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Duty Free for You and Me at The Shilla Seoul

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 202-2 Ga Jangchung-dong, Chung-ku, Seoul, Korea, 100202
October 17, 2008 at 12:56 PM | by JetSetCD | 1 Comment

Since 1986, one hotel has dominated both the luxury sleeping and shopping scene in Seoul: The Shilla. 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 smiling, impeccably-coiffed salesgirls and shiny products proves a drug for those who achieve VIP status at The Shilla shops.

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Thompson Hotels Looking to Get Some Seoul

Where: Seoul, Korea
August 28, 2008 at 12:11 PM | by juliana | 5 Comments

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.

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