The Korea Herald

Hotels.com gives 11th night for free

Oct 21, 2011

Hotels.com, an online hotel booking website, said it has launched a new loyalty program, “Welcome Rewards,” offering one free night for every ten nights stayed. The program allows users to book ten nights at a mix of B&Bs, independent or chain hotels, and get the 11th night free. The eligible hotels are marked on the website. (yoonmi@heraldm.com)
Hawaiian Airlines to offer OK Cashbag

Oct 21, 2011

SK Marketing & Company said it will hold joint marketing with Hawaiian Airlines to promote the Incheon-Honolulu routes of the air carrier. For those who purchase a round-trip ticket between Incheon and Honolulu, SK Marketing & Company will give 20,000 points of OK Cashbag. For one-way tickets, 10,000 points are given. OK Cashbag points can be used as cash in Korea. Those who have more than 100,00...
Occupy Wall Street becomes NYC tourist stop

Oct 21, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) ― Some women from Kansas were taking in as much of New York City as they could Wednesday. They hopped on a subway, watched the construction at the World Trade Center site and visited lower Manhattan’s newest tourist destination: the park where Occupy Wall Street protesters have camped out for more than a month. It’s now common to see tourists at Zuccotti Park taking photographs of ...
Myeong-dong reborn as mecca for young, trendy

Oct 14, 2011

Foreign travelers boost local retail, hotel industry around shopping district On a bustling street in Myeong-dong, 21-year-old Japanese college student Yuki Kinoshita was looking for a “gomtang” place to try out the milky-white Korean beef broth. “My map says it is here. But it’s gone,” Kinoshita told The Korea Herald showing her map, written in Japanese. The place she was looking for, with her...
Park Hyatt Seoul offers crab cuisine

Oct 14, 2011

From Oct. 24 to Nov. 5, the hotel’s Timber House offers premium quality hairy crab specialties, while live entertainment bar offerings include authentic Japanese cuisine complemented by a selection of premium beverages from the sake/soju bar, cocktail bar and whisky bar. The special menus include hairy crab salad with tosas jelly sauce and steamed hairy crab and crispy fried hairy crab legs. Gree...
JW Marriott Seoul offers Fujian dish

Oct 14, 2011

Through Nov. 30, the hotel’s Man Ho chefs will be offering two seven-course Fujian cuisine meals. Fujian Course A includes braised shark’s fin, seafood wonton, steamed abalone, fried king prawn and stir-fried beef ribs with olives. Course B includes steamed whole shark’s fin, braised sea cucumber and broccoli, garlic-flavored fried abalone, stir-fried fresh lobster and pan-fried lamb. Course B ad...
The Philippines to hold Higantes festival

Oct 14, 2011

The Philippine Tourism Board said Angono City in Rizal Province in the Philippines will hold “Higantes Festival” on Nov. 22. Higante is Spanish for “giant.” The festival honors the sacred mountain San Clemente, which is believed to protect fishermen of the Angono villages. There will be a flamboyant parade twice in the day ― in the morning and in the afternoon ― and people will be wearing traditi...
KTO promotes medical tourism in Russia

Oct 14, 2011

The Korea Tourism Organization said its delegation visited Russia’s Irkutsk and Moscow from Oct. 10 to Oct. 14 to attract 10,000 Russian tourists to Korea this year for medical tourism. A promotion seminar was held in a business center in Irkutsk in which 36 medical industry officials from 10 Korean hospitals, travel agents and medical tourism coordinators participated. Irkutsk has been a target ...
Florida’s new Legoland park designed just for kids

Oct 14, 2011

WINTER HAVEN, Florida ― This is what a theme park built for children looks like: Kids are driving slow one-seater toy cars while their parents watch from the sidelines. They are steering boats, turning water cannons on each other, playing with Lego toys while their parents hold their place in line for a ride. The roller coasters are not too high, not too fast. There are no teens necking in dark c...
New ways to enjoy the four rivers

Oct 10, 2011

Package tours offer visits to diverse cultural heritage sites along Han, Geum, Nakdong and Yeongsan rivers With the government’s large-scale four-rivers restoration project near completion, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Korea Tourism Organization have come up with travel packages available until the end of the year to showcase the transformed riversides. Reflecting how rivers ...
Korea links bike paths along four major rivers

Oct 10, 2011

The 1,592-kilometer path will help establish nationwide bicycle routes The nearly 10 million Koreans who own at least one bicycle will be able to travel almost anywhere in the nation on two wheels once the Korean government links bicycle paths along the four major rivers, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said. The first 19-kilometer bicycle path called “Gyeongin Ara Baetgil” along th...
Riverside development to spur tourism demand threefold: report

Oct 10, 2011

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said the demand for tourism could surge almost threefold if riverside areas across the nation are developed into tourism and leisure sites. In a survey of 1,000 adult Koreans, nationwide apart from Jeju, 94 percent of the respondents said they would visit riverside areas when developed into leisure and tourism spots. As of 2010, the population aged ov...
[BOX] Riverside development to spur tourism demand by threefold: report

Oct 10, 2011

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said the demand for tourism could surge almost threefold if riverside areas across the nation are developed into tourism and leisure sites. In a survey of 1,000 adult Koreans, nationwide apart from Jeju, 94 percent of the respondents said they would visit riverside areas when developed into leisure and tourism spots. As of 2010, the population aged ov...
Korea’s first ‘Slow City’ in limbo

Oct 7, 2011

Some grow impatient for quick progress in go-slow Jeungdo JEUNGDO ― On this small island off the shore of Sinan County, South Jeolla Province, postmen don’t bother reading the addresses written on the envelopes. For them, the names are more than enough. “Everyone knows everyone here,” says a resident of Jeungdo, Korea’s first “slow city.” “Even if you get the address wrong, your mail will still...
Sheraton Incheon Hotel’s green policy wins international travel awards

Oct 7, 2011

The smoke-free and LEED certified Sheraton Incheon Hotel said it won three awards at the 18th World Travel Awards 2011; Asia’s Leading New Hotel in 2011 for the second consecutive year, Asia’s Leading Green Hotel in 2011 and Korea’s Leading Business Hotel in 2011. This year, about 213,000 industry professionals participated in the voting process for the World Travel Awards, the hotel said. Sherat...