Meeting venuesSeoul, South Korea
Seoul's hotels serve the chaebol and their suppliers, and quote for buyers who negotiate hard and in person. An international buyer working by email tends to get the rate card. The centre and Gangnam are two distinct markets, and COEX exhibitions move the south of the river without warning.
How Seoul hotels quote
Per-person packages and room rates in won, typically before a 10% service charge and 10% VAT. Some hotels quote international buyers in dollars. We fix the currency and an inclusive total before they quote.
We fix all of that into one per-person package, in KRW, before any hotel quotes. Hotels then compete on a number that means the same thing in every offer, and the rank you see is the rank of what you would actually pay.
COEX exhibitions fill Gangnam for a week at a time. Chuseok in September or October and the Lunar New Year in January or February close business for several days. Cherry blossom in April and autumn colour in October are leisure peaks. Winter is cold and well priced.
Market conventions, tax treatment and event dates as understood in September 2026 from published sources; they change. Every offer in an RFPVenue contest states its own tax, service and fee basis, and that is what you compare on. New to these conventions? Read the day delegate rate guide or start from the RFP template.
Leadership offsite · Seoul · 40 people
One locked package · 4 confirmed comparable offers · quoted in KRW
Saved versus 4 confirmed offers
₩2,320,00011.9%
Method: awarded total versus the average of confirmed comparable offers on the same locked package. Sourced quotes a hotel has not confirmed are excluded. Not a guarantee of future savings.
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Illustrative proof. Your Seoul contest produces one like it, in KRW, for the meeting you actually award.
Where to hold it
The hotel clusters buyers use, and what our sourcing desk would tell you about each before the brief is fixed. Name a district in the brief or let the field decide.
The corporate district south of the river and the convention centre. Large modern conference hotels, calendar-priced.
The historic business centre. Established international hotels with boardroom space.
The financial district on the island. Business hotels for meetings with the banks and the National Assembly.
The new rail and business hub and the international quarter. Recent luxury hotels with capacity.
Venues buyers shortlist
A sample of established meeting hotels across Seoul's districts, with the capacity figures each hotel publishes on its own site. Not a ranking, a recommendation or a partnership: when you send a brief we invite whichever comparable hotels fit it, whether or not they are listed here.
| Hotel | District | Meeting rooms | Largest room | Theatre | Banquet | Event space | Transport |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE PLAZA Seoul, Autograph Collection | Jung-gu, City Hall | 7 | Grand Ballroom | 700 | 500 | 1,907 m² | – |
| JW Marriott Dongdaemun Square Seoul | Jongno, Dongdaemun | 8 | Grand Ballroom | 590 | 450 | 1,153 m² | – |
| JW Marriott Hotel Seoul | Seocho / Gangnam, Express Bus Terminal | 7 | Grand Ballroom | 400 | 400 | 1,608 m² | – |
| Josun Palace, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Seoul Gangnam | Gangnam, Teheran-ro | 4 | The Great Hall | 500 | 300 | 1,010 m² | – |
Figures are each hotel's published maximum for the layout, read on the date shown below; they shrink once staging, AV and catering are in the room, and hotels change them. Confirm capacity against your brief before you rely on it. For a meeting of 20 to 120 people the largest ballroom is rarely the right room; the number of meeting rooms tells you more about breakout capacity.
Sources · guide reviewed 2026-09-07
Meetings in Seoul
Korea and North Asia leadership meetings, supplier and partner conferences for the electronics and automotive sectors, and training programmes for Korean teams in Gangnam.
Most briefs are for 20 to 120 people, but the venue table above shows the ballrooms and convention hotels for several thousand, and the process is the same. Send the brief as you have it; we make it comparable.
Room, breaks, lunch, AV, bedrooms, taxes, service and cancellation terms are locked before any hotel sees the brief. Every quote means the same thing.
We invite properties that match the brief on capacity, standard and location, including any you name. A round needs at least three comparable offers to open.
Hotels see their own rank and the price to beat, never each other. Prices can only fall. You award on best value and are under no obligation if nothing fits.
The awarded total against the average of confirmed comparable offers, hashed and printable. The booking contract stays directly between you and the hotel.
Questions
What buyers ask us about this city first. Anything else, put it in the brief.
Send the brief you were about to email around. Comparable hotels quote one fixed package and compete. Our service is free for buyers; you pay only the hotel.