[트래블맵] 세계에서 가장 객실 규모가 큰 호텔은 어디?

과거 호텔 시설은 단순하게 숙박시설과 레스토랑이 있는 공간 정도로 여겼는데, 요즘은 공연장, 쇼핑센터, 워터파크, 컨벤션센터 등 다양한 엔터테인먼트 시설이 결합 된 복합공간으로 변화 중이다. 이러한 변화에 맞게 점차 호텔 객실도 점차 넓고, 객실 수도 증가 하고 있다. 그럼 세계에서 가장 객실 규모가 큰 호텔은 어디 인지 TOP 5 순위별로 살펴 보자. (자료 출처: 10largest.com)

5위 : 라스베가스 윈 & 앙코르 호텔 (The Wynn & Encore, Las Vegas) ? 객실 4,748 개

라스베이거스 스트립 끝자락에 위치한 윈 & 앙코르 호텔은 두 개 호텔 건물이 결합 된 시설로 윈 호텔은 2005년, 앙코르 호텔은 2008년 오픈 했다. 개발자 스티븐 윈(Wynn)의 이름을 따서 명명한 윈 호텔은 전 세계 카지노 리조트 중 포브스 선정 올해의 5스타를 최다 수상한 리조트로 유명한 곳 이다. 호텔 내 18홀의 골프코스뿐만 아니라 세계적인 스포츠카 브랜드인 페라리 대리점이 입점하고 있다. 또한, 나이트 라이프를 즐길 수 있는 클럽 XS, Surrender 와 함께 윈 극장에서는 라스베이거스 3대 쇼 중 하나인 르 레브 (Le Reve?The Dream)을 공연 즐길 수도 있다. 윈 & 앙코르 호텔은 1박 가격은 최소 120달러부터 숙박 가능 하다.

http://hotel.travelmap.co.kr/Hotel/Wynn_Las_Vegas.htm

4위 : 올랜드 디즈니 올스타 리조트 (Disney All-Star Resorts, Orlando) ? 객실 5,658 개

미국 올랜도에 위치한 디즈니 테마파크 내 위치한 디즈니 올스타 리조트는 3개의 리조트 시설로 이루어져 있다. 디즈니 올스타 스포츠 리조트(1,920개), 디즈니 올스타 뮤직 리조트(1,818개), 디즈니의 올스타 영화 리조트(1,920개) 총 5,658개의 객실 과 각각의 리조트 테마에 맞게 객실과 외부 장식이 갖춰져 있으며, 1박에 100불대부터 숙박 가능하며, 많은 가족 단위 투숙객들이 머물고 가는 리조트 이다.

http://hotel.travelmap.co.kr/Place/Walt_Disney_World_Resort.htm

3위 : 말레이시아 퍼스트 월드 호텔 (First World Hotel, Malaysia) - 객실 6,118 개

말레이시아 위치한 퍼스트 월드 호텔은 쿠알라룸푸르에서 1시간 거리인 울루 칼리 (Ulu Kali) 정상에 위치한 겐팅 하이랜드 리조트 (Genting Highlands Resort) 자리 잡고 있다. 지난 2005년 완공 됐으며 리조트 내 호텔, 카지노와 함께, 퍼스트 월드 플라자 내 10개 레스토랑과 쇼핑 센터, 극장, 볼링장 시설이 갖춰져 있다, 또한, 3.8km 동남 아시아 최장의 스카이웨이 타고 산 정상에 위치한 역에서 수하물 체크인 절차를 이용할 수 있다. 특히, 퍼스트 월드 호텔 외관에 알록달록한 색상으로 거대한 레고 블록이 쌓여있는 모습이 재미를 더 한다. 말레이시아 여행 예정이라면 말레이시아의 라스베이거스라고 불리는 겐팅 하이랜드 리조트 방문은 필수다.

http://hotel.travelmap.co.kr/Hotel/First_World_Hotel.htm

2위 : 라스베가스 MGM 그랜드 호텔 & 카지노 (MGM Grand Hotel and Casino) - 객실 6,772 개

1993년 건설 된 라스베가스 MGM 그랜드 호텔 & 카지노는 총 30층, 4개의 타워로 구성 되어 있다. 단일 건물로 라스베이거스에서 가장 큰 호텔 시설로 유명 하지만, 과거 권투 경기, 콘서트, 각종 스포츠 대회 등 가능한 이벤트 장소로도 유명한 시설 중 하나다. 또한, 쇼핑센터, 레스토랑, 디자이너 상점 및 세계 최고의 카지노 리조트 시설이 갖춰져 있다.

http://hotel.travelmap.co.kr/Hotel/MGM_Grand_Hotel_and_Casino.htm

1위 : 모스크바 이즈마일로보 호텔 (Izmailovo, Moscow) - 객실 7,500 개

러시아 모스크바 수도에 위치한 이즈마일로보 호텔 (Izmailovo Hotel)은 1979년 완공돼 30층짜리 알파, 베타, 감마, 델타 4개 호텔로 구성 되어 있으며. 4개 호텔의 총 객실 수는 7,500개 이다. 과거 1980년 모스크바 올림픽 기간에 선수촌으로 활용 되었으며. 1970년 완공 되었지만 아직까지 세계 최대 객실규모를 자랑 하는 호텔 시설로 등재 돼 있다.

http://hotel.travelmap.co.kr/Hotel/Izmailovo_Beta_Hotel.htm
http://hotel.travelmap.co.kr/Hotel/Izmailovo_Alpha_Hotel.htm

그러나, 2년 후면 세계에서 가장 객실 규모가 큰 호텔 타이틀이 바뀔 예정이다.

현재, 사우디아라비아 성지 메카(Mecca)에 세계에서 가장 객실 규모로 압라즈 쿠다이(Abraj Kudai)이 2017년 완공을 목표로 건설 중에 있다.

압라즈 쿠다이(Abraj Kudai)의 총 건설 비용은 35억달러(약 3조8560억원)으로 140만㎡ 넓이 부지에 최대 45층 규모의 12개의 타워 시설로 구성되어 있으며, 10,000 객실 규모의 호텔시설과 함께 70여개의 레스토랑, 옥상 헬리콥터 승강장, 대형 컨벤션센터, 쇼핑몰, 버스정류장 시설이 구비 돼 있다. 또한, 가장 꼭대기 5층 공간은 사우디 왕실 가족 등이 사용 할 예정으로 알려졌다.

2017년 압라즈 쿠다이(Abraj Kudai) 완공 되면, 한동안 세계에서 가장 객실 규모가 큰 호텔로 기록 될 듯싶다.

 

My name is Manolya ÖZLÜ. I am 18 years old and as a part of my studies in International Trade I had to do an intership abroad. I had the choice to chose the country, so I decided to this internship with the Notag company, based in Seoul.

The main goal of this internship was to learn more about international trade, prospection,...
 

FIRST WEEK : 

  The first week of my internship was really calm. When I first came at DDP (Dongdaemun Design Plaza), I went directly to the « Plz dont buy it » exhibition. The goal of this exhibition is to don't buy the product if you don't understand it.

  I have met the team and I have looked around the exhibition with the manager Mister Kim who presented us most of the product.

  After the presentation, I went to a press conference. When it was over, we went back to the exhibition with the reporters.

  Then, we took a look around again, but this time it was with Mister Choi. We got more information about the goal of the exhibition, the product and also what the designers wanted to show and explain by their product.

 
  Since I did not about Dongdaemun Design Plaza, I had free time to visit the place and its surroundings.

 
  The next day, my work was to sell the products but from time to time I had other thing to do, like translating the description of the product in English, Spanish or even in French.

The same day, I have participated at the opening party of « Plz dont but it ».

Week 2 :  

  I've started the second week by translating a part of the website in English. During this week my work was the same as the last one, I had to sell the product to the visitors (B to C).

  It is also during this week that I have visited an other exhibition that took place in DDP too : « Brilliant memories » by Hyundai.

  The day later, I had the chance to go to a meeting with Paperobean. In this meeting, I have noticed some difference between France and Korea.  

After this meeting, we went to visit a store that might be interesting for the company. We looked around and take some pictures.  

Week 3 : 

  During this week I had to find company that might be interested by our product in France, especially in Paris. I had to contact them by mail.

  Another work that I had was to promote all of the SNS (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) and also to write more posts. When I was done with promoting all the pages, I had to sell the product again.

  On May 25th, there was the SOXSOO festival. During this day there were several game. I was with a team member of SOXSOO, and I had to explain the rules of the game to the foreigners. 

Week 4 & 5 : 

  During week 4 I have sent mails to customers, and also to uptade the buyer list.

  Week 5 started by moving the boxes that were in exhibition because we had new product to show. After this, same as the last week I have sent mails to customers, and also to uptade the buyer list.

  There was a conference named « Young forum » that took place in DDP. We met korean designers and some of their design product. The same day we got a party at our exhibition.

  

 
Week 6, 7, 8 :  

   I have changed some point on the powerpoint of the company. After doing it, I have sent it to customers but I had to make a special one for each by checking what kind of product they were already selling. After finishing the current list that I had, my goal was to find new customers in several countries. (Turkey, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Australia, EAU). I have managed the English website of Paperobean for few days.

 
  This week was really exciting since I got the chance to meet Jean Charles de Castelbajac. I took a part in one his conference that was in DDP.

  During Week 8, I went to « Esprit Dior » exhibition.

ACHIEVEMENTS :

• This intership was a real opportunity to me, cause it permitted me to practice about stuff that I have learn in school.
   

• For example, at the beginning of this internship when I was selling the product (B to C), I was really shy, but through the time I get more confident. Before going towards visitors, I was just looking at them and if they looked interested I just go to talk to them and show them how to use the product, which was the best way to communicate with Korean people.
   

• I have also learned about how to create and manage a website. 
   

• Thanks to the mailing I got some orders froms buyers (Fenwick, Barbican,...). Everytime I got and order I have received a commision which was really motivating for me.
  
   

   

  

   

   

   

  

   

   

MY LIFE IN SEOUL : 

Life in Korea is not hard at all. Even if Korea is really different by its culture from France, the adaptation was not hard.

Before coming here I tought that since I do not speak Korean it would be difficult for me, but that was not the case, the language is not a barrier. You can express what you feel or what you want by using four languages if it is needed but at the end people generally understand.

One of the coolest thing about Seoul is that you can travel through the city just by using the subway. You can never be bored in Seoul, you can always find something to do.

I would like to thanks all the Notag team and specially Aiden Ung Choi, for giving me this opportunity and permitting me have this beautiful experience and memories. 

  My name is Léa Wong, I’m currently 18 years old and a first year international trade student from France. One reason that motivated me to come to South Korea was because I have been interested in Kpop, dramas and Korean culture for a while.

  And since, I had to do my internship abroad I thought why not going to a country I want to discover and learn more about?

  I searched for different Korean company; I found NoTag and contacted Aiden to asked for an internship. I had an interview, we talked to each other and here I am!

My internship is focused on international trade especially prospection and I was hoping to learn more about prospection but not only I also wanted to discover more about trade, have more experience and knowledge.

I worked at DDP – Dongdaemun Design Plaza, a brand new building which offers many surprise regarding design.

What I did - What I learned

  First of all, I had to learn more about the products I was going to sell so Aiden explained me each products with the designer’s idea/meaning behind it.

  Plz don’t buy it mean that it asks customers to not buy the products if they do not understand it. As seller, I have the task to explain the products to the customers so I have to understand it.

Then after understanding the products, since the exhibition started a few days ago, we had to make people notice us and introduce our self (our company, our exhibition and sometimes our profile).

And so I created Facebook, Twitter, Instagram account and page, I update our products pictures and description in English, French and Spanish. At the same time, I had to sell products to customers at the exhibition – B to C while selling the products to the customers I explained them the designer meaning because selling is not the only thing that is important. People have to understand the creator message before buying.

  In order to make people notice us, as the exhibition started a few days ago I had to advert by maintaining our different account and page. Update picture of customers buying our products or even simply enjoy their time at our exhibition.

  Some events like, the exhibition inauguration or Soxsoo festival were held at DDP and so I had to update pictures of this event on Facebook and Instagram. (Keep those accounts alive are an important part in advertisement)

  During my internship, I also had to do prospection: sending mails to our buyers to recommend them our products. For this task, I had to check their website in order to find out their concept, understand what type of products they sell and if our products can match what they want.

  After this I sent customized brochure to each of them, customized brochure are important since they show the customer that we did some research before contacting him but also it optimize the chance to get an order, he will see products that might interest him immediately.

  I also had the chance to visit some gifts shop in Seoul as well as the design square in Hongdae to search for new items that could be part of our new brochure. It was fun to discover new products but also very interesting to have the place of a buyer in a company. It made me realize that as a buyer I think differently than as a seller but I of course have to think carefully before choosing.

What I achieved
 Netgift is a company based in China, they were interested to order our products and be our distributor in China
  Their company already has made plans for the next few years such as opening park stores, online store, center store, opening in Beijing & Shanghai and then nationwide.

  We proposed them P. products, after exchanging mails and going through negotiation they orders our products and became our distributor in China.

  They order for almost 12 000 $, as I was in charge of this company I received 1% commission from their order so an amount of 120$. Receiving commission is not only a way to motivate but as I am a student I need to be more careful on my expenses so it helps me to cover up some of them.

  SLG Kids is a Chinese company specialized in children and baby furniture and clothes. They already have 4 shops in China, use high – class materials and luxurious design to provide children the best comfort with lots of love. 

        

  They ordered some of our products and as I did for Netgift, I received a commission on their order. I was happy at that time because it was my first order and I am grateful to Aiden who gave me the chance to manage this order and teach me the process.

 Lane Crawford is a famous shop in Hong Kong, specialized in luxury fashion, beauty and lifestyle retailer. It offers one of the largest products in China and carefully selects their products.

Grateful 

 I enjoy the past 10 weeks here and I am really grateful for this experience, I have not only learned many things concerning trade but I also met many kind-hearted people. I do not know how my life here would have been if I did not have met them. They were kind, open-minded and helped me a lot during my staying. I hope many people can have the same experience as I did because it makes you change and realize things, I came out more mature after working at NoTag and living in Seoul on my own.

How was life in South Korea - Seoul

The life in South Korea is different than in France, people act and think differently. The culture is also completely different, I find that Korean are more respectful of each other. They show much more their affection and care for someone, I mean not only couples but also family members and friends.

As I am Chinese I was not really affected by the change of environment and the food except the fact that the food is really too spicy for me.

I hope to be able to come here again, I leave NoTag and Seoul with very beautiful memories and I hope to met all of the amazing people I have met here.

I really recommend an internship at NoTag, you will learn many things, have different tasks and work with amazing people. Also life in Seoul might help you realize things and grow up, it will makes you change and be a good experience to live at least once.

In short, it was a beautiful and an amazing experience, I have loved it and wish someone to live the same one as I did.

[뉴욕에서 뭐하지?] 플랜스톡 뉴욕 진출기 - Episode.3. 미스터 Woo와 뉴요의 비즈니스 

미국 뉴욕의 ERA(현지 엑셀러레이터)에서 근무하는 미스터 Woo에게 전해받은 생생한 비즈니스 팁입니다.
1. 모든 비즈니스는 인맥으로 이루어진다.
- 비즈니스 파트너든 투자자를 만나든 적어도 상대방의 소개를 통하거나 관계가 형성 된 이후에 가능하다. 일면식도 없이 믿고 일을 함께하기 어렵다.
2. 그렇기 때문에 Cold call은 절대로 안된다.
- 열정으로 문 두들기기 식은 절대로 안된다. 무작정 연락하지 마라. 이유를 불문하고 단 칼에 거절당하기 일수이고 앞으로 올 기회마저 놓칠 수 있다.
3. 이미지 메이킹이 중요하다.
- 앞서 콜드콜 등으로 이미지가 나빠지면 절대 안된다. 어떠한 이유로든 이미지를 잃게 된다면 더 이상 비즈니스를 할 수 없을 정도이다. 굉장한 네트워크가 구축 되있기 때문에 한 다리 만 건너면 누구의 정보든 평판이든 모두 얻을 수 있다. 회사의 이미지를 잘 만들라.
4. 네트워킹이 필요하다.
- 미스터 Woo가 직접 미국외에 있는 스타트업들이 미국에서 성공할 수 없는 이유를 묻자면 '지금 여기 없기 때문'이라고 한다. 파트너든 투자자든 네트워킹 자리에서 직접 만나 얼굴을 마주하고 대화를 나눈뒤 명함을 건네 받았다면 충분히 앞으로도 이야기를 나눌 수 있다. 함께 비즈니스를 만들고 시작하기 위한 90%이상의 방법인데 '지금 여기에' 없다면 불가능하다. 직접 네트워킹 하라.
5. 링크드인을 활용하라.
- 명함을 주고받는 문화도 사라져간다. 인사를 나눈 후 그 자리에서 링크드인으로 친구추가를 한다. 혹은 상대방을 링크드인에서 찾을 수 있다면 나와 사이에 누가 존재하는지 파악할 수 있다. 그를 활용하여 소개받을 수 있는 좋은 방법이다.
6. 복잡한 사업계획서는 없다. 10페이지 미만의 Pitch Decks 를 준비하라.
- 비즈니스 플랜... 몇 십 페이지? 절대로 아무도 보지 않는다. 한국 팀들이 가장 취약한 점이라고도 한다. 무조건 10페이지내로, 간단하고 명확하게 전달 되어야 한다. Pitch Decks 양식은 인터넷에 찾아보면 좋은 사례를 많이 볼 수 있다. 꼭 참고하고 준비하라.
※ http://bestpitchdecks.com/ 사이트를 참고하면 많은 도움이 될 것 같습니다.