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Korea's rising travel startup eyes accelerated global expansion after pandemic
떠오르는 여행 스타트업, 팬데믹 후 빨라진 세계적 확장에 주목
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Chung Myung-hoon, chief executive at Good Choice Company, better known as Yeogi Eottae, Korea's leading travel technology startup, poses during a recent interview with The Korea Times at its headquarters in Samseong-dong, southern Seoul. Courtesy of Good Choice Company한국의 선두적인 여행 기술 스타트업 ‘여기어때'의 정명훈 대표가 서울 남부 삼성동 본사에서 열린 코리아타임스와의 인터뷰에서 포즈를 취하고 있다.
Chung Myung-hoon, chief executive at Good Choice Company, better known as Yeogi Eottae, Korea's leading travel technology startup, poses during a recent interview with The Korea Times at its headquarters in Samseong-dong, southern Seoul. Courtesy of Good Choice Company
한국의 선두적인 여행 기술 스타트업 ‘여기어때'의 정명훈 대표가 서울 남부 삼성동 본사에서 열린 코리아타임스와의 인터뷰에서 포즈를 취하고 있다.

CEO says Good Choice Company has no immediate plan to go public
여기어때 대표, "당분간 주식 상장 계획 없어"


By Kim Yoo-chul

For Chung Myung-hoon, chief executive of the Good Choice Company, the secret to the success of one of Korea's top accommodation booking platforms is not the latest technology or savvy marketing campaign.
정명훈 여기어때 대표에게 한국 최고의 숙박예약 플랫폼 중 하나가 된 성공 비결은 최신 기술도, 요령 있는 마케팅 캠페인도 아니다.


The secret to the company's success, he says, is making sure employees have a concrete understanding of their common goals and are compelled to achieve them.
정 대표가 말하는 회사 성공 비결은 직원들이 공동 목표에 대해 구체적으로 이해하고 있다는 점, 그리고 이를 성취하고자 하는 동기 부여가 확실하다는 점이다.


Chung said his job as the CEO is to articulate what his employees are actually doing and why, instead of simply handing them a list of goals.
정 대표는 대표로서 자신의 역할은 단순히 목표를 나열해 전달하는 것이 아니라 직원들이 실제로 하는 일이 무엇이며 그 일을 왜 하는지에 대해 명료화하는 것이라고 말했다.


"This also means that there's no contest about having people to work with. This is why I've set my first mission, here, as the company CEO for in-person meetings with all employees. I've just tried to find out a common ground with them about desired deliverables and values because it's the CEO who should work closely with employees for the creation of a shared vision," Chung told The Korea Times in a recent interview at the company's head office in Samseong-dong, southern Seoul.
정 대표는 최근 서울 삼성동 본사에서 열린 코리아타임스와의 인터뷰에서 "이는 또한 함께 일할 사람이 있다는 것에 대한 경쟁이 없다는 것을 의미한다. 이것이 내가 회사 대표로서 모든 직원과의 대면 면담을 첫 번째 임무로 설정한 이유다. 공동 비전을 만들기 위해 직원들과 긴밀하게 협조하는 것이 대표의 일이기 때문에 원하는 상품과 가치에 대해 공통의 근거를 찾으려고 노력 중"이라고 말했다.


Before joining the company, better known as Yeogi Eottae, which means "How about this place?" in Korean, Chung was the Korea head of CVC Capital Partners, a U.K.-based private equity fund (PEF). Chung played a leading role in helping the PEF acquire the Good Choice Company.
‘여기어때'(한국어로 "이 장소는 어때?"라는 의미)로 더 잘 알려진 이 기업에서 일하기 전, 정 대표는 영국 기반의 비공개 기업투자 펀드인 CVC 캐피털 파트너스의 한국 지사의 장이었다.


"I had no questions about the growth potential of the company," he said.
정 대표는 "여기어때의 성장 가능성에 대해서 전혀 의문을 품지 않았다"고 말했다.


Moving to a platform company from an investment firm is rarely seen in Korea. When he joined Good Choice Company in 2021, there were only 400 employees.
한국에서는 투자 기업에서 플랫폼 기업으로의 이직이 흔하지 않다. 2021년에 정 대표가 여기어때에 합류했을 때 직원 수는 고작 400명이었다.


"I did try for clear communication with employees, specifically regarding the company's strategic vision and near-term achievables for the company as I am fully responsible for putting growth plans into action, beginning in the early stage based on a consensus with the employees," the CEO said.
정 대표는 "나에게 직원들과의 공감대를 바탕으로 초기 단계부터 성장 계획을 실행하는 데 전적인 책임이 있기 때문에 특히 회사의 전략적 비전과 회사의 단기적인 성취에 대해 직원들과 명확한 의사 소통을 시도했다"고 말했다.


Employee retention, which highlights how many workers choose to stay at a company, went up significantly.
얼마나 많은 직원이 회사에 남아 있기로 선택했는지를 나타내는 직원 근속률이 크게 증가했다.


"We are situated to create something valuable from human resource management," Chung said.
정 대표는 "여기어때는 인적자원관리를 통해 가치 있는 것을 창출할 수 있는 위치에 있다"고 말했다.


Founded in 2014, the accommodation platform has displayed a meteoric rise in terms of profit growth.
2014년에 설립된 이 숙박 플랫폼은 수익 성장 측면에서 급격한 상승을 보였다.


Last year, it reported 204 billion won in revenue, up 59.2 percent year-on-year, while operating profit rose 36.7 percent to 15.4 billion won, the company said in a filing to Korea Exchange (KRX).
한국거래소(KRX)에 제출된 기록에서 여기어때는 지난해 매출액이 전년 대비 59.2% 증가한 2040억원, 영업이익은 36.7% 증가한 154억원을 기록했다고 밝혔다.

KEY WORDS
■ go public 주식을 공개[상장]하다
■ savvy 요령[상식] 있는
■ concrete 구체적인
■ compel (어떤 반응을) 자아내다
■ articulate 분명히 표현하다
■ deliverable (회사가 고객에게 약속한) 상품[제품]
■ private equity fund 비공개 기업투자 펀드
■ near-term 가까운 날의
■ put A into action: A를 실행에 옮기다
■ consensus 의견 일치, 합의
■ highlight 강조하다
■ retention 보유, 유지
■ display (자질을) 드러내다
■ meteoric 일약 ~한
■ filing (공적) 기록물

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