Dragon Hill Lodge
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| Dragon Hill Lodge | |
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| Location | Seoul, South Korea |
| Management | United States Department of Defense |
| No. of restaurants | 3 |
| No. of rooms | 394 |
Dragon Hill Lodge is a U.S. Department of Defense - owned luxury hotel in Seoul, South Korea. It is co-located with and is a part of the Yongsan military community. The Lodge is an Armed Forces Recreation Center (AFRC) resort hotel and serves thousands of guests each year, all of whom are required to be active or retired military, DOD employees, or their family members. The Lodge was built completely with soldier-dollars with no congressional funding support. Rates are determined by the rank of the guest, and provide a very good bargain compared to other hotels in the area.
[edit] History
The facilities that now comprise the Lodge have their origins during the first year of the Korean War when a mess hall opened as a recreational facility for general officers known as Hartell House. This mess opened in Pusan, Korea on 7 July 1950, as the Commanding General's Mess, Eighth Army. It was moved several times from Taegu, to Seoul, back to Taegu and returning to Seoul again during the course of the Korean War. The Hartell House settled in several locations to include a location on the old Seoul National University campus before moving to its present building in 1952. Since 1978 the mess has proudly served the Commanding Generals of United Nations Command, ROK/US Combined Forces, United States Forces Korea and Eighth U.S.Army.
[edit] Facilities
The hotel features 394 rooms and suites, a conference center, three restaurants with a variety of cuisines, game room, a shopping area known as "Market Square," and a complete world-class fitness center (named The POiNT) including saunas and pool.
