Part 2 - LA84 Foundation

The accommodation services for the 24th
Seoul Olympic Games required broad
measures to ensure adequate accommodation
facilities for both the Olympic
Family and tourists.
The SLOOC projected the number of people
requiring accommodation during September,
the month when most competitions
and functions were scheduled, at 240,000.
It was estimated that the number of rooms
needed to accommodate them would be
58,000. Based on these projections, the
SLOOC set about establishing its accommodation
plan.
In a series of meetings in 1984, the
SLOOC, the Seoul city government and
the Transportation Ministry worked out a
plan to provide about half of the required
accommodation facilities with the construction
of 18,000 rooms in the Olympic
and Press Villages, and 13,000 rooms in
the Olympic Family Town. Existing facilities
would be used for the remainder.
The existing facilities included 16,800
rooms in 86 tourist hotels including the
IOC Headquarters Hotel, Hotel Shilla,
9,700 rooms in official Korean-style inns,
and 500 rooms in private homes.
The government did its part in implementing
the accommodation measures by enacting
decrees governing the required facilities
and establishing a cooperative system.
The SLOOC set the standards of accommodation
services through the grading of
tourist hotels; computerized reservations,
check – in and check – out; rooms allocation;
and materials management.