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Courtyard by Marriott Seoul Botanic Park Opening Commemoration Press Conference
On May 2, Courtyard by Marriott Seoul Botanic Park held a press conference celebrating its opening, ahead of its official opening on May 11, 2018. Courtyard is one of Marriott International's select brands and operates more than 1,100 hotels worldwide, the largest number of Marriott International's 30 brands. Courtyard by Marriott Seoul Botanic Park is the 4th Courtyard Hotel in Korea following Yeongdeungpo, Pangyo and Namdaemun. Shin In-kyoung, General Manager of Courtyard by Marriott Seoul Botanic Park declared, "We are delighted to present the Courtyard by Marriott Seoul Botanic Park, the first Marriott International hotel in Gangseo-gu. Our hotel is a differentiated hotel that is hard to find in Seoul city where you can enjoy nature and the city center at the same time. We will make Courtyard by Marriott Seoul Botanic Park a 'Korea's best business hotel' through the rest of nature and the best service in the future." She also added, "We would like to position the hotel as a landmark in Gangseo area by taking advatange of its proximity to Incheon International Airport and Gimpo Airport, its surrounding natural environment, and the nature-friendly representative location represented by Seoul Botanic Park located near the hotel. Furthermore, we will do our best to make it the number one business hotel in Seoul city." ▲ A view of Courtyard by Marriott Seoul Botanic Park ▲ Shin In-kyoung, General Manager of Courtyard by Marriott Seoul Botanic Park ▲ Bae Soon-ok, Marketing Director of Korea-Japan and Guam area, introduced the Courtyard brand. The hotel, located in the Magok district of Gangseo-gu, was designed as a place where you can fully feel the essence of nature in harmony with the name of the hotel. Inspired by the straight lines of straight trees, the hotel not only emphasizes the overall feeling of nature, but also features a simple design. It has 12 floors above ground and 5 floors underground. It has 262 rooms including 20 suites. All rooms have ultra high-definition UHD 55 inch TV, high-speed wireless internet and sofa bed. Most of the rooms boast panoramic views of the city through the front glass window, which cannot be seen in the hotels of Seoul city, as it can overlook the 'Seoul Botanic Park' (planned to open in the second half of 18), about 500,000 square meters. Courtyard by Marriott Botanic Park has two dining outlets in total. 'Garden Kitchen', an all-day dining restaurant located on the ground floor, offers an international buffet with a focus on western and Asian menus and an a la carte menu that enhances Korean cuisine. At the buffet, the menus that take advantage of the traditionality of each region/country, such as grilled ribeye of Western food, and Hong Kong/Cantonese-style Buddha Jumps Over the Wall of Chinese food. In the a la carte menu, there are Trenella fuciformis Galbitang, beef Ttukbaegi, and Pu Pad Pong curry, all of which are filled with time and sincerity of a head chef. The two private dining rooms are the perfect place to enjoy family gatherings and small meetings. 'The Lounge', which is connected to the garden kitchen, offers a range of liquor and snack menus including signature cocktails from the hotel. A total of 12 banquet halls, including the 218-square-meter Forest Ballroom, are available for corporate and family events for a variety of purposes ranging from conferences, weddings to family party. The hotel also has additional facilities including an executive lounge on the top floor of the hotel, a 24-hour fitness center, and a business center. ▲ Three core values of the Courtyard brand were introduced. ▲ The latest update of the Marriott loyalty program was delivered. ▲ Courtyard by Marriott Seoul Botanic Park staffs gathered in one place and pledged premium service. The hotel is directly connected to the subway line 9 and the Magongnaru Station of the Airport Railroad (scheduled to be opened). It is located 10 minutes to Gimpo Airport by car and 30 minutes to Incheon Airport, providing the best access to domestic and international business travelers. After the Seoul Botanic Park, large shopping mall and convention center are all built, the hotel is expected to become a new leisure spot with natural relaxation space and convenient facilities for domestic customers such as family units and friends. Meanwhile, Courtyard by Marriott Seoul Botanic Park has launched 'Grand Opening Package' to commemorate the opening. One night in a botanic room plus a choice among beer sampler and snack for 2 people, breakfast of garden kitchen and Executive lounge for 2 people will be offered. All customers who use the commemorative package will be able to participate in a giveaway event, and a companion tree of Tree Planet, the tree-planting social innovation company, will be provided. In addition, with the name of the customer who adopts the rebel tree, the forest will be created in the place selected by 'Tree Planet' in the second half of '18. The use period is from May 11th to June 23rd, and the price starts from 150,000 won (tax excluded).
