HotelChatter - Seoul

Thompson Seoul is Still On; Possibly Puerto Rico Too

juliana — 2009-03-09T09:04:59-05:00

Last week we saw the model rooms that design firm Studio Gaia did for the upcoming Thompson Toronto hotel and thanks to an equally nerdy hotel geek, we learned that the same firm is doing Thompson Seoul.

We're actually quite surprised that Thompson is still going ahead with Seoul in these times but it is some very welcome hotel news for the hospitality industry which has of late been socked by hotel delays and canceled projects.

Duty Free for You and Me at The Shilla Seoul

JetSetCD — 2008-10-17T12:56:21-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/Shilla_Seoul.jpg" class="imgborder"> Since 1986, one hotel has dominated both the luxury sleeping and shopping scene in Seoul: <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Shilla+Seoul/ian/141401">The Shilla</a>. Although the hotel has been around for a little longer than that, 1986 was the year that it birthed an independent duty free shop, making the upper echelons of luxury goods available at a price that was almost a deal. The Shilla now operates more shops on the Korean holiday island of Jeju and in Incheon airport, but its original two-floor boutique remains a cult shopping destination. For anyone who feels the salacious temptation of a duty free catalog in the seat-back pocket, a stop in at The Shilla may be deadly (to your bank account). Being surrounded by

Thompson Hotels Looking to Get Some Seoul

juliana — 2008-08-28T12:11:23-05:00

That's right. Thompson Hotels, having finished with their monopoly on New York, is expanding overseas to Seoul, Korea.

We have to say, this destination is shocking. We thought for sure a London property was in the works. Yet today a press release was making the rounds of the interweb that Jason Pomeranc and co. are heading off to Seoul.

Behind the Anti-View: Metro Hotel Myungdong Redeems Itself

JetSetCD — 2008-04-30T10:58:45-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/metrohotelext.jpg" class="imgborder">Have you heard about <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotels/city/kp/Seoul">Seoul's</a> hotness? South Korea's hipper-than-thou capital is gaining street cred due to a recent opening of a 10 Corso Como, a Fashion Week growing quickly in international regard, and not to mention the popularity of Korean TV dramas around the world. The development of Seoul as a sort of new Tokyo (albeit slightly more affordable) is creating a distinctive thirst among tourists and locals alike: for luxury and high design. This is why, in a city where women wear high heels everywhere, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Metro+Hotel+Myungdong/local/985">Metro Hotel Myungdong looks</a> and feels so good. So it <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/11/14/2108/1092/hotels/Room_With_an_Anti_View_Aesthetically_Unpleasing_Architecture_in_Seoul">doesn't have the best views</a>, but then what is a great view in a city planned without much

Room With an Anti-View: Aesthetically Unpleasing Architecture in Seoul

amandak — 2007-11-15T10:00:59-05:00

<![CDATA[You know the scene. You open the door to your brand new hotel room, run over to the window, open the blinds and bam, you are hit with the anti-view. Maybe you are looking down a dirty alley, witnessing a drug deal, staring at an air shaft in the face, or seeing a brick wall. Whatever you are viewing it is not extremely pleasurable. Help out your fellow hotel mavens by uploading your anti-views to the <a href="http://flickr.com/groups/hotelchatter/">HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool</a>, or by <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">sending the photo along to us</a>. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number with the not-so-easy-on-the-eyes view.<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/AntiViewMetroSeoul.jpg" class="imgborder"> Before we talk about the view from Seoul's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Metro+Hotel+Myungdong/local/985">Metro Hotel Myungdong</a>,