Blend business and adventure in Gangwon

Traditional Korean cooking classes, thrilling mountain coaster rides, and more ways for delegates to work hard and play harder.

Experience Korea's rich food culture at the Institute of Traditional Korean Cuisine.
Experience Korea's rich food culture at the Institute of Traditional Korean Cuisine.

Blessed by natural beauty all year round with versatile wide-open spaces, Gangwon offers the perfect recipe for planners to blend corporate events of all sizes with adventure-driven activities.

Yongpyong Resort

Yongpyong Resort’s multipurpose lawn.
Yongpyong Resort’s multipurpose lawn.

A vast green lawn sitting at the foot of Yongpyong ski slopes and within a 3-minutes walking distance to the 195-key Yongpyong Resort Dragon Valley Hotel, presents an excellent venue for small- to large-scale events of approximately up to 500 seated guests or 1,000 standing guests for team-building activities or corporate BBQs.

The majestic views afforded from every point at this expansive outdoor space will inject that wow factor into any event, with an opulent European-inspired fountain and an extensive light installation that illuminates the evening sky, mimicking fireworks, and snow-capped mountains towering above. To provide delegates with a dose of high-octane fun, event organisers can also plan for adrenaline-filled activities at the nearby luge and mountain coaster.

Alpensia Resort

Alpensia previously served as an Olympic Village for the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Alpensia previously served as an Olympic Village for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Photo Credit: AdobeStock/alexhitrov

Look to the snowy landscape of Alpensia Ski Resort for a place where delegates can talk business in the comforts of a fully equipped convention centre and yet still have the option of venturing into the great outdoors located right at their doorsteps.

The Alpensia Convention Center can hold up to 2,500 guests at a time, featuring a variety of conference rooms for large events or breakaway sessions. There are three hotels located within this destination that can cater to all kinds of business travellers comprising the 238-key Intercontinental Alpensia Resort, 224-key Holiday Inn Resort Alpensia Pyeongchang and 419-key Holiday Inn & Suites Alpensia Pyeongchang.

The Institute of Traditional Korean Cuisine

The traditional art of making Korean rice cake involves using a wooden mallet to repeatedly pound a heap of sweet glutinous rice until it becomes a soft sticky consistency.
The traditional art of making Korean rice cake involves using a wooden mallet to repeatedly pound a heap of sweet glutinous rice until it becomes a soft sticky consistency.

For a taste of the traditional, corporate groups can explore the picturesque grounds of Jeong Gangwon, also known as the Institute of Traditional Korean Cuisine, where the extensive 3,065sqm complex houses an eclectic mix of traditional buildings, annexes, gardens and over 500 onggi earthenware for fermenting kimchi and other traditional Korean dishes.

Aimed at preserving and honouring Korea’s rich food culture, Jeong Gangwon offers a wide range of team-building programmes and activities, some of its most popular being its cooking classes that imparts age-old techniques for making rice cakes, sauces, and other classic dishes.