The Shilla Seoul Unveils Its New ‘Leading Suites’ Package

(Seoul, October 8, 2008) – South Korea’s leading luxury hotel The Shilla Seoul is now offering special promotional rates for its premier suites until the end of the year.

In the ‘Leading Suites’ package, The Shilla’s Studio Suites are priced at US$393 (KRW 440,000) and Premier Suites at US$930 (KRW 1,040,000) per night. The hotel’s prestigious Royal Suite is priced at US$2,146 (KRW 2,400,000) per night.

Also included in the package is limousine airport pickup from Incheon airport, access to the Executive Floor lounge and gym, welcome fresh fruit and wine, and complimentary buffet breakfast, mobile phone rental and internet.

Consistently voted South Korea’s leading hotel, The Shilla Seoul has been dramatically upgraded to become a leading ‘lifestyle destination’ in South Korea’s vibrant capital, offering improved shopping, dining, health and beauty, weddings and conferences, and superlative business facilities.

Highlights of The Shilla’s health and beauty offerings are the Guerlain Spa (one of only four in Asia) and the world renowned La Clinique de Paris, and a prestigious new shopping arcade showcases many world-famous designer brands.

The Shilla which is set in its own 23-acre private sculpture park in the heart of Seoul, is one of Asia’s most admired hotel groups, renowned for luxurious accommodation with state-of-the-art facilities, high-end technology and gracious, personalised service.

The Shilla Seoul and The Shilla Jeju, affiliated with the Samsung Corporation, are both members of the prestigious The Leading Hotels of the World.

For reservations of ‘Leading Suites’ package, please visit http://www.lhw.com.

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About Shilla Hotels & Resorts

The Shilla is one of Asia’s most admired hotel groups. The affiliate of Korean electronics giant Samsung Group owns two deluxe properties, The Shilla Seoul and The Shilla Jeju, on the resort island of Jeju. Both are members of The Leading Hotels of the World.

The Shilla Seoul is consistently voted South Korea’s top hotel by influential publications, most recently ranked among the ‘World’s Best Hotels’ by Institutional Investor and World’s Top 500 by Travel + Leisure. It is also consistently on Conde Nast Traveler’s Gold List of the ‘World’s Best Places to Stay’.

The market leader was lately refurbished as a “lifestyle destination” with dramatically improved shopping, dining, health and beauty, wedding, conference and business facilities – including one of only four Guerlain Spas in Asia, world renowned La Clinique de Paris, and a prestigious new shopping arcade showcasing world-famous designer brands, including Vera Wang, Hermes and Stephen Webster.

The Shilla brand has extended beyond South Korea with the management of the 5-star Shilla Suzhou, a new luxury hotel in Suzhou, China.

For information and reservations at The Shilla Hotels & Resorts, contact: (82-2) 2230-3310 Fax: (82-2) 2230-3720. Or The Shilla’s Overseas Offices in New York toll free (1) 212-515-5885, Fax: (1) 212-515-5881, Tokyo Tel: (81) 3-3586-7571 Fax: (81) 3 -3586-7360 or your travel agent or the nearest reservations office of The Leading Hotels of the World.

For more information on The Shilla hotels, visit www.shilla.net.