Girls` Generation (소녀시대): SME books SNSD a holiday house for vacation

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Girls Generation 소녀시대

Girls' Generation (Korean: 소녀시대, Hanja: 少女時代, Sonyeo Sidae ) is a nine-member South Korean girl group formed by SM Entertainment in 2007. The nine members are: Taeyeon, Jessica, Tiffany, Sunny, Yuri, Hyoyeon, Seohyun, Sooyoung and Yoona . They are often referred to as SoShi (소시), or SNSD (mainly outside Korea), the first of which is an abbreviation and the second an acronym of the group's Korean name So Nyeo Shi Dae.
Taeyeon

Kim Tae-yeon (Hangul: 김태연; Hanja: 金太妍 ; born March 9, 1989), commonly known as Taeyeon (pronounced [tæːjʌn]), is a South Korean pop singer, actress, and spokesmodel. She is the leader of the Korean nine-member girl group Girls' Generation, formed by SM Entertainment in 2007. She has also worked as TV presenter, radio DJ and appeared in reality-variety shows, as well as recording solo singles.
Jessica

Jessica Jung (Korean name: Jung Su-yeon; Hangul: 정수연; Hanja: 鄭秀妍; born April 18, 1989), better known by her first name Jessica, is an American singer, dancer, actress and model. She was born in San Francisco, and is fluent in both Korean and English. She is a member of the South Korean nine-member girl group Girls' Generation. She had been trained for seven years as a trainee before debuting with Girls' Generation.
Sunny

Sunny (Hangul: 써니; born Lee Soon-kyu on May 15, 1989) is a South Korean singer, radio DJ, music show host and member of the Korean girl group Girls' Generation, formed by SM Entertainment in 2007. Her father was in the college band Hwaljooro with Bae Chul-soo. She is the niece of Lee Soo Man, the founder of SM Entertainment. In 1998, Sunny entered Starlight Entertainment and became a trainee for 5 years.
Tiffany

Stephanie Hwang (Korean name: Hwang Mi-young; Hangul: 황미영; Hanja: 黃美英; born August 1, 1989), best known as Tiffany, is a Korean American singer and dancer of the South Korean girl group Girls' Generation. Tiffany was born in California, and grew up in Diamond Bar as the youngest of three siblings. She auditioned at the SM Entertainment Starlight Casting System and joined the company on October 2004 in Los Angeles. She was trained for 3 years and 7 months.
Hyoyeon

Kim Hyo-yeon (Hangul: 김효연; Hanja: 金孝淵; born September 22, 1989), better known by her first name Hyoyeon, is a South Korean singer, dancer, and model. She is a member of South Korean girl group Girls' Generation, formed by SM Entertainment in 2007. Hyoyeon was born in Incheon, South Korea on September 22, 1989. She auditioned for SM Entertainment at the age of 11 through SM 2000 Casting System.
Yuri

Kwon Yuri (born December 5, 1989) also known by her given name Yuri, is a South Korean singer, actress, model, dancer. She auditioned at the SM Entertainment Casting System and joined the company in 2001 after finishing in second place in the 2001 SM Youth Best Dancer Contest. She then underwent training for 5 years and 11 months before her debut. She is currently attending at Chung-Ang University.
Sooyoung

Choi Soo-young (Hangul: 최수영; born February 10, 1990), commonly known as Sooyoung (수영), is a South Korean singer, actress, spokesmodel, TV presenter, and radio DJ. She was born in Gwangju, Gyeonggi, South Korea on February 10, 1990. She was discovered on SM Casting System via the 2000 SM Open Audition. Sooyoung is currently majoring in performing arts and theater at Chung-Ang University.
Yoona

Im Yoon-Ah (Hangul: 임윤아; Hanja: 林潤娥; also spelled Lim Yun-Ah; born May 30, 1990), commonly known as YoonA (윤아), is a South Korean pop singer, dancer, actress, model and spokesmodel. Yoona made her debut as a singer along with Girls' Generation on August 5, 2007. She made her debut as an actress in the 2007 Korean drama, 9 Ends, 2 Outs. At a young age, she auditioned at the SM Saturday Open Casting Audition and joined the company in 2002.
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Seohyun

Seohyun (Hangul: 서현; born on June 28, 1991 in Seoul as Seo Joo-Hyun 서주현) is a South Korean K-pop singer and entertainer. She was appointed by the Seoul Metropolitan Office as their goodwill ambassador for student fitness. She attended Seoul Middle School and Daeyoung High School, then transferred to Jeonju Arts High School, from which she graduated on February 9, 2010 with the Achievement Award and currently attends Dongguk University.
SM Entertainment

S.M. Entertainment is an independent Korean record label, talent agency, producer, and publisher of K-pop, founded by Lee Soo-man in South Korea. Initially, "SM" was an abbreviation of the agency founder's name, but now stands for "Star Museum". its current roster of recording artists include BoA, f(x), Girls' Generation, Kangta, Shinee, Super Junior, TVXQ, etc. The company celebrated its ten-year anniversary with a party on February 15, 2005.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

SME books SNSD a holiday house for vacation

After conquering 2010 with their successes from “Hoot” promotions late last year, it was recently revealed that SNSD had received a “surprise present” from their agency, SM Entertainment, as a way to give them time off before their soon-to-come full fledged venture into the Japanese market.

SM Entertainment reportedly rented out an entire holiday home in Gyeonggi-do for all nine members to stay for two days, and designed it in the form of an ‘exclusive club’. The girls were free from their bodyguards and managers during their two day stay, where they were able to enjoy their time with wine and appetizers.

With regards to their surprise gift, a representative of SM Entertainment stated, “The average age of SNSD is 21.5; they’re at a young age where they want to have fun too. We gave them this time for them to have fun amongst themselves without having other people looking down at them.”

They may be idol stars who show amazing performances with overflowing charisma on stage, but they’re also young adults in their teens and early 20s. From an agency’s perspective, handling these ‘active’ young adults isn’t an easy task. Major entertainment agencies are having to rack their brains to think of ideas like this in order to take care of their idols as efficiently as possible.

Major entertainment agencies find that it is these kinds of ‘unexpected presents’ that their idols appreciate the most. “Rather than the things that these kids know exactly when and what they will get, like end-of-year bonuses or regular pays, it’s those surprise gifts that move them the most and find motivation to work harder,” said an agency representative.

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