{"id":777038397,"date":"2026-02-25T08:01:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T11:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777038397"},"modified":"2026-04-21T14:05:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T17:05:41","slug":"paradise-co-appoints-lee-jeongho-to-strengthen-hotel-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/paradise-co-appoints-lee-jeongho-to-strengthen-hotel-operations","title":{"rendered":"Paradise Co appoints Lee Jeongho as vice president of Hotel and Resort Operations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Lee Jeongho most recently served as a vice president at Hotel Shilla Co.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

South Korea.- Paradise Co <\/strong>has announced the appointment of Lee Jeongho<\/strong> as vice president of Hotel and Resort Operations, as the company seeks to strengthen its competitiveness in the hotel sector. Lee took up the role on February 23, bringing nearly 30 years of hospitality industry experience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He most recently served as a vice president at Hotel Shilla Co, a South Korean operator of luxury hotels and duty-free businesses, where he held senior leadership positions focused on premium hospitality operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paradise Co operates four casinos<\/strong>: Walkerhill in Seoul, Jeju Grand on Jeju Island, Busan Casino in the southern port city of Busan, and Paradise City, near the main international airport serving Seoul. It plans to begin construction on a new hotel in Seoul<\/a> with a target opening date in 2028.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company reported annual revenue<\/a> of KRW 1.15tn (US$789m) and operating profit of KRW 156.4bn (US$107m) for fiscal year 2025. Net profit rose 30.1 per cent year-on-year to KRW 144.1bn (US$99m). Casino sales across its portfolio of Paradise City (Incheon), Walkerhill (Seoul), Busan Casino and Jeju Grand generated KRW 115.12bn (US$79.1m), up 2.5 per cent on the prior year.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Macau surpasses 1.5 million visitors during Chinese New Year holiday<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lee Jeongho most recently served as a vice president at Hotel Shilla Co.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777029785,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Paradise Co has appointed Lee Jeongho as Vice President of Hotel and Resort Operations, leveraging his extensive hospitality experience from Hotel Shilla Co to enhance its hotel sector competitiveness. This strategic hire supports the company's existing casino portfolio and future hotel development plans, following a strong FY2025 financial performance with significant revenue and profit growth.","focusai_entities":"Lee Jeongho, Paradise Co, Hotel Shilla Co","focusai_location":"South Korea, Seoul, Jeju Island, Busan, Incheon","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.85)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"New Hotel ROI?","query":"What is the projected ROI and timeline for the new Seoul hotel, and how will it integrate with Paradise Co's existing gaming verticals to optimize GGR and NGR?"},{"label":"Hospitality Strategy Impact?","query":"How will Lee Jeongho's appointment influence Paradise Co's B2C customer acquisition and retention strategies within its integrated resort model, particularly concerning cross-sell opportunities between gaming and hospitality?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[29,24619,1897,1705],"class_list":["post-777038397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-casino","tag-finance","tag-igaming","tag-paradise-co"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777038397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777038397"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777038397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777038409,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777038397\/revisions\/777038409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777029785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777038397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777038397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777038397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}