Lotte Hotel will open a budget hotel chain Lotte City Hotel in Jeju City on Feb. 25. Located less than five minutes from Jeju International Airport by car, the chain is a 22-story building with 262 guestrooms, and eight suites overlooking Mount Hallasan and the airport. Room rates are between 300,000 won and 700,000 won. On the top floor, the buffet restaurant C’cafe offers an array of foods from many countries. The restaurant also serves Jeju specialties such as black pork. The hotel provides a relaxing entertainment at the year-round pool equipped with Jacuzzi, pool bar and sauna on the sixth floor.

Lotte Hotel plans to open additional city hotel chains nationwide starting in Daejeon in March, followed by Guro-gu in Seoul in July and Ulsan in October.

(wylee@heraldcorp.com)