**[1. WHERE TO STAY]{.underline}**

There are a number of possibilities for hotels.

[(1) Yonsei Guest House]{.underline}

Yonsei University has a very nice guest house in the campus. From the
guest house, you can walk to the meeting room in about 10 minutes. The
room has a good working desk and has a good price (KRW 70,000 (about
US\$60) for single occupancy, KRW 80,000 for double occupancy, KRW
120,000 for suite). Equivalently equipped hotels would cost 2-3 times.
Yonsei University is in the center of Seoul and a variety of public
transportation is available. So you will have easy access to the city.

Since there are only 38 rooms, I already made a block reservation for 20
persons (Oct. 16-24). However, the guest house wants each reservation
confirmed in a week or two. Please note that you need to make a
reservation through me since the guest house does not take reservations
from public. So if you want to stay in the guest house, please let me
know your arrival and departure dates as soon as possible. Then I will
send you a required form.

Internet will be freely provided in the campus. Each room of the guest
house has an internet port. However, they say that some recent notebooks
do not work properly.

**Yonsei Campus Map**

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[(2) Hotels]{.underline}

There are a number of hotels in all classes around the university.
Deluxe hotels will cost about \$150-200 and will take 10 minutes by taxi
(cost \$4-5). I found the following websites provide hotel reservation
in English.

<http://www.hotelwide.com/english/main.asp>

<http://www.worldexecutive.com/cityguides/seoul/>

The websites provide detailed information on hotels. However, please be
careful in selecting hotels. If you select a hotel in a wrong part of
Seoul, it could take more than an hour to get to the university. If you
want a deluxe hotel which has a swimming pool and good restaurants, I
would recommend the following hotels:

(a) **SEOUL PLAZA HOTEL ★★★★★** 23, 2-Ga, Taepyeongno, Jung-Gu, Seoul,
    TEL: 82-2-771-2200

(b) **THE WESTIN CHOSUN, SEOUL ★★★★★** 87, Sogong-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul,
    TEL: 82-2-771-0500

These two hotels are located in front of the Seoul City Hall, in the
heart of downtown Seoul. There are a number of shopping centers and
restaurants in the vicinity. It will take about 10-15 minutes to get to
the meeting room by taxi (cost US\$ 3-5). You can take a bus or subway,
which would take about 30 minutes (cost less than US\$ 1).

(c) **GRAND HILTON ★★★★★** 201-1, Hongeun-dong, Seodaemoon-gu, Seoul,
    TEL: 82-2-3216-5656

This hotel is close to Yonsei University. It will take about 10-15
minutes to get to the university by taxi (cost US\$ 3-5). You can take a
bus, which would take about 20 minutes (cost less than US\$ 1). A
problem with the hotel is that it is not so convenient to access the
city. Well, this may not be a problem since a usual VQEG meeting does
not leave time to other activities.

**2. COMMUNICATION**

We are planning to arrange web-broadcasting and instant messaging. We
will provide several PCs so that some people can participate the meeting
using instant messaging such as the MS messenger (no international phone
call). If you are interested in using instant messaging, please let me
know as soon as possible so that I can determine how many PCs are needed
(too bad the messenger allows only one-to-one voice communication).
Please understand that there will be a limit on available PCs. I am also
working on audio conferencing with the university.

**3. TRANSPORTATION FROM THE AIRPORT**

The Incheon Airport is far away from the city. Although taxi is
relatively cheap in Seoul, it will still cost about US\$ 40-60. There
are two types of taxi in Korea:

**(a) Regular Taxi**

Regular taxis are available at the taxi stop No. 18 at the Incheon
airport. Normally, it would cost about KRW40,000 \~ 50,000 (US\$35\~40).
You have to pay the meter fee plus toll fee.

**(b) Deluxe Taxi**

Deluxe taxis can be found at the taxi stop No. 21 at the Incheon
airport. They are called \"Mobeom Taxi\". They have a yellow roof and
black body with \"deluxe taxi\" sign on both sides. Normally, it would
cost about KRW60,000 \~ 70,000 (US\$50\~60). You have to pay the meter
fee plus toll fee. If you want to take a taxi, I would recommend a
deluxe taxi.

There are also limousine bus services. The limousine bus stops at the
three hotels mentioned above. Unfortunately, the limousine bus does not
stop at the guest house of Yonsei University. Although you can change to
a city bus, it will be tricky for foreigners. An easiest way is take a
limousine bus to one of the three hotels and then take a taxi from
there.

I would not recommend rental car in Seoul unless you are familiar with
the city or love challenges. Taxi is affordable in Seoul and you can go
almost anywhere in Seoul with \$US 5-12. Public transportation is good
in Seoul.

**4. SOCIAL EVENTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES**

Yonsei University will host a welcome lunch or dinner. SK Telecom has
also agreed to host a dinner.

More detailed information will be sent to participants later.

[Further Information:]{.underline}

Chulhee Lee

Email: <chulhee@yonsei.ac.kr>

Tel: +82-2 2123-2779