SEOUL, Feb 3 (Reuters) - South Korea's Hotel Shilla Co Ltd is interested in acquiring U.S.-based in-flight duty free operator DFASS Group, a Shilla spokesman said on Tuesday.

Hotel Shilla, the world's seventh-largest duty free operator, is among multiple global duty free operators looking into the deal, the spokesman said.

DFASS could not be immediately reached for comment.

(Reporting by Joyce Lee; Editing by Stephen Coates)