Hanwha Hotels & Resorts Signs MOU to Promote Travel for People with Disabilities

Kia, Jeju Air, Korail, and Greenlight
Provide Free Domestic Travel for Families with Disabilities

(From left) Won Jong-cheol, Head of Future Strategy Office at Korail; Kim Kyung-won, Head of Commercial Strategy Office at Jeju Air; Lee Deok-hyun, Head of Management Strategy Office at Kia; Lee Sang-hyuk, HR Group Leader at Hanwha Hotels & Resorts; and Kim Chun-man, Director at Greenlight, are posing for a commemorative photo after signing a business agreement to promote travel for people with disabilities.

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Yuri] Hanwha Hotels & Resorts announced on the 23rd that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the 22nd with Kia, Jeju Air, Korea Railroad Corporation (KORAIL), and Green Light to promote travel for people with disabilities.

Hanwha Hotels & Resorts will participate in the 'Green Travel' program for promoting travel for people with disabilities, led by Kia and Green Light. The Green Travel program, in collaboration with the participating companies, will provide free accommodation and transportation to 32 people (8 families with disabilities) every month starting from September at popular domestic tourist destinations.

Each company will support accommodations at Hanwha Resort Seorak Sorano, Yongin Bezanson, Haeundae, and Jeju (Hanwha Hotels & Resorts), vehicles exclusively for people with disabilities (Kia), round-trip airfare to Jeju (Jeju Air), and railway tickets for Gangneung and Busan (KORAIL). Advance reservations will be available on the Green Travel website starting next month.

Since 2015, Hanwha Hotels & Resorts has been conducting the 'Joyful Energy Sharing' campaign, allowing over 1,000 social welfare institutions to use unused rooms on weekdays. They have provided more than 8,000 rooms to socially vulnerable groups who face economic and psychological burdens related to travel.

Kim Hyung-jo, CEO of Hanwha Hotels & Resorts, said, "We will continue to promote various activities for those with limited travel opportunities through collaboration with different industries."

Meanwhile, Hanwha Hotels & Resorts is running the 'Change for Children' campaign with the UNICEF Korea Committee to raise donations for marginalized children worldwide. They also launched 'Local Live,' a platform that supports local small business owners by utilizing their nationwide hotel and resort network. Recently, to help farmers struggling with onion overproduction, they held a special onion promotion event and sold out all products within four days.

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