Thursday, December 28, 2006

Novotel Ambassador Doksan Hotel South Korea

New Year s Eve Concert at Novotel Doksan HotelNovotel Ambassador Doksan Hotel South Korea presents a special package featuring a couple of tickets to New Year's Eve concert at Seoul Arts Center on Dec. 31, 2006. The package includes one night at Superior Room, free champagne in guestroom, two tickets to the New Year is Eve concert, free shuttle to Opera House and free access to swimming pool and sauna. Reserve your package now and make your last night of 2006 memorable one with someone special.

Date: December 31, 2006 (10:00 pm)
Reservation: 02-3282-6160/6502
Price: 178,000 (2 Seat A, Seoul Arts Center)
160,000 (2 Seat B, Seoul Arts Center)

Source from: theseoultimes
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Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Hallyu Tourism Guidebook Publication

Hally Tourism in the LimelightKorea Tourism Organization (CEO Kim, Jong-Min) has published the Hallyu Tourism Guidebook to further attract foreign tourists to Korea by providing a variety of information on Hallyu tourism.

This publication includes information on the latest movies and dramas, their film locations, concerts and performances by the B-boys and Jump, Seoul is five major tourist attractions, Hallyu events and exhibitions, and other tour packages to Korea.

The guidebook offers more information on Gyeonghuigung Palace, the filming location of the drama ‘Princess Hours (Goong), tight-rope walking experiences for fans of the movie ‘King and the Clown’ at Anseong Nasadang Training Center and at the film location of Buan Media Theme Park. Details on Jeju-do, which served as the film location for the upcoming drama Taewang Sasingi and two dramas My Lovely Sam-soon, I’m Sorry, I Love You, and the movie Now and Forever (Yeolliji) are also included in this publication. K-pop, B boys, Jump, and other non-verbal performances, Korea’s major game exhibition G-Star, the top 3 international movie festivals, Hallyu events and exhibitions, and more are introduced in much more detail than before.

The Hallyu Tourism Guidebook will be distributed worldwide in four languages – English, Japanese, and Chinese (both Mandarin and Cantonese).

Source from: english.tour2korea.com
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Saturday, December 09, 2006

Thai Outbound trips to Korea Soars

The KNTO notes a 63.8 percent leap in Thai arrivals, while airlines rush to add flights. The Korea National Tourism Organisation's office in Thailand expects 120,000 Thais will travel to the North Asian destination this year. It represents a substantial increase over 2005, prompting several airlines to add more direct flights. KNTO manager in Thailand , Panmeth na Ranong, said outbound traffic to Korea jumped 63.8 percent to 92,653 from January to October this year, over the 56,569 visitors recorded for the same period in 2005.

Demand for Korean holidays outweighed airline-seat supply, triggering many airlines to add non-stop flights to Korea , such as Asiana Airlines, Korean Air, Thai Airways International and budget airline Orient Thai Airlines. Other airlines, such as Cathay Pacific Airways and Vietnam Airlines stop at their home bases but have connecting flights.

Mr Panmeth stated that some travel agents have been taking advantage of the shortage of direct flights to operate tour programmes to a third destination, such as Hong Kong or Vietnam, before continuing to Korea. Korean Air will begin operating three daily flights from Bangkok to Seoul starting 1 January 2007 , to meet the demand. They will depart at 22.40, 1.40 and 2.40 using Boeing 777-300s.

Asiana Airlines said next week it will announce a boost in its frequency from its current 11 weekly flights. Mr Panmeth said that KNTO will focus on incentive groups coming on excursions and for seminars, especially factory visits, with the slogan,Korea is your new destination. He noted that this segment of the Thai market has grown 40 percent.

KNTO will assist incentive and excursion groups by letting them use the conference room at the Tourism Information Centre at the head office in Seoul at no charge. The venue can accommodate 200 persons for orientation sessions. The KNTO will also provide Korea Travel Cards, valued at Bt4,000, for groups with more than 20 people during low season.

KNTO is supporting the financing of pre-sales to travel agents, which submit proposals to offer special packages promoting Korea. KNTO is supporting the financing of pre-sales to travel agents, which submit proposals to offer special packages promoting Korea.

Source from: www.ettrdaily.com
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Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Korea is Judo King Scoops Up More Gold in Doha Olympic

Lee Won Hee Asian Game JudoSouth Korea is Lee Won-hee joins the audience and parents Monday at Asian Games judo arena to celebrate his gold medal performance.
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DOHA Olympic judo champion Lee Won-hee captured his first Asian Games title Monday, as South Korea continued to lag behind Japan and China on the medal chart in the 45-nation competition. Lee, 25, threw his archrival Masahiro Takamatsu of Japan in one minute, 33 seconds, in the men’s under-73 kilogram division. With the victory, Lee became the first South Korean judoka to accomplish a Grand Slam, by winning the world and Asian championships in the class.

Lee has finished four of five matches with winning throws, just as he won three of four matches in the 2004 Athens Olympics. Elsewhere, South Korean athletes picked up two more golds in the team dressage and soft tennis’s mixed doubles events, but remained third in the medal standing in the ongoing Asian Games.

Another Soft Tennis Victory

In the second soft tennis gold medal of the competition, Kim Jieun and We Hyu-hwan beat compatriots Kim Kyung-ryun and You Young-dong 5-2 at the final match held at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex. The bronze medal went to Japan is Harumi Gyokusen and Tsuneo Takagawa. South Korea swept all seven gold medals in the event in the 2002 Asian Games and has been a dominating force in this sport since the 1994. Soft tennis is a racquet sport played on a rectangular court. Its rules are similar to regular tennis, but it uses a softer ball and lighter racquets that bring longer rallies.

Dressage Is Golden

South Korea’s impressive equestrian record continued when it won the team dressage event for the fourth time in the last five games. Team member Suh Jungkyun’s gold was his sixth at the Asian Games in his career. He had previously won gold medals in 1986 and 1998 both team and individual and in 2002 (team), making him the most successful rider in the history of the games. China, meanwhile, bolstered its No.1 status in the medal race by adding nine more gold medals in artistic gymnastics, road cycling, shooting and weightlifting. China tops the chart with 38 golds, followed by Japan with 12 and South Korea with seven.

Japanese swimmer Kosuke Kitajima won another breaststroke race and a Chinese gymnast claimed the all-around title, maintaining the status quo Monday at the Asian Games. Kitajima, who won the 100- and 200-meter breaststroke double at the Athens Olympics, defended his Asian Games title over 100 meters Monday in a time of 1 minute, 1.13 seconds, nearly two seconds outside his Asian record.

Thai World Record

Earlier, Olympic champion weightlifter Pawina Thongsuk of Thailand bettered the clean-andjerk world record in the 63-kilogram class set by Russian Svetlana Shimkova by one kilogram. Pawina lifted 142 kilogram to improve Shimkova is record of 141 kilogram set at Wladyslawowo, Poland earlier this year. Li Hongli won gold in the men’s 77 kg class to give China its eighth of a possible nine weightlifting titles contested so far at the games Pawina is the only one outside China to grab gold.

Taiwan stayed on track for a baseball gold medal showdown with Japan. Third baseman Chang Tai-shan and designated hitter Chen Chin-feng hit solo home runs to lead Taiwan to a 4-2 victory over China. Japan, the World Baseball Classic champion, and Taiwan meet Thursday in the final roundrobin game in the tournament, with the winner to take gold.

Qatar Wins Medal

Host Qatar picked up its first medal of the games when the women is shooting team of Anisa Jama, Samsam Jama and Amal Mhamud secured bronze in the 10 meter running target event. And Ali Harem won the first medal a bronze for war-ravaged Iraq in 77 kilogramweightlifting. It was Iraq is first medal at the Asian Games in 20 years.

Off the competition fields, a high-ranking Indian official confirmed that discus thrower Seema Antil failed a doping test conducted by the World Anti- Doping Agency during a team training camp in the leadup to the Asian Games.

Source from: times.hankooki.com
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