The $13.3 million new five-story extension to the Humphreys Army Lodge increases the number of rooms at the lodge from 71 to 156. (Bob McElroy/Courtesy of the U.S. Army)
PYEONGTAEK, South Korea — A five-story hotel wing that adds dozens of new rooms to Camp Humphreys’ Army lodge is to open Wednesday with a ribbon-cutting.
The $13.3 million wing adds 40 suites, 45 smaller extended-stay rooms, a conference room and a business center.
Lodging rates will rise $2 effective Wednesday: $62 for a regular room, $81 for a suite. The lodge will continue charging additional occupants $5.
Suites have a small living room and are equipped with a kitchenette, table and chairs, a queen-sized bed, a sofa with a pull-out bed. They also have two TVs, each with 57 cable channels; two DVD players, and high-speed Internet connections.
"It gives us a state-of-the-art lodging facility that is comparable to anything you’ll find in the States, in any civilian facility," said Robert McElroy, spokesman for the U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys.
The business center has six computers that link to Army Knowledge Online, and six additional work stations at which customers can plug in their own laptops and use the Internet.
Wednesday’s ceremony is scheduled for 11 a.m. at the main entrance of the lodge, Building S-246, to be followed by a brief tour of the new wing.
Having the expanded lodge will help further accommodate transients at the increasingly busy post, which is being tripled in size and turned into the U.S. military’s flagship installation in South Korea.
Its population is expected to grow from about 10,000 to about 45,000, McElroy said.
