Lotte Holds "2026 Lotte Awards"... Grand Prize Awarded to Lotte Hotels & Resorts

Recognized for Excellence in Protocol and Catering at the APEC Summit
Awards Presented for Innovative Achievements by Lotte GRS, Lotte Wellfood, Lotte Fine Chemical, and Others

Lotte Group announced on June 8 that it held the "2026 Lotte Awards" at Lotte Hotel World in Jamsil, Seoul.

The Lotte Awards is an event designed to encourage the achievements of employees and organizations that have contributed to creating customer value and enhancing the group's competitiveness through challenges and innovation over the past year. The award ceremony was attended by over 100 people, including Shin Dongbin, Chairman of Lotte Group, senior management of the holding company, representatives from affiliates, and award recipients.

Shin Dong-bin, Chairman of Lotte Group

This year's grand prize was awarded to Lotte Hotels & Resorts. Lotte Hotels & Resorts was recognized for enhancing its global brand competitiveness by successfully managing protocol and catering for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit banquet and major official events held in Gyeongju last year. During the event, the company dispatched more than 400 culinary and service staff to the site and conducted pre-event protocol training, mobilizing company-wide resources.

In the sales and marketing category, Lotte GRS, which launched a collaborative product with "Black and White Chef Napoli Matpia," Lotte Wellfood, which drove the growth of the Kancho brand, and Lotte Advanced Materials, which maintained its market leadership in eco-friendly plastic TV housing, each received the top award. Lotte Basic Materials was recognized in the R&D category for its achievement in developing PP products for battery separators.

In the newly established Brand·CX Design category, Lotte E&C was selected for strengthening its high-end residential brand "LE-EL," and Lotte GRS was recognized for improving customer experience through space renewal.

The Challenge category, which encourages a culture of taking on new challenges, went to Lotte Fine Chemical. Lotte Fine Chemical was recognized for shifting its business focus from the conventional diaper material market to the soil moisturizer market during the development of eco-friendly superabsorbent polymers, achieving notable results.

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