http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T04:10:59Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/1381 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/10/17/123645/56 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/Shilla_Seoul.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><p><p> Since 1986, one hotel has dominated both the luxury sleeping and shopping scene in Seoul: <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Shilla+Seoul/ian/141401">The Shilla</a></b>. Although the hotel has been around for a little longer than that, 1986 was the year that it birthed an <b>independent duty free shop</b>, 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.<p> 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 JetSetCD 2008-10-17T12:56:21-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/6/14/174656/103 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/bathlight.jpg">About 10 years ago the <a href="http://www.shilla.net"><b>Hotel Shilla</b></a> in Seoul put some cool tech features in all its guest rooms. We're still waiting for them to show up elsewhere.<p>At the hotel, a bathroom break in the middle of the night is almost a pleasure. You turn on the bathroom light and it doesn't come on all the way. It starts off dim and gradually gets brighter. When you turn it off it gradually gets dimmer again. No blinding light when you turn it on, no stumbling back to bed in complete darkness, with spots swimming in front of your eyes. <p> The second feature is probably more of a pain to initiate, but it's brilliant. Whenever the phone Tim L. 2006-06-15T09:30:02-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/