+ EXCO DAEGU GUIDE DAEGU EXHIBITION & CONVENTION CENTER / EXCO 90, Yutongdanji-ro,Daegu Buk-gu, exhibition Daegu 702-712, & convention Korea Tel. +82-53-601-5071 center Fax. +82-53-601-5029 www.exco.co.kr firms or organizers who want to use more stable Internet to shoot a video clip can use a wired Internet service by paying a fee. In 2013, EXCO successfully hosted the World EXCO, Energy Congress without any flaws. It is expected to provide even better service in the future due to its a Premium Convention Center! recent facility reinforcements. “Wonderful” Layout that impresses both organizers and PCOs EXCO also boasts of the best meeting rooms and EXCO upgraded its facilities and services to the by establishing a cutting-edge security system, banquet halls in Korea. The center is praised by world’s top level building its own Wi-Fi system for the first time. For organizers and PCOs (Professional Convention the past year from March 2014, EXCO has Organizers) as it remodeled the exhibition hall on enhanced the safety of the international conferences the third floor into a grand ball room linked to the EXCO is gaining attention as a global premier by establishing a cutting-edge security system, third floor of the new annex building which was convention center after a series of successful building its own Wi-Fi system for the first time built specially as an international conference zone. hostings of international conferences. among the domestic convention centers and Together with the auditorium convention hall on the It hosted a number of mega-size events such as upgrading facilities like meeting rooms and grand fifth floor, the grand ballroom offers the perfect World Firefighters Games 2010 Daegu, Daegu 2011 ballrooms to the international level. lineup for the successful hosting of an international IAAF World Championships and World Energy In particular, in order to swiftly detect any conference. Not only exhibitions of luxurious goods Congress Daegu 2013. It is also planning to host the security-related emergencies such as terrorism or but also opening and closing ceremonies, welcoming 7th World Water Forum 2015 and World Gas theft and prevent them in advance, the Center has reception, banquet and networking party of an Conference Daegu 2021. During the process, EXCO replaced all the existing cameras with superdome international event can be hosted in one place. is upgrading its facilities and operating capacity to cameras with high functionality. the world’s top level. EXCO Serves as a PEO at the 2015 World EXCO is highly appraised by officials and staffs EXCO Builds an Independent Wi-Fi System in Water Forum relevant to the events including the World Energy Preparation for the World Water Forum EXCO will serve as a PEO at the 2015 World Congress. In preparation for the World Water It is notable that EXCO has built an independent Water Forum just as it did in the same forum held in Forum, EXCO has built its own Wi-Fi system for Wi-Fi system for the first time among the domestic 2013. While the opening and closing ceremony, the first time among the domestic convention convention centers. That is, visitors to EXCO can exhibitions and various conferences are to be held centers while building a cutting-edge security enjoy free Wi-Fi network anywhere within the during the World Water Forum, EXCO will serve as system and reinforcing the existing convention convention center unlike other centers offering free a PEO (Professional Exhibition Organizer). facilities. Wi-Fi service in connection with the mobile service providers only in limited areas. INSIDE EXCO Established a Cutting-edge Security A spokesperson for EXCO explained, “The free EXCO is 01 Tailered Suits & 06 System for the Highest Safety of the Wi-Fi network service provided by EXCO can be Birthplace of Samsung 02 Handmade Shoes International Conferences connected simultaneously to 2,800 lines, which is Seomun Market 03 Around Apsan Mt. 07 For the past year from March 2014, EXCO has enough to host an international event attended by Modern Alley Tour 04 % Craft Beer Club 08 Downtown Streets 05 enhanced the safety of the international conferences about 10,000 people.” Meanwhile, participating 02 DAEGU EXHIBITION & CONVENTION CENTER HISTORY THE BIRTHPLACE OF SAMSUNG From Groceries to Gadgets Mention the name ‘Samsung’ and and launched a noodle named “Star humble location. It’s a good place to you most likely think of the latest in Noodles”. Responses from the gain perspective on the company’s, smartphone technology or possibly people were surprising. Star Noodles and the country’s, story of meteoric any of the conglomerate’s sub- was in business until the late 1960s, rise to riches. sidiaries that sell anything from serving merchants who visited insurance to