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Virgin Hotels Announces First Washington D.C. Property
Virgin Hotels has announced plans to open and operate a new hotel in Washington D.C. Expected to open in fall 2019, the brand's first Washington D.C. property will reside in the city's emerging Union Market area. It will be managed by Virgin Hotels and developed by D.B. Lee Development & Construction and Brook Rose Development. Virgin Hotels Washington D.C. Union Market will feature 178 Chambers and Grand Chamber Suites; multiple dining and drinking outlets, including the brand's flagship space, Commons Club; a coffee shop, panoramic rooftop lounge with an infinity pool, as well as multiple meetings and events spaces. The hotel will also honor the history of the Union Market area, as well as the artistic roots of the site's former structure, with the implementation of its own artists-in-residence program. Numerous art studios will be located on the second level and alley way, along with an outdoor garden featuring sculptures by local artists. Virgin Hotels Washington D.C. Union Market is a new build located at 411 New York Avenue, serving as neighbor to the Union Market, an acclaimed culinary destination inspired by Seattle's Pike Place Market. A hotbed for development and creativity, the Union Market area is experiencing exponential growth and will welcome many exciting residential, culinary and retail projects in the years leading up to and beyond the hotel's anticipated opening. The brand's first hotel, Virgin Hotels Chicago, is now open and accepting reservations at www.virginhotels.com, with San Francisco, Dallas, Palm Springs, Silicon Valley, New York, New Orleans and Nashville slated to open next. Virgin Hotels continues to explore properties in cities such as Boston, Los Angeles, Miami, Austin, Seattle, Boston, Toronto, Montreal and London.
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Premium Complex Resort ‘Jeju Shinhwa World’ Press Conference Sponsored by Ramjung Jeju Development
Ramjung Jeju Development Co., Ltd. held a press conference at JW Marriott Dongdaemun Square Seoul Hotel on August 30, and Jeju Shinhwa World, the first complex resort in Jeju, which has been sequentially opening since April, announced opening plans and future vision. Lim Taek-bin, Senior Vice President of Ramjung Jeju Development Co., Ltd, said, "We are putting all the spur with the aim at the first opening, and Jeju Shinhwa World will be a space where the new Jeju that had never shown before can be presented." Also, "There are many small theme parks near Jeju Shinhwa World. It is said that if Jeju Shinhwa World is built, it will become a black hole. However, it is not. We believe that those theme parks will be more attractive because people will tend to look around and enjoy surroundings when they come to Jeju Shinwha World. In particular, if the cruise is opened at Hwasun port, Marina will open at the same time and we expect that it will be better." ▲ Lim Taek-bin, Senior Vice President of Ramjung Jeju Development Co., Ltd, delivered welcoming speech and took charge of Q&A session. ▲ Lee Tae-lim, Director of Ramjung Jeju Development Co., Ltd, gave a presentation. Jeju Shinhwa World is a complex resort with a total area of 251,900 square meters (85% of the Yeouido area), including entertainment space that has MICE, shopping facilities, dining facilities, spa facilities, and Korean wave concert hall, and foreigner exclusive game room as well as accommodations and theme parks. Jeju Shinhwa World, located in the southwest of Jeju Island and near Jeju English Education City, aims to change the paradigm of Asia travel by increasing the value of Jeju Island through alliances with global brands. A complex resort with resorts, attractions, food and beverage outlets, and shopping areas is in fact one of the first in Jeju, and this fact is expected to play a role in raising the value of Jeju Island in addition to the beauty of beautiful Jeju Island. World-class companies such as Somerset, Marriott, Four Seasons, Lions