Posts Tagged ‘Travel’

Today marks the opening of the Prada Transformer Project.  The project, bringing fashion and architecture together, begins with the “Waist Down – Skirts by Miuccia Prada”. A collaboration with Rem Koolhaas, the project will transform and feature new exhibits over the summer.  To read more about the project and tonight’s cocktail party, and for more [...]


City by City, a travel show for the hip, stylish, and affluent traveler, is coming to Seoul this winter.  Sponsored by Carl. F Bucherer, Swiss luxury watch maker, City by City is in its second season, and is focusing entirely on Asian cities this time.  Seoul is in the line up and seoulplay has been [...]


seoulplay, providing all-inclusive medical assistance to patients seeking treatment, health care or cosmetic services in Korea, expects Korea to continue to filling the need for  high-quality and high-technology medical care in the medical tourism market. New research by Thompson Reuters says 71.2 percent  of Americans are aware of overseas treatment as an option. This is [...]


Seoul Fashion Week opens Saturday with men’s wear on October 18 and 19, followed by women’s wear from October 21 to 25. This year’s Fashion Week also includes a day dedicated to Asian designers.  There will also be a forum featuring international fashion insiders Diane Pernet, our dear friend Nicole Fall at Bespoke Tokyo, and [...]


The 2008 International Medical Travel Conference will be held in Seoul from November 19 – 21. The event is scheduled to be held at COEX and is currently sponsored in part by the Korean Tourism Organization and the Korean Health Industry Development Institute.  This is exciting news as it testifies to both the quality of [...]


If you’ve been shopping in Seoul, then you understand why some people might think that all the shopping centers were developed or owned by the same people. Until now the majority of new shopping centers in Seoul have looked the same as each other, take HiHarriet in Myoungdong, iPark Mall in Yongsan, and the mega [...]


In Skytrax’s annual airline awards, Asiana Airlines, rival to Korean flagship carrier, jumped to 5th place this year from 12th last year.  Asiana was also the number 4 Asian carrier on the list as Singapore Airlines claimed the top spot again, while Cathay Pacific took second, and Thai Airways took fourth.  Asiana’s jump seven places was [...]


If Songdo City and Incheon can raise the $300 million dollars needed, you might be able to visit the Guggenheim Museum in Songdo City in 2013.  Although still in the negotiation process, the Guggeheim Museum based in New York has been reported to be in favor of opening a new museum in Songdo City near [...]


Seoul slipped two places in the rankings to come in as the world’s 5th most expensive city according to the UK-based Mercer’s annual report. To see the details of the report, see here. Just two years ago, Seoul ranked as the world’s second most expensive city in the world coming in behind only Moscow. Since [...]


Korean Air has won approval to launch 3 weekly flights to Israel cutting the current 20-hour flight time to the country to just under 12 hours. The new flight approval also includes provisions for one cargo flight which should add additional revenue for the world’s largest cargo airline. In addition, Korean Air and Asiana were [...]



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