ships. What many don’t Daegu and area residents. Samsung’s legacy in Daegu know is the company’s quaint continues as the company is beginnings as a neighborhood Located near the Seoul-Busan rail partnering with the city to construct grocery store and trading post. The line, Samsung Company was able to the Daegu Samsung Creative original building is gone, demolished expand rapidly into new ventures Economy Cluster. Scheduled to be in 1997 because of unsafe and moved to Seoul after seven years complete in late 2016, the cluster conditions, but visitors to Daegu can of booming business in Daegu’s will serve as an incubator for small still visit the small memorial on the Ingyo-dong district. Lee on Septem- businesses in the area as well as a site where it all began. ber 15, 1954, inaugurated Cheil larger memorial for the company and Woolen Fabrics Industries with his its’ founder. In addition, a statue of The founder of Samsung, Lee dreams and stood at the forefront of Lee Lee was erected in front of the Byung-Chull started Samsung the industry. This became the Daegu Opera House in 2010, which Company(Sanghoe) in 1938 in a cornerstone of Daegu textile has already inspired a tradition of stately wooden structure proud industry. Lee endeavored to make touching the statue for financial against the neighboring stalls of his dream come true; his dream was success. Seomun market. 40 employees to make his company like a home. worked the front office, made He wanted his workers to lead good noodles, and procured goods for lives. He completed the dream by export. opening “Garden Factory” which had dormitories for woman Lee, while taking care of his employees. The rest, as they say, is business, didn’t neglect the welfare history. of neighbors. He decided to serve his community once his business began Today, the original site is an to stabilize. He tried to provide work inspiration to the entrepreneur in all for financially stressed merchants or of us. The location is easy to find: vendors in and around Seomun just steps from the Dalseong Park Market. Lee planned meals for the bus stop and a new monorail station. merchants and vendors, recalling his An outdoor memorial includes a own experience of being hungry on small replica of the building, as well cold days while traveling in foreign as an impression of the facade countries. In the meantime, he also carved into a large wall. A series of decided to serve noodles to people informative plaques chronicles the living in the area. He installed flour transformative early years of the mill and noodle-making machines company while headquartered at the The site of Cheil Woolen Fabrics (Jungang-daero, Buk-gu, Daegu, Korea) The birthplace of Samsung : Samsung Company (61-1, Ingyo-dong, Jung-gu, Daegu, Korea) DAEGU EXHIBITION & CONVENTION CENTER 03 EXPERIENCE DAEGU SEOMUN MARKET You cannot leave Seomun Market without trying exotic foods! Hoddeok, Deep-fried Vegetables, Kalguksoo might feed your appetite Shopping In The Soul Of Daegu The Heart Of Traditional Daegu Culture Seomun Market is where to find the seafood, produce, bags, shoes, toys, best time to come is in the mornings Korea of now, a place not particularly and crafts. Prices are often cheaper before the crowds arrive. The market concerned about looking behind or than more conventional stores, and is closed every 1st and 3rd Sunday of ahead. Old, young, and families mix some stall owners may be willing to the month. Take the subway to the in a country where generations can haggle prices. Exploring inside the Seomun Market stop and head out exit seem so different from each other. It’s buildings as well as outside is 1 or 5. If taking a taxi, tell the driver huge, it’s busy, and it’s everything it essential in grasping the enormity and “seo-mun-shi-jang ga-ju-se-yo”, should be. This is the heart and soul of variety of the place. It’s a bustling, meaning “Please go to Seomun Daegu as it always has been, and crowded, and strictly Korean Market.” likely always will be. labyrinth. Whether the plan includes some Seomun Market, together with the The massive center is also a popular major shopping, food sampling, or nearby Yangnyeongsi Herb Medicine place to grab some food. Visitors just people watching, a visit to Market, long ago solidified Daegu’s looking to channel their inner Seomun Market is an important and status as an important market town “Andrew Zimmern” and try some immersive stop on any visit to Daegu. and crossroads. The name “Seomun”, exotic foods should especially plan on or “west gate”, refers to its location eating lunch in the market. just outside the western gate of Daegu’s fortress walls, demolished in On everyone’s “to try” list ought to 1907. Today, the area sits just west of be hoddeok, a steaming, doughy downtown Daegu.