Gate, Shinsegae Food, YG Entertainment, and TUBAn have joined in this movement. ▲ It is located at the northern tip of Sambangsan, which is one of the famous places in Jeju, and it is near Hwasun port, the cruise port. ▲ Major opening schedules since 2017 have been officially announced. Premium Resort Condominium, which offers high quality lifestyle, and Jeju Shinhwa World Hotel and Resort, which will be opened in April starting with the opening of Somerset Jeju Shinhwa World, have four different Resorts - Marriott Resort, Landing Resort, Shinhwa Resort, Four Seasons Resort, and Spa Resort - to offer a variety of rooms to depending various travel styles, such as family travelers, business guests and luxury holidaymakers. It is located at the center of the attractions of the resort so that customers can conveniently use, and they also can easily use the finest amenities in the resort including a fitness center, spa, beauty facilities and a restaurant. Jeju Shinhwa World Landing Resort will be opened in November and Jeju Shinhwa World Marriott Resort will be opened in December. Jeju Shinhwa World will have 1300 rooms by the end of this year. The Jeju Shinhwa World Four Seasons Resort & Spa, will be opened in 2019, will provide the best quality accommodation experience for premium customers seeking luxurious relaxation and special recreation. With one of the world's leading architectural and design groups, it will offer 240 luxuriously rooms, suites, and private villas with elegant design and it will be a Destination Spa Resort. Shinhwa Theme Park, which will be on display on September 30, will show its first theme park utilizing intellectual property(IP) of domestic animation through cooperation with TUBAn. Through the characters such as Lava and other TUBAn's characters, there will be a total of 3 zones including the myths and mysterious stories of East and West, and there will be 15 rides and attractions. YG Entertainment will also open YG Town(tentative name) in October as a partner of Jeju Shinhwa World. In the middle of YG town, there is GD cafe which aimed at the design of GD's fashion brand, Peace Minus One, and rock bowling alley where G dragon participated in the concept planning and design work. In the rock bowling alley, there is a bar and club lounge, so that it not only can be a new concept entertainment space where all the family members can enjoy together, but also hopes to bring a night life that has not been transferred to Jeju Island. At the same time, a restaurant and retail store operated by YG Food will open at YG Town. Most recently, Lionsgate joined. Lionsgate, a world-wide content-leading company, has organized Hunger game, Twilight series, Now You See Me, etc. It is going to build a Lionsgate Movie World Jeju Shinhwa World featuring a total of seven movie themes on the approximately 122,000 square meter site of Jeju Shinhwa World. ▲ The mascots representing Jeju Shinhwa World were announced with surprise. Meanwhile, Ramjung Jeju Development Co., Ltd. is a foreign-invested company that develops and operates Jeju Shinhwa World, a world-class large-scale complex resort, and Landing International Development Ltd. (Hong Kong Stock Exchange Code 00582) is its mother company. Landing International is a global company focusing on various real estate development projects, including leisure, entertainment and gaming related complex resorts, and individual tourism facilities. Ramjung Jeju Development Co., Ltd. operates a variety of employment support programs targeting local residents in order to cultivate Jeju Shinhwa World as an indigenous brand, and it is continuing its best efforts for mutual growth based on win-win cooperation with the local community. Landing International invested 100% of its stake in Ramjung Jeju Development Co., Ltd, which is the operator of Jeju Shinhwa World, Jeju's first and largest complex resort in Korea. Landing International also owns Les Ambassadeurs Club, a premium gaming club in London, England.
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