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Samsung chairman Lee Kun-hee has canceled
a business trip to Europe over security concerns after the international
press reported he booked a whole upscale ski resort. A Samsung official
said the company's European subsidiary had advised Lee to cancel
the trip, after news of the plans were leaked.
Courchevel slopes reserved
News agencies earlier reported Lee had reserved three slopes for
himself at Courchevel in the French Alps. Claude Fauvre, the director
of Three Valleys, the firm that manages the slopes and lifts in
the area, said the Samsung chairman would visit the ski resort for
a seminar hosted by the group and booked three slopes for exclusive
use for three weeks.
Plans scuppered
But the reports have scuppered his plans. Since chairman Lee enjoys
skiing, Samsung's European branch reserved the ski slopes in advance.
It seems that the French ski resort told news companies in order
to make commercial hay of Lee's planned visit and advertise the
resort, the Samsung spokesman said. It had not been decided whether
Lee would go to the ski resort, he added.
(That's taking wanting quiet
pistes to the extreme! Let's hope his entourage had remembered to
book use of a lift too... - Ed)
[Source: chosun.com]
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