Hotel Brand | |
Industry | Hospitality industry |
Founded | 1973 |
Headquarters | Seoul, South Korea |
Area served
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China (2014), Guam, Japan, Korea, Russia, United States, Uzbekistan, Vietnam |
Key people
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Song Yong Dok (President and CEO of Lotte Hotels&Resorts) |
Products | Lotte Hotel Seoul, Lotte Hotel World, Lotte Hotel Busan, Lotte Hotel Jeju, Lotte Hotel Ulsan, Lotte City Hotel Kinshicho, Lotte City Hotel Mapo, Lotte Hotel Moscow, Lotte Buyeo Resort, Lotte City Hotel Gimpo Airport, Lotte Jeju Resort (2013), Lotte Legend Hotel Saigon, Lotte Hotel Hanoi (2014), Lotte City Hotel Tashkent Palace, Lotte Hotel Shenyang (2014), Lotte World Busan Port (2015), Lotte New York Palace (2015) |
Website | www.lottehotel.com |
Lotte Hotels and Resorts is a South Korean luxury hotel chain operated by Lotte Hotel Co., Ltd., the hospitality arm of the Lotte Group. The company was founded in May 1973. Starting with the opening of Lotte Hotel Seoul in 1979, luxury chain hotels opened in Jamsil, Busan, Jeju, and Ulsan. The first business hotel, Lotte City Hotel Mapo, opened in April 2009, and the first overseas chain, Lotte Hotel Moscow, opened in June 2010. On December 8, 2011, the second business hotel, Lotte City Hotel Gimpo Airport opened within the Lotte Mall Gimpo Airport complex.
Lotte Group was originally established in Japan and expanded into South Korea with the establishment of Lotte Confectionery Co., Ltd in 1967. Lotte Group consists of over 60 business units in such diverse industries as candy manufacturing, beverages, hotels, fast food, retail, financial services, heavy chemicals, electronics, IT, construction, publishing, and entertainment.
Lotte Hotels & Resorts was founded in 1973 with the opening of first hotel of the chain Lotte Hotel Seoul, located in Jung-gu. It features the Royal Suite, which is 460 square meters large.
Company expanded its business in 1988 and opened a recreation complex Lotte World which consists of a large indoor theme park, an outdoor amusement park, an island linked by monorail, shopping malls, a hotel, a Korean folk museum, sports facilities, and movie theatres in one area.
The third hotel Lotte Hotel Busan was opened in 1997 in Busan, South Korea's second largest metropolis after Seoul and its largest port city.