The government has announced its plan to expand the global Korean cuisine industry to a scale of 300 trillion won by 2027. The strategy involves increasing the number of overseas Korean restaurants to 15,000 and more than tripling the number of Michelin-starred Korean restaurants compared to the cur
Park Hyatt Seoul is pleased to introduce a luxury suite offer, ensuring guests experience even greater benefits during their extended stay. For stays of 3 nights or more, guests can enjoy up to a 25% discount on Park Suites. This offer also includes a 10% discount at hotel restaurants (Cornerstone,
The Lounge, a luxury destination on the uppermost floor of Park Hyatt Seoul, presents the 2023 Bingsu Selection. Featuring Cherry, Honey Gold, Persimmon, and Mango varieties, this year’s bingsu menu offers epicurean relief from the early summer heat.Cherry Bingsu, recommended by Executive Chef Baek
The New Zealand Wine Festivals, which aim to provide an enjoyable experience for all guests, are back this year. These sought after events in Seoul and Busan aim to leverage the rapid growth and popularity of a wide range of New Zealand’s top wines from the country’s globally celebrated wine regions
Ongjin County of Incheon Metropolitan City consists of a group of scenic islands in the West Sea (Yellow Sea). But its major islands are difficult to access as they are located far away from the mainland. In particular, five of them, Daeyeonpyeong Island, Soyeonpyeong Island, Baengnyeong Island, Dae
The entire ‘Gourmet 494 Hannam’ located in Yongsan, Seoul is transforming into a one-of-kind pop-up station for Ballantine’s Single Malts Glenburgie.Pernod Ricard Korea announced on Dec. 1 that it would run ‘Ballantine’s Single Malts Glenburgie Station’ at a premium lifestyle platform ‘Gourmet 494 H
The New Zealand Wine Festivals are back after a hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Anticipation in Korea’s two biggest cities is increasing to sample premium New Zealand vintages – in line with the rapid growth in popularity of New Zealand wine in Korea.“We are delighted that the Kiwi Chamber is a
Gourmet F&B Korea, an affiliate of LF Corp., will launch the U.S. premium tumbler brand "Hydro Flask" in the Korean home shopping market.Hydro Flask is a luxury tumbler brand that is enjoying a strong fan base in the Korean and overseas markets. It retails between 30,000 won and 50,000 won per unit
Kumho Asiana Group is facing difficulties in selling off its stake in struggling Asiana Airlines Inc. Domestic business groups that were considered potential buyers, such as SK and Hanwha, all announced that they are not considering acquiring Asiana Airlines, raising the possibility that the stake s
Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics will present their premium built-in home appliances at the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show 2019 (KBIS 2019) in Las Vegas for three days starting on Feb. 19 (local time). The size of the global built-in appliance market was estimated at US$45 billion last year.LG E
In March this year, a fire broke out at the production plant of Gate Gourmet Korea (GGK) that was contracted to provide inflight meals for Asiana Airlines. To prevent a disruption in its meal service, Asiana Airlines signed a temporary contract for three months with Sharp Do & Co Korea, a small to m
LSG Sky Chefs Korea, which provided Asiana Airlines with in-flight meals until just before the meal service was disrupted, said on July 5 that Kumho Asiana Group chairman Park Sam-gu made false claims during his press conference the previous day.LSG said in a press release, "We are going to make it
Asiana Airlines has officially apologized for the in-flight meal fiasco and the ensuing delay of flights that have been continuing for three days.Asiana Airlines said on its website on July 3, "The problem occurred while we were changing our in-flight meal provider. We sincerely apologize for the in
Asian live buffet restaurant InStyle at Seoul Dragon City, Korea’s first-ever lifestyle hotel-plex, holds World BBQ Feast, which offers a feast of flavors from all around the world, until August 31.Timed with the forthcoming summer season and under the "gastronomic journey" concept, the latest promo
OTD Corporation, a gourmet restaurant platform provider, has attracted a total of 42 billion won in equity investment from Neo Flux, a private equity fund (PEF) management company, and IS Dongseo, a construction company, Woomi Construction and Mirae Asset Daewoo.With this investment, OTD Corporation
Chung Jung One of Daesang Corp. will present the third collaboration 'World Food Trip' package with Yeouido Marriott Hotel.The hotel will present the 'World Food Trip' package which will provide warm and welcoming home-away-from-home relaxation and the joy of cooking with your loved ones and add to
Kumho Asiana Group has succeeded in attracting a large investment from a Chinese business group.The group announced on March 15 that it has secured 160 billion won (US$139.49 million) worth of investments from Hainan Airlines (HNA) Group of China. The Chinese company will be acquiring bonds with a w
The best meat, dairy, fruit, vegetables, wines and processed foods from Victoria – Australia’s leading State in food and agriculture – were showcased at Seoul Food 2016 from May 10-13 at KINTEX in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province. A trade mission of 13 representative Victorian food and beverage enterprises
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs and the Korean Food Foundation announced on January 28 that Madrid Fusion 2016, an international cuisine event in Madrid, Spain, was held in great success between Jan. 25 and 27.This year, the two organizations participated in the event under the slo
“The core of the Online to Offline [O2O] commerce that integrates online and offline areas into one is not to just link two areas, but to create new added value through human touch,” noted Park Ji-woong, CEO of Fast Track Asia. It means that rather than a simple food delivery O2O service, an O2O ser