European student housing is top of the class: Savills IM

European student housing is top of the class: Savills IM

The appeal of European purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) to real estate investors is growing rapidly. In the recent 2025 INREV Investor Int...

Korea’s DL Group to sell hotels for $462 mn in further restructuring

Korea’s DL Group to sell hotels for $462 mn in further restructuring

DL Group, South Korea’s petrochemical-to-construction conglomerate is putting some hotels on the market to raise an estimated 650 billion won ...

SM Entertainment, S.Korean startup Jienem to build K-Pop hotel

SM Entertainment, S.Korean startup Jienem to build K-Pop hotel

South Korea's residence operator startup Jienem announced on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Kreation Music Rights (K...

Lotte Rental launches driver-inclusive rental service in Vietnam

Lotte Rental launches driver-inclusive rental service in Vietnam

Lotte Rental Co., South Korea's largest car rental firm, announced on Monday that it has launched a "Vietnam Driver-inclusive Rental Car."The servic...

Jin Air offers up to 15% discount on Japan routes

Jin Air offers up to 15% discount on Japan routes

South Korea's low-cost carrier Jin Air announced on Friday that it will offer various benefits to passengers on its Japan routes until Mar. 24.Jin A...

LG to open Kitchen Trip in 100 accommodations in S.Korea

LG to open Kitchen Trip in 100 accommodations in S.Korea

LG Electronics Inc. said on Monday it will start the LG Kitchen Trip, the event of its home appliances for customer experience in 100 tourist spor...

Yanolja teams up with SE Asia's largest travel platform

Yanolja teams up with SE Asia's largest travel platform

South Korea's tourism platform unicorn Yanolja announced on Monday that it will expand its overseas travel services by linking with Traveloka, a ren...

Gmarket launches overseas hotel search service

Gmarket launches overseas hotel search service

Gmarket on Thursday say it will launch a customized search service for hotels abroad.Users can input hotel-related keywords into the Gmarket app's s...

Stayfolio receives $7.7 mn in Series A investment

Stayfolio receives $7.7 mn in Series A investment

South Korea's property-rental platform Stayfolio announced on Wednesday that it has won 10 billion won ($7.7 million) worth of additional investment...

Korean hospitality startup Jienem enters Vietnam with local partners

Korean hospitality startup Jienem enters Vietnam with local partners

Guesthouse accommodation service provider Jienem is revving up to enter the Vietnamese market.The South Korean startup announced Wednesday that it s...

HanmiGlobal lands series of orders from Saudi's Neom city project

HanmiGlobal lands series of orders from Saudi's Neom city project

HanmiGlobal Co. on Monday said it has earned contracts for the construction and development of Neom, the urban development project seeking to build ...

South Korean startups team up with convenience stores for drone delivery

South Korean startups team up with convenience stores for drone delivery

South Korean convenient stores are ramping up competition in the business of drone delivery. The initial target regions include the Seoul subur...

China's top travel agency to join bid for Korea's online retail platform

China's top travel agency to join bid for Korea's online retail platform

China’s leading online travel agency (OTA) Trip.com will be joining the race to acquire South Korea’s online retail platform Interpark C...

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