SEASONAL SAVINGS AT THE SHILLA SEOUL

Now until January 31,2002

Travellers to Seoul this winter can expect to stay in five-star luxury for a very attractive price when they reserve a room or suite at The Shilla Seoul, Korea’s only member of the prestigious Leading Hotels of the World.

The Shilla Business Package is ideal for business travellers who wish to take advantage of a whole range of extras designed for their comfort and convenience.

This business package is priced at Won 235,000 per day (US$182.00) and includes:

Business Deluxe Room Accommodation

Buffet-style breakfast at the Park View restaurant

Use of The Shilla’s award-winning Fitness Club (voted Best Hotel Gym in Asia by Asiaweek its 2000 reader survey)

Complimentary pressing of one business suit

20 per cent discount on laundry

Bottled mineral water daily

In-room fax and voice mail

Access to wireless LAN communication service

Double occupancy charge Won 30,000 (US$23) for Deluxe Room.

Other Shilla savings this winter, include the Shilla Super Saver which includes a Deluxe Room at Won 215,000 (US$167.00) per night with breakfast at the Park View restaurant. Or a super spacious Executive Deluxe at Won 240,000 (US$186.00) which comes with all the extra privileges of the Shilla’s luxurious Executive Floors: use of private lounge with the complimentary service of breakfast, snacks and cocktails, floor manager assistance, in-room fax and use of a private meeting room.

Meanwhile, The Shilla’s new Affordable Stay rates offer a Deluxe Room at Won 192,000 (US$150.00) or a Business Deluxe at Won 215,000 (US$167.00) with no additional benefits.

"Seasonal Savings at The Shilla Seoul " rates and packages are available until January 31 2002 for a minimum stay of two nights. All rates quoted are plus 10% service charge and 10% tax on service charge. US$ rates quoted are approximate at time of writing.

Guests of The Shilla can also expect even greater service from the hotel’s newly upgraded Concierge desk, which now occupies its own separate space in the hotel’s spacious lobby. Comfortable seats are provided while the Concierge staff handle all manner of requests and enquiries from organising and advising on sightseeing tours to booking airport transport. The new area also features a 19-inch computer monitor for guests to use and a variety of travel books and directories.

Business travellers will be interested to know that The Shilla provides a complimentary mobile phone to Executive Floor guests who can access the Shilla’s reception desk just by pressing "1". Guests occupying regular rooms can also hire a mobile phone from the business centre at Won 22,000 (US$17) per day, The Shilla is also one of the first hotels in the world to provides wireless LAN communications with high-speed access (11 Mbps) to the Internet from anywhere in the hotel. Guests can even connect for instance while relaxing by the pool or in a restaurant, so long as they have a PC network card (available for loan from the hotel).

Seoul’s most established and prestigious business address, The Shilla, with its distinctive Korean charm and character, offers travellers the city’s most spectacular hotel setting, surrounded by 23-acres of private wooded parkland overlooking the city and the slopes of Namsan Mountain. The hotel’s 511 rooms and suites provide some of the most spacious, luxurious and high-tech accommodation in Seoul.

In addition, its Executive Floors offer a range of convenient extra services which provide a stress free experience for the busy executive. Here travellers can enjoy a private reception for check-in and check out, private lounge/dining room and meeting room on each floor; the service of complimentary breakfast as well as early evening cocktails and canapés; use of the Shilla’s Fitness Club and Sauna; in-room low noise fax machine and wireless Internet access.

The Shilla also features an extensive range of award-winning restaurants and bars: the celebrated Asian cuisines of Sorabol (Korean) and Palsun (Chinese), the sophisticated European ambience of La Continentale with its panoramic views of the city and the Italian chic of La Fontana with its outdoor terrace and views of Mount Namsan.

For the health and fitness enthusiast, The Shilla offers both indoor and outdoor jogging tracks (through the 23-acre Sculpture Park), tennis, golf driving range, indoor and outdoor swimming pools and one of Asia’s most well equipped and advanced health clubs and gymnasiums.