By MOOK Travel & Lifestyle Chen Guanxin, compiled and reported
Taipei’s biggest annual travel fair, the Taipei International Travel Fair (ITF), will be held from October 18th for four days simultaneously across the entire Hall 1, the 2nd floor of Hall 1, and all of Hall 3. This year’s event has set a new record with over 1,350 booths from 60 countries and regions, featuring 900 tourism and travel exhibitors. Among the most popular attractions every year are the hotel voucher deals. This year, hotels including The Okura Prestige Taipei, Grand Hyatt Taipei, Les Suites Taipei Ching Cheng, Sheraton Taipei Hotel, Howard Plaza Hotel and Formosa Regent Taipei are all offering meal voucher promotions, with Howard Plaza Hotel’s “Howard Gourmet Voucher” offering discounts of up to 55%.
Hotel meal vouchers are a hot item among netizens during the Taipei ITF every year. (Image provided by Taiwan Visitors Association)
During this year’s travel fair, The Okura Prestige Taipei is offering European-style buffet lunch/dinner vouchers, teppanyaki set meal vouchers at Yamazato Japanese Restaurant, and signature set meal vouchers at Peach Blossom Garden, originally priced at NT$3,432 and now available for NT$2,600; Grand Hyatt Taipei is offering limited-time daily lunch/dinner double vouchers for the Songhe Hall buffet for the first 100 guests each day at just NT$1,100; Taipei Sheraton Grand Hotel & Resorts’ Discovery Kitchen afternoon tea buffet vouchers and buffet lunch/dinner vouchers come with a “buy 10 get 1 free” deal — 11-person packages available at promotional prices of NT$9,000 and NT$13,000 respectively; Taipei Sheraton Taipei Hotel is offering weekday buffet lunch vouchers at Twelve Cuisine for NT$1,650 (approx. 25% off), single TAO Mountain Japanese cuisine set meals for NT$1,399 (approx. 28% off), double salt-grilled ribeye set meals at Anton’s for NT$3,299 (approx. 41% off), and single premium Italian set meals at Pizza House for NT$999 (approx. 50% off).
Additionally, The Lalu Group is offering a pick-four afternoon tea vouchers across six of its hotels for just NT$1,680; Formosa Regent Taipei’s “chain-wide meal vouchers,” valid nationwide, offer one free voucher with every five purchased — each voucher is NT$700, with discounts starting from around 40%; Sheraton Hsinchu Hotel is offering weekday double afternoon tea for just NT$880; Taichung Fresh Spring Resort’s “stay-three-meals” package includes one night’s stay in a standard or deluxe room, two buffet breakfasts, two premium desserts, and dinner for two (choose one from New Harvest Western Restaurant, Tiandi Yijia Chinese Restaurant, or Jing Japanese Restaurant), all for just NT$4,899 — a 55% discount; Kenting SHA Wellness Resort’s “SHA Double Delight Voucher” offers one Mediterranean-style Chinese set meal at the resort’s restaurant on a weekday, plus free access to the hotel’s leisure activities and outdoor facilities, for just NT$1,199 — an additional NT$150 per person upgrades you to a buffet dinner at Aegean Sea Western Restaurant.
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