Hot Pot Medley, Seafood and Udon in a Hot Pot, and Blowfish in a

 

 

Renaissance Seoul Hotel’s Chinese restaurant, Kabin, presents lucky fortune cookies that include special prizes to all customers dining at the restaurant through Jan. 24. For the month of January, Kabin offers exclusive lunch and dinner sets from the Chengdu city in Sichuan. Using the freshest seafood and ingredients, chefs have prepared hot, spicy and highly addictive dishes. As a special year-end and New Year’s event, a lucky fortune cookie is given to all guests dining at Kabin. There are 100

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 for 9,900 won for any party of four dining in for the lunch buffet held from noon through 2:30 p.m. Guests are also welcome to make a special request to open the garden terrace for their private gatherings. Cafe Amiga is also offering the “Traditional European Beverages” event through Jan 31 with bever

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 Yeoksam Station on Line 2. The hotel will offer 288 comfortable guestrooms with a restaurant and bar, five meeting rooms and a spa to meet demands from business travelers as well as tourists. Ibis Ambassador Insadong is scheduled to open in May 2013 with 360 guestrooms. Located within Insadong’s cultural to

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 in Korea exquisite travel and shopping experiences. Anyone who purchases items totaling $500 or more at one of the four Shilla Duty Free Shops ― downtown Seoul, Incheon International Airport, Gimpo Airport and online ― during the event period can apply for a raffle. Two winners will win the “Kota Ki