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Currency: in January 2010, 1 euro = 1623 won
Area code: +82
Time difference: +8 hours
How to get there
KOREAN AIR offers 2 daily code-share flights with Air France.
Tel: 00800 06 56 20 01 - Internet: www.koreanair.com
ASIANA AIRLINES operates 3 flights a week.
Tel.: 01 53 43 79 07 or 0800 102 099
Internet: www.flyasiana.com/english/
TOKYO-SEOUL services: a total of 14 flights a day between the two cities.
KOREAN AIR, the Korean airline, offers four daily flights between Seoul and Tokyo.
Tel: 00800 06 56 20 01 - Internet: www.koreanair.com
ASIANA AIRLINES operates four flights a day.
Tel: 01 53 43 79 07 or 0 800 102 099
Internet: www.flyasiana.com/english/
ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS operates a daily flight to Seoul.
Tel.: 01 53 83 52 52 or 0820 803 212
Internet: www.ana.co.jp/asw/wws/fr/f/
JAPAN AIRLINES links the two capitals three times a day.
Tel: 0810 747 700 - Internet: www.fr.jal.com
UNITED AIRLINES: the American airline offers a daily flight between Tokyo and Seoul.
Tel: 0810 72 72 72 - Internet: www.united.fr
NORTHWEST AIRLINES: also a daily flight for this other American airline.
Internet: www.nwa.com/us/fr/
Hotels
HILTON MILLENIUM. Opened in the 1980s at the foot of Mount Namsan and the N Tower, just a stone's throw from Seoul Station, the Hilton Millenium enjoys one of the city's most strategic locations, close to the Meyong-dong financial district. With 681 rooms, it is also one of the largest hotels in Seoul. The Millenium has a business centre and eight conference rooms. For business meetings, you can opt for the very confidential executive lounge on the 19th floor or one of the hotel's nine restaurants. On the 17th and 18th floors, the executive e-rooms have recently had a facelift and all have views over the magnificent park. The good news is that although you have to pay for Internet access, the rate here is the same as for local telephone calls.
395, 5-ga, Namdaemun-ro, Chung-gu
Tel: +82 2 317 31 14 - Fax: +82 2 754 25 10
E-mail: seoul@hilton.com - Internet: www.hilton.com
PARK HYATT. Opened in 2005, this hotel with 185 rooms and suites was designed by Super Potato and HAUD of Korea, the giants of Japanese and Korean design. In the lounge on the 24th floor, you can enjoy desserts and light dishes with an exceptional view of the Gangnam business district.
995-14 Daechi 3 - Gangnam - Tel: +82 2 20 16 12 34
Fax: +82 2 20 16 12 00 - E-mail: seoul.park@hyatt.com
Internet: www.seoul.park.hyatt.com
W SEOUL WALKERHILL. True to its principles of originality, the W dominates the little-known Walkerhill district. Although it is a little out of the way, it offers an exceptional view of the Han River and a 73-hectare park. With its two restaurants, Kitchen and Numu, its sublime spa, its swimming pool suspended above the city, its high-tech meeting rooms... it stands on its own.
21 Gwangjang Dong, Gwangjin Gu
Tel: +82 2 465 22 22 - Fax: +82 2 450 49 89
E-mail: wseoul@whotels.com - Internet: www.wseoul.co.kr
Budget-hotels
METROHOTEL. A medium-priced business hotel offering all the necessary services. It has the advantage of being located in the business and shopping district of Meyong-dong, with excellent transport links, and just a stone's throw from the Airport Limousine stop leading to Incheon.
199-33,2-ga, Eulji-ro, Jung-gu - Tel.: +82 2 752 11 12
E-mail: reservation@metrohotel.co.kr
Internet: www.metrohotel.co.kr
IBIS AMBASSADOR. This 317-room Ibis is just a few minutes from the Coex congress centre, in the capital's southern business district.
893-1 Daechi Dong Gangnam-Gu
Tel.: +82 2 34 54 11 01
- Internet: www.ibishotel.com E-mail: ibis-seoul@ambatel.com
Restaurants
NAOS NOVA. A truly unstructured three-storey sculpture of bay windows and concrete. It's the hot spot of the moment, the quintessence of Seoul design, where the Chanel group holds its private parties. People come here for its architecture, designed by Jeon Shi-hyong, as much as for its chocolate creations, its French-language menu that is as beautiful as it is good, and its amazing wine list.
448-120 Huamdong Yongsanku - Tel: +82 2 754 22 02
E-mail: contact@naosnova.com
Internet: www.naosnova.com
GENJI. The Hilton Millenium's Japanese restaurant overlooks the hotel's gardens and, thanks to the paper partitions, is the perfect place for a discreet business meal.
395, 5-ga, Namdaemun-ro, Chung-gu
Tel: +82 2 317 31 14 - E-mail: seoul@hilton.com
Internet: www.hilton.com
PIERRE GAGNAIRE IN SEOUL. Barely a year after opening at the Lotte Hotel, Korea's 100 % chain, the Pierre Gagnaire in Seoul is already the talk of the town. It has just been voted best restaurant in South Korea by the Miele Guide 2009-2010, the guide to the best restaurants in Asia.
1 Sogong-dong, Chung-gu - Tel.: +82 2 317 71 81
Internet: www.pierregagnaire.co.kr
Conference centre
COEX. This huge 400,000 m2 conference centre can accommodate up to 7,000 people, right in the heart of the Gangnam-gu business district and close to a number of major hotels.
World Trade Center, Gangnam-gu - Tel: +82 2 60 00 78 90 - Fax: +82 2 60 00 78 93
E-mail: marketing1@coex.co.kr - Internet: www.coex.co.kr/eng
Information
KOREAN NATIONAL TOURIST BOARD
Tour Montparnasse, 75755 Paris, Cedex 15, France
Tel.: 01 45 38 71 23
E-mail: ontc@club-internet.fr
Internet: english.visitkorea.or.kr
FRENCH KOREAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Executive Suite #316, Grand Ambassador Seoul,
186-54 Jangchung-dong 2-ga, Jung-gu
Tel: +82 2 222 68 95 05 - Fax: +82 2 228 95 08
Mail: infos@fkcci.com -Internet: www.fkcci.com
