Resort

If safety and service are two important measures of success in the leisure sector, then October was a good month for Samsung C&T Resort Group. The company, which operates Everland, South Korea’s biggest theme park, and Caribbean Bay water park, as well as prestigious golf courses such as Gapyeong and

A trend has been spreading through South Korea that is both new and retro. The Newtro mood, as it is called, has made an impact on everything from fashion, to food, to leisure. What’s interesting is that the movement is led by young people in their teens and twenties who see

South Korea’s most popular theme park, Everland, has become the first zoo in Asia to obtain the world’s highest level of accreditation as assessed by the U.S.-based Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA). Everland’s Zootopia zone is home to tigers, lions, pandas and many more species housed in a varied

Since ancient times, people have celebrated ghostly goings-on at this time of year. The origins of what we now call Halloween may be found in an old Celtic festival called Samhain, when people would do things that might seem surprisingly familiar – dressing up in costumes to fool ghosts that might want

The term “experience economy,” which was first mentioned in 1998 and refers to the idea of seeking experiences over things, applies to all kinds of events and occasions – including theme parks. When global spending on theme parks hit a record $44.8 billion in 2017, the experience economy was cited as a cause. That year

With autumn upon us, there are some spooky changes at South Korea’s biggest theme park, Everland. The facility just south of Seoul, operated by Samsung C&T Resort Group, has again stepped up its Halloween game to unleash an army of zombies and other haunting surprises. While Everland